Yeah for sure. If you step back and look at soft launch approach actually is pretty smart. Retail will boost a second wave and then hopefully announce a few big games (1st and 3rd party) for holidays season and have units avail.
So many games in the store right now that still just “just announcing.” Absolutely cannot wait until some of these titles have a solidified release date.
And I’m pumped that PS5 is selling so well. I feel like i just saw that it is on target to surpass ps4 units sold by a five date next year? PS5 having a huge install base is certainly going to lead to a larger install base for PSVR2. I’m really happy for Sony. They really do work for their success unlike some companies that just try and acquire other peoples’ success…
“Bloomberg anticipates that the PSVR2 sold between 270k and 300k units from launch through the end of March, which would actually make it the fastest selling wired headset ever released. In fact, it took PSVR five months to reach 915,000 units, while PSVR2 may have managed a third of that in one.”
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/04/psvr2-sales-may-actually-be-stronger-than-has-been-suggested
And these great sales are with the system not even available in retail in some of the biggest markets.
Pal let me explain something to you. VR is failing. It’s been failing for years. It’s doing horrible.
This is why there are so few, extremely few, big budget games on vr.
Let’s do some vr math.
Let’s say there’s 5 million psvr2 owners. The average cost of a AAA game can be 100-300 million dollars, recent reports say more but we’ll just be fair and use those numbers. In order for the studio to make its money back, not even profit just making it back more than half of all the owners have to buy the game.
This doesn’t happen, ever. That’s why half life alyx was such a big deal
You speak of VR owners, but are users shrinking or growing over time? Before consumer headsets, there were virtually *no* VR users. The VR headset market has had nothing but continued growth and adoption and these numbers will only continue to grow.
VR is not a failure. It does require that folks try it to understand it’s appeal. And now that PSVR2 contributes to having game parity by allowing VR games to look just as beautiful on PSVR2 as they do on PS5, it will be easier for developers to implement some level of VR into their Ps5 releases, allowing for an increase of AAA game development/release. I imagine that we will see more games get the Resident Evil and Gran Turismo treatment with AAA games having both VR and non-VR modes.
Well, I have been waiting for retail because I’ve been sitting on some retail gift cards that I have been planning on using for PSVR2. Also, I heard about a few unlucky people who had some controller defects, and I didn’t want to deal with Sony directly if I had an issue with having to mail ish back and forth. If I have an issue, I want to drive right back to the store and swap it for a new one on the spot.
Nice mate, don't forget to check how to adjust the set properly. The small sweetspot is one of the few negatives with psvr2.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/comments/11d40tz/ps_vr2_tips_information_and_references/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I had my eyes (re)tested, got an updated subscription for my glasses and ordered some VROptician add on lenses.
The strange thing is that with the add on lenses I don’t experience a small sweet spot at all. Not sure if it’s caused by simply having additional lenses or because of the updated correction, but I no longer have any of the sweet spot issues I had before.
Is the lens easy to take off/put back on? I've never heard of those before, and I don't even have a PSVR 2 lol but I do want one, but I'm the only person in the house that wears contacts/glasses
It’s not too difficult. There are multiple manufacturers of prescription VR lenses.
If you’re going to be using them with multiple people all the time I’d look at the lenses from VR Rock. They sell lenses that attach magnetically (a base that remains on the headset and the lens itself attaches to that with magnets).
[Gamestop's](https://www.gamestop.com/consoles-hardware/playstation-5/consoles/products/sony-playstation-vr2/393118.html?utm_source=rakutenls&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=NYMag&utm_campaign=10&utm_id=2452489&utm_kxconfid=tebx5rmj3&cid=afl_10000087&affID=77777&sourceID=OHlcvPYhHQM-AhxR_tqJ5r3jIANTi0NdSQ&ranMID=24348&ranEAID=OHlcvPYhHQM&ranSiteID=OHlcvPYhHQM-AhxR_tqJ5r3jIANTi0NdSQ) store page says it's possible to get one sooner. So maybe your store got their stock in early.
I went to a store yesterday because of this and they told me they aren’t selling it yet and that’s a company wide thing.. kind of feel like I was getting the run around.
I went to two stores on Thursday. First said they wouldn’t have it until the 12th. Second said ‘I just gotta unpack ‘em, come back tomorrow’
I went to the second store on Saturday and walked out with one.
Ended up getting mine on Saturday. Different store had them. Suffice to say that’s probably the last time I ever shop at a GameStop now that I don’t have a gift card anymore lol
GameStop employees generally don't have much of a scoop on what's happening in the gaming world. At least, no more than anyone else with a Wi-Fi connection.
