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UK sales of the PlayStation VR will soon surpass the combined units sold of HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, GfK director Paul Simpson has told MCV.
“Early UK sales of PlayStation VR indicate it is already approaching the combined installed base of HTC Vive and Oculus Rift,” revealed Simpson. “Initial PlayStation VR game sales are also positive with eight or nine boxed releases featuring in the Official UK Top 40 games chart (week ending Saturday 15th October 2016).”
Given the relatively short time PS VR has been on the market, just how has it managed to outpace its rivals? Simpson says there are a number of factors to take into account.
“VR devices Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, both of which are focused towards gamers, suffer when compared to PlayStation VR,” Simpson said.
“The VR units of the former are more expensive and require a relatively high performance PC. PlayStation VR also benefits from a large installed base of PS4 owners – more than 3.5m in the UK.”
Since launching in the UK back in October PS VR has been largely sold out, with new stock snapped up quickly.
Source: MCV
