Sony has diminished its PSVR 2 manufacturing by 20%, in keeping with Ming-Chi Kuo, a tech insider primarily identified for his evaluation and projections for future Apple merchandise. This counters a previous assertion from Sony in January the place it denied studies that it had lower manufacturing numbers of the headset resulting from middling pre-order figures.
Kuo believes VR headsets won’t be a “star product” for the foreseeable future
Along with his important replace that Sony has lower PSVR 2 manufacturing, Kuo doesn’t share a constructive outlook on AR and VR headsets for the close to future in his newest Medium article. The Meta Quest Professional solely shipped round 300,000 items throughout its product lifecycle, whereas Pico, a largest AR/VR headset firm in China, had shipments in 2022 that had been greater than 40% decrease than anticipated.
These figures, Kuo concludes, imply that AR/VR headsets like PSVR 2 are usually not “the subsequent star product in shopper electronics within the foreseeable future.” He believes Apple is among the final hopes that this place may change, however he nonetheless thinks that the market might overestimate these headsets over the subsequent few years, by way of their general contribution to corporations that provide parts for them.
In late March, the Worldwide Knowledge Company additionally believed that PSVR 2 gross sales will flop and really helpful that Sony lower the worth of the headset before later.
In the meantime, Sony has created a brand new patent that can enhance the posture of gamers, doubtless for these utilizing gaming headsets.