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[Romulus]

For comparison, the Quest 2, PS5, and Xbox Series consoles all launched around the same time:

Meta’s VP of VR Mark Rabkin gave the statistic to staff during an internal roadmap presentation, The Verge’s Alex Heath reports. For comparison, PlayStation 5 had officially sold 32 million units as of February 2 and estimates from December put Xbox Series X|S at around 20 million.

That's considering the Quest 2's price went up $100. Almost no other gaming device has pulled this move.


The previous VR top-selling device was the PSVR1, which is estimated to have sold around 6 million devices in 6 years. Quest 2 more than tripled its lifetime sales in 1/3 of the timeframe.




https://uploadvr.com/meta-sold-20-million-quests/

 

[DenchDeckard]

Pretty amazing considering, when you put it like that.

I wonder how software sales are going on Quest 2? I am looking forward to seeing the Quest 3 unveiled this year.

 

[Romulus]

Pretty amazing considering, when you put it like that.

I wonder how software sales are going on Quest 2? I am looking forward to seeing the Quest 3 unveiled this year.

Quest 3 is half the size and double the power according to recent leaks. Along with PSVR2 and Valve's new headset, its pretty insane what is happening.

 

[Heisenberg007]

This proves that VR isn't as niche as some people like to think it.

 

[Nautilus]

That's just a sad metric for Xbox.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Join the metaverse brehs

 

[Nautilus]

This proves that VR isn't as niche as some people like to think it.

Eh, no.

Need to see how active that console base is, and 20 millions in what, 3 years(?), isn't a lot.

Not bad, but it's not a lot.

 

[bentanchorbolt]

Pretty amazing considering, when you put it like that.

I wonder how software sales are going on Quest 2? I am looking forward to seeing the Quest 3 unveiled this year.

I own about 20 games or so on my Quest 2. Generally waiting for sales.

 

[Kilau]

I’d have been all over it if it wasn’t Meta.

 

[Punished Miku]

I just hope this keeps the pressure on them to make Quest games all BC for a while as they move forward. I've bought like 2 dozen games already.

 

[Romulus]

That's just a sad metric for Xbox.

20 million in just over 2 years outpaces a lot of good selling consoles I would imagine. 360 had to be around that mark and that was their best seller. What's really crazy is the quest's $100 price hike and it's still keeping pace.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of darth Quest 2 the succesful?


I thought not... it is not a story Eddie-Griffin would tell you...

 

[Magic Carpet]

So I should wait for the Quest 3 before ordering a PSVR2?

 

[remember_spinal]

Now let us redefine what ‘niche’ means

 

[mrmustard]

Not bad.

20 million in just over 2 years outpaces a lot of good selling consoles I would imagine. 360 had to be around that mark and that was their best seller. What's really crazy is the quest's $100 price hike and it's still keeping pace.

If the number is true, that's really good if you think of xCloud and day 1 Pc releases.

 

[Mr Moose]

VGChartz, ew.

Eh, no.

Need to see how active that console base is, and 20 millions in what, 3 years(?), isn't a lot.

Not bad, but it's not a lot.

Tuesday October 13, 2020 was 2 years 4 months 16 days ago

 

[Beastclaw Raider]

How are game sales doing for Quest 2? Everyone I know that has one dont buy games, if you know what I mean. I sold mine 2-3 months after Ive bought it but it was a nice VR headset, just not for me.

 

[Baki]

Eh, no.

Need to see how active that console base is, and 20 millions in what, 3 years(?), isn't a lot.

Not bad, but it's not a lot.

2 years

 

[anthony2690]

I guess VR is a lot more popular than I realised.

 

[Nautilus]

VGChartz, ew.

I Stand corrected.

 

[Loxus]

Eh, no.

Need to see how active that console base is, and 20 millions in what, 3 years(?), isn't a lot.

Not bad, but it's not a lot.

To date:
PS5 ~32M
XBS S|X ~20M
Quest 2 ~19M

Seems like alot to me.

 

[Klik]

Quest 3 will use pancake lens, much better compared to fresnel that psvr2 uses.

 

[Talkin Hawkin]

 

[Heisenberg007]

Eh, no.

Need to see how active that console base is, and 20 millions in what, 3 years(?), isn't a lot.

Not bad, but it's not a lot.

But it's pretty much the same numbers as Xbox Series X + Xbox Series S (likely a few hundred thousand more than that).

Does anybody think that Xbox Series X and S (combined) are a niche product?

 

[Nautilus]

To date:
PS5 ~32M
XBS S|X ~20M
Quest 2 ~19M

Seems like alot to me.

Forgot the Switch, which is at ~ 122 M.

But sure, everyone has it's own standards.

 

[Nautilus]

But it's pretty much the same numbers as Xbox Series X + Xbox Series S (likely a few hundred thousand more than that).

Does anybody think that Xbox Series X and S (combined) are a niche product?

That's exactly why these numbers paint the Xbox in a bad way.VR is a recent thing, and the Quest even more so. And Xbox barely beats it, while the Switch and the PS5 barely have that problem. And the Xbox is a thing for what now, more than 20+ years?

