{"id":82937,"date":"2015-10-29T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=82937"},"modified":"2015-10-29T14:07:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T12:07:31","slug":"well-over-25-million-playstation-4s-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/82937-well-over-25-million-playstation-4s-sold","title":{"rendered":"Well over 25 million PlayStation 4s sold"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gaming industry is doing spectacularly<\/a>, and Sony\u2019s latest console is at the forefront.<\/p>\n

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz<\/a> at Paris Games Week, when taking about the recent price cuts<\/a> to the PlayStation 4, Sony\u2019s Michael Denny said, \u201cI don’t think there’s a better time to buy into PlayStation – PS4 particularly. Our installed base now is well over 25 million.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a casual remark, to be sure, but it certainly has far reaching implications.<\/p>\n

Given the current PS4 user base, PlayStation VR (PSVR, previously going by Project Morpheus) has a rather large point of entry, and Sony is determined to do it right \u2013 they\u2019re even going so far as to call PSVR a \u201cnew system\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re talking about launching a new system next year, we’ll get it right and deliver the best experience,<\/em>\u201d said Denny.<\/p>\n

Virtual reality certainly is an exciting prospect, and Sony has the opportunity to take pole position in the VR gaming race.<\/p>\n

Its specs certainly won\u2019t match the Oculus Rift\u2019s, but it also won\u2019t cost nearly as much. The Oculus Rift was initially announced to cost more than $300<\/strong> (R4, 000 plus<\/strong>)<\/a>, but Oculus thinks it\u2019ll likely cost around $400<\/strong> (approximately R5, 500<\/strong>). And that\u2019s before you factor in the costs of the PC rig<\/a> you\u2019ll need to power the thing.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, as opposed to the predicted 5 million units sold for the Oculus Rift next year<\/a>, Sony is predicted to do quite a bit better.<\/p>\n

What we expect is to be able to deliver a fantastic PSVR experience to our customers and consumers and you mention a lot of reasons there that I absolutely buy into. We have a large installed base of keen gamers who we know want to try these new experiences, and we have a plug and play system.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So as far as Sony is concerned, it\u2019s nothing but green lights all the way to the bank, just don\u2019t expect a new PlayStation Vita as a result. That\u2019s not happening<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: GamesIndustry.biz<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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And PlayStation VR is likely to be at the forefront of VR gaming as a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":82939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[16251,1969,16022,1239,1853,241,15121],"class_list":["post-82937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-25-million","tag-