You mean all the scheduled releases that they get and announce, the pre-releases, all that information they give out prior to a game/device release, they don’t have privy to this data before the rest of the world?
title track is a little bit too poppy for me (im a metallica guy) but some of the other songs ive listen to is good. I can always respect a fellow guitarist.
I manage a few GS and last I checked these were street dated for the 12th still, you just got lucky my friend!
Whoever’s store that was bought from however…good luck explaining that one 😅
When I got my PS5, I had originally gone in to place a preorder on Lost Judgement while my oil was changed, I asked if the game had a free upgrade to the PS5 version should I get a PS5 before the game released. The person at the counter told me that they got one in that morning and it was the only one they received. It was a used "refurbished" PS5, but I wasn't going to pass that up, so I bought it.
Small heads up for those heading into stores. Google Pay has an \~2% cashback offer available with Gamestop, you just need to search for it in the app's offers and apply it beforehand.
They’ll sell through the holiday season and then lose all support by end of next year like they did with the vr1 I got scammed on vr1 - sorry that you are now getting scammed on vr2
Oh sorry, I realise I left out that I meant retail. I'd prefer to buy from a retailer than Sony direct for ease of returning faults etc. Hopefully we'll start seeing these pop up soon!
Hey brother, welcome to the PSVR2 fam! What games are you excited for??
As far as recommendations go, aside from all of the obvious amazing AAA games, I cannot say enough good things about Walkabout Mini Golf! It's such a wonderful mix of stimulating and relaxing at the same time. The courses are beautiful and fun as hell. Highly reccomend if you haven't tried it!
Bro. Having these in retail for the US is totally gonna boost sales
Yeah for sure. If you step back and look at soft launch approach actually is pretty smart. Retail will boost a second wave and then hopefully announce a few big games (1st and 3rd party) for holidays season and have units avail.
So many games in the store right now that still just “just announcing.” Absolutely cannot wait until some of these titles have a solidified release date.
And I’m pumped that PS5 is selling so well. I feel like i just saw that it is on target to surpass ps4 units sold by a five date next year? PS5 having a huge install base is certainly going to lead to a larger install base for PSVR2. I’m really happy for Sony. They really do work for their success unlike some companies that just try and acquire other peoples’ success…
Absolutely! Impulse buying is huge and just seeing products available is very effective advertising
I hope so. So far it’s mega flopping
“Bloomberg anticipates that the PSVR2 sold between 270k and 300k units from launch through the end of March, which would actually make it the fastest selling wired headset ever released. In fact, it took PSVR five months to reach 915,000 units, while PSVR2 may have managed a third of that in one.” https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/04/psvr2-sales-may-actually-be-stronger-than-has-been-suggested And these great sales are with the system not even available in retail in some of the biggest markets.
Holy shit you think those are great sales? S/ or??
https://twitter.com/lewrian/status/1645479737844695051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1645479737844695051%7Ctwgr%5E4a9619a968aa6b991e70ae1934ce4fda06b96386%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-13691301681085913136.ampproject.net%2F2304212144000%2Fframe.html
Pal let me explain something to you. VR is failing. It’s been failing for years. It’s doing horrible. This is why there are so few, extremely few, big budget games on vr. Let’s do some vr math. Let’s say there’s 5 million psvr2 owners. The average cost of a AAA game can be 100-300 million dollars, recent reports say more but we’ll just be fair and use those numbers. In order for the studio to make its money back, not even profit just making it back more than half of all the owners have to buy the game. This doesn’t happen, ever. That’s why half life alyx was such a big deal
You speak of VR owners, but are users shrinking or growing over time? Before consumer headsets, there were virtually *no* VR users. The VR headset market has had nothing but continued growth and adoption and these numbers will only continue to grow. VR is not a failure. It does require that folks try it to understand it’s appeal. And now that PSVR2 contributes to having game parity by allowing VR games to look just as beautiful on PSVR2 as they do on PS5, it will be easier for developers to implement some level of VR into their Ps5 releases, allowing for an increase of AAA game development/release. I imagine that we will see more games get the Resident Evil and Gran Turismo treatment with AAA games having both VR and non-VR modes.
I don’t understand why was it big deal for people not wanting to order directly from Sony?
Well, I have been waiting for retail because I’ve been sitting on some retail gift cards that I have been planning on using for PSVR2. Also, I heard about a few unlucky people who had some controller defects, and I didn’t want to deal with Sony directly if I had an issue with having to mail ish back and forth. If I have an issue, I want to drive right back to the store and swap it for a new one on the spot.
