Sony expects PSVR 2 sales to drop sharply from projected 2 million

At $549, the PSVR 2 will be the next-gen console gamer’s gateway to the high-end VR party (opens in a new tab). Welcome, friends, the weather is nice here. Although, despite the tasty features of this VR headset, Sony’s originally projected sales of 2 million units seem to have dropped significantly since pre-orders opened.

PSVR2 pre-orders (opens in a new tab) returned in December after a few months by special invitation only. Since then, Sony seems to have suffered a pretty drastic drop in expected sales due to a low number of pre-orders.

This is according to unnamed sources familiar with the company, who spoke to Bloomberg. (opens in a new tab) about the disappointment with PlayStation 5 owners’ slow adoption of the upcoming high-end virtual reality.

The sources said that not only has Sony warned its billboard partners to expect reduced orders, but the company now expects to sell something closer to 1.5 million PSVR units. 2 between April and March of next year. A bit behind the expectation of having 2 million units awaiting launch.

Apparently, the 2.4% jump in Bloomberg’s stock price highlighted (opens in a new tab) when PSVR 2 was first announced, when that projection of 2 million sales units surfaced, did not translate into increased demand for high-end VR for consoles.

Of course, those numbers may well change after PSVR 2 releases on February 22, and we’re seeing the first reviews coming in. This will always be a tipping point for adoption, so hopefully it doesn’t disappoint. Then we PC gamers can finally talk about it with our console-owning buddies.