Which begs the question: Just how longer can the Xbox remain viable, as a brand and as a product?

 

[Fafalada]

Didn't MS just recently debunk those VGChartz numbers themselves? Like - by a substantial amount too.

 

[Loxus]

Forgot the Switch, which is at ~ 122 M.

But sure, everyone has it's own standards.

So your saying Playstation and Xbox numbers are poor to right?

 

[Dick Jones]

Thoughts and prayers with Eddie-Griffin who had 14 more doom and gloom threads on VR ready to go.

Can't wait for his next threads on Blockbuster/Spam/Hershey/Bananas sponsored Xbox controllers. Great news.

 

[Fredrik]

Would be interesting to know how many that are still used.

 

[Talkin Hawkin]

Would be interesting to know how many that are still used.

Xbox's or vr headsets?

 

[Reallink]

Forgot the Switch, which is at ~ 122 M.

But sure, everyone has it's own standards.

Switch been out like 10 years dawg, PS5, SX, and Quest 2 are effectively launch aligned (i.e approx 2.5 years of availability). They sold that many units with no IP and not even any single-A productions, just bunch of literal amateur indie shit (not even seasoned indie devs).

 

[AtomicStarving]

All that thanks to Virt-A-Mate.

 

[Fredrik]

Xbox's or vr headsets?

Quest 2
I have one myself but rarely use it.

 

[Nautilus]

So your saying Playstation and Xbox numbers are poor to right?

Xbox numbers are. PS5 numbers launched aligned, when compared to the Switch, are good.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

So I should wait for the Quest 3 before ordering a PSVR2?

Yes, there is no point in owning a PSVR2 right now unless your a big GT fan.

It will be interesting to see the differences between Quest 3 and PSVR 2 by the time its out.

 

[Nautilus]

Switch been out like 10 years dawg, PS5, SX, and Quest 2 are effectively launch aligned (i.e approx 2.5 years of availability). They sold that many units with no IP and not even any single-A productions, just bunch of literal amateur indie shit (not even seasoned indie devs).

Xbox numbers are also bad when you compare it to the same timeframe as the Switch's early years(2017 until late 2019).

 

[GHG]

Quest 2
I have one myself but rarely use it.

Whereas my wife rarely if ever picks up a traditional controller to play a game but uses the quest 2 most days to play beat saber.

Anecdotes are worthless.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Now this is a fire meme.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Whereas my wife rarely if ever picks up a traditional controller to play a game but uses the quest 2 most days to play beat saber.

Anecdotes are worthless.

Same here. My wife plays VR almost every single day.

 

[Synless]

This proves that VR isn't as niche as some people like to think it.

considering overall game sales on that other thread it must be for VR porn… because it’s certainly not for gaming.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Quest 2
I have one myself but rarely use it.

Don't worry. It's always watching you anyway...

 

[Talkin Hawkin]

considering overall game sales on that other thread it must be for VR porn… because it’s certainly not for gaming.

It wouldn't be the first time porn made something popular; VHS, Blu Ray, the Internet ...

 

[FoxMcChief]

It’s like poetry.

 

[Loxus]

Xbox numbers are. PS5 numbers launched aligned, when compared to the Switch, are good.

Dude, it doesn't matter how you try to spin it.

Nearly 20M in 2 years is a good number, especially when people were saying VR will never take off. That number says it already did.

 

[fermcr]

If Xbox Series sold 20 million in 2 years, that would actually be preety decent numbers...

 

[magnumpy]

the "big 3" are now PlayStation, Nintendo, and Meta

 

[Fredrik]

Whereas my wife rarely if ever picks up a traditional controller to play a game but uses the quest 2 most days to play beat saber.

Anecdotes are worthless.

Yeah I know a Beat Saber gamer too, also a woman, she use it as workout.
Anyhow, I’m interested in knowing who many that are still using it, because total sales numbers only tell half the story if they’re used to prove that a platform is currently doing well. Would be interesting to see a graph for sales per month since launch to see if popularity is going down or up.

 

[Dutchy]

considering overall game sales on that other thread it must be for VR porn… because it’s certainly not for gaming.

I tried VR Porn once. Laying on my back checking out the detail of the scenery around me. Frame 1 that I look in front of me I see a bunch of questionable looking genitals rapidly making it's way for my face. I got jump scared by vagina and have not been the same man ever since.

 

[DaGwaphics]

It's too bad that FB is so focused on the self contained line. Taking the workings of the Quest 3 and removing everything needed to run the software locally on the device (but keeping just enough power to support airlink) and you'd have a really nice companion device for PC gamers. Would be interesting to see how much they could shave off the price and what that would do to adoption rates.

You could sell 50m headsets and it could still be a niche offering though. It depends as much on the software sales as it does the hardware, since that is a good indicator of how "used" the devices are. Hopefully software sales and gaming hours are as high on the Quest 2 as they are on Xbox, as that indicates satisfied customers that will stay interested. Where users that purchased a Quest 2 but rarely used it would be less likely to invest in future VR endeavors.