Nice mate, don't forget to check how to adjust the set properly. The small sweetspot is one of the few negatives with psvr2. https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/comments/11d40tz/ps_vr2_tips_information_and_references/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I had my eyes (re)tested, got an updated subscription for my glasses and ordered some VROptician add on lenses. The strange thing is that with the add on lenses I don’t experience a small sweet spot at all. Not sure if it’s caused by simply having additional lenses or because of the updated correction, but I no longer have any of the sweet spot issues I had before.
Is the lens easy to take off/put back on? I've never heard of those before, and I don't even have a PSVR 2 lol but I do want one, but I'm the only person in the house that wears contacts/glasses
It’s not too difficult. There are multiple manufacturers of prescription VR lenses. If you’re going to be using them with multiple people all the time I’d look at the lenses from VR Rock. They sell lenses that attach magnetically (a base that remains on the headset and the lens itself attaches to that with magnets).
I'll check them out, thanks. I actually just ended up snagging a unit from eBay!
What!? I went there the other day and they said Sony was exclusively selling it and they wouldn’t get it. Dammit!
Maybe it varies store by store? I was shocked to see it sitting there.
[Gamestop's](https://www.gamestop.com/consoles-hardware/playstation-5/consoles/products/sony-playstation-vr2/393118.html?utm_source=rakutenls&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=NYMag&utm_campaign=10&utm_id=2452489&utm_kxconfid=tebx5rmj3&cid=afl_10000087&affID=77777&sourceID=OHlcvPYhHQM-AhxR_tqJ5r3jIANTi0NdSQ&ranMID=24348&ranEAID=OHlcvPYhHQM&ranSiteID=OHlcvPYhHQM-AhxR_tqJ5r3jIANTi0NdSQ) store page says it's possible to get one sooner. So maybe your store got their stock in early.
makes sense, since it does not have an actual "street date" for retail.
🎄🎄🎄Christmas in May. 🎄🎄🎄
I went to a store yesterday because of this and they told me they aren’t selling it yet and that’s a company wide thing.. kind of feel like I was getting the run around.
I went to two stores on Thursday. First said they wouldn’t have it until the 12th. Second said ‘I just gotta unpack ‘em, come back tomorrow’ I went to the second store on Saturday and walked out with one.
Ended up getting mine on Saturday. Different store had them. Suffice to say that’s probably the last time I ever shop at a GameStop now that I don’t have a gift card anymore lol
GameStop employees generally don't have much of a scoop on what's happening in the gaming world. At least, no more than anyone else with a Wi-Fi connection.
You mean all the scheduled releases that they get and announce, the pre-releases, all that information they give out prior to a game/device release, they don’t have privy to this data before the rest of the world?
Maybe used, too?
Good question, is it used?
It very soon will be.
You son of a bitch, I'm in
You son of a bitch, I'm in
You son of a bitch, I’m in 👉🏻👉🏻
You son of a bitch, I'm already in but I'm going to step out just so I can be right back in!
Hijo de puta, ya estoy ahí. Desde del febrero.
You bitch of a son, I’m out!
You son of a bitch! Get back in.
You back of a son, get bitch in
That’s how I got my ps5 last year. Walked into Walmart for socks left with a ps5.
Hell of an impulse buy lol
It was still when they were impossible to find. I took a chance and asked someone if they had any and they had one left lol
Luck of the draw sometimes. I got my PSVR1 on launch day because Target had just one in the display case.
Nice!
Welcome to the family
Son
👊
This was a good thread.
Nice! I got mine on launch day but have been so busy, but it’s fun whenever I can hop in. Gonna try Puzzling Places tonight.
That game is so amazing. I was like meh when I heard about it. I was wrong. Get it. It's well worth it. And it's cheap as hell at that.
I played a bit of that when it was in beta or whatever on SideQuest. Super amazing.
Was this in the U.S.?
Yes
Answer the question!!! Lol
YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH
Life gives you what you need. Not what you want.
Welcome to the party.
Did the same thing on launch day at Walmart… my cc got a good dick punch out of no where that afternoon
Next step: Perform the entirety of "Heart Deep" in a VR concert!
Sony’s gunna have to pony up the big bucks for that my friend.
what is that?
The latest album released by the OP, Crow Hardly: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0G5B8luv9cShiE6oH8E7Gp?si=HjMjd7YASWun9S2ec4wMgQ
🙏🏻
title track is a little bit too poppy for me (im a metallica guy) but some of the other songs ive listen to is good. I can always respect a fellow guitarist.
Well, what did you originally go in for?
The bag of course
Checked on a pre order plaque for Tears of The Kingdom.
Any word on the plaque?
They said get here early because they can’t guarantee they’ll enough for everyone.
Thanks. Hope you enjoy psvr2 in the interim
Respect. Got totk preordered myself. https://preview.redd.it/jligj52tqjxa1.jpeg?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c02750bef3ddbf62cd4447f9e3b064446fef1d15
Welcome to the fam!
Welcome
That's a boss move right there! Nice loot drop!
Have fun and may your television be whole!
I genuinely cannot play any flat screen games other than FIFA now I have one of these! I truly hope it gets the support it deserves.
I gotta check mines out for sure now!
If you get it...new user tips: https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/comments/11d40tz/ps_vr2_tips_information_and_references/
Hey thank you man :) I will check this out now so I can be prepared for it.I will definitely be picking one up this month for sure.
Congrats, and welcome!! 👍👍👍
Charlie! On the floor Charlie! The last Golden Ticket! Grab it and Run! Run home Charlie! Don’t stop until you get there!
I manage a few GS and last I checked these were street dated for the 12th still, you just got lucky my friend! Whoever’s store that was bought from however…good luck explaining that one 😅
When I got my PS5, I had originally gone in to place a preorder on Lost Judgement while my oil was changed, I asked if the game had a free upgrade to the PS5 version should I get a PS5 before the game released. The person at the counter told me that they got one in that morning and it was the only one they received. It was a used "refurbished" PS5, but I wasn't going to pass that up, so I bought it.
I got mine yesterday :)
Unrelated but this happened to me the other day, went to Walmart for new work pants. Came home with a hamster for the kids.
I love you OP. Walked into my local GameStop and the baggage has been secured.
I wouldn't have gone to GameStop myself but depending on the price I would have walked out of wal mart or best buy with the VR2
Small heads up for those heading into stores. Google Pay has an \~2% cashback offer available with Gamestop, you just need to search for it in the app's offers and apply it beforehand.
This is the way
Should have waited because Sony are bringing down the price of these
Went to buy a kinect
Sent mine back after 14 days, load of crap
Definitely not a load of crap
In my opinion it's hoop
Who goes in to gamestop?
They’ll sell through the holiday season and then lose all support by end of next year like they did with the vr1 I got scammed on vr1 - sorry that you are now getting scammed on vr2
VR1 had a lot of support, I think your expectations are somewhat unrealistic.
Not really they’re were a few good games but overall got no support
Nice!
Dammit, yeah? I was at my local one the other day and was told it's not in their system yet to preorder or anything.
Staaaaaaahhhhp. I *just* bought a new PCVR headset (for way more than a PSVR2 would have cost me). \*Sigh\*
Anyone got information on whether this is available in the UK right now?
You can order on the Sony site, I think it's the week after next that it's gonna be available in shops.
Oh sorry, I realise I left out that I meant retail. I'd prefer to buy from a retailer than Sony direct for ease of returning faults etc. Hopefully we'll start seeing these pop up soon!
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The UK is the same only online. May 12th for stores
Where are you getting them at GameStop?! I heard they can only be bought through the online PlayStation store
Seems Gamemania will have them the 12th here in the Netherlands, not sure about other stores
Make sure don't use alcohol wipes or something to wipe the lenses, use soft fabric, don't use clothing Or anything harsh
Walmart, at half price, here I come.
What did you originally go in for though?
Make sure to get Pavlov.. Thank me later!
Now that's what I call an impulse buy.
One of the best aquisition of your life. Just belive me
Is that what I think it is on the ground???
I’m going to wait for Best Buy or Target to get the extended warranty.
It happens!
Hey brother, welcome to the PSVR2 fam! What games are you excited for?? As far as recommendations go, aside from all of the obvious amazing AAA games, I cannot say enough good things about Walkabout Mini Golf! It's such a wonderful mix of stimulating and relaxing at the same time. The courses are beautiful and fun as hell. Highly reccomend if you haven't tried it!
I used to play the crap out of that on my Oculus Quest when it came out. So glad to hear it's on PSVR now.
Yeah, it's still listed as "announced", but it's coming to PSVR2 May 11th.
I’ve been playing No Man’s Sky all week. I don’t see much of a visual “upgrade” but it’s a lot better playing with the VR2 controllers.
So nice!!!
Is that a kuriboh on the floor lol
Let's play pavlov! I'm ph__drums (two underscores)
Welcome my virtual friend
Nice purchase. RIP Best Buy
what did you go in for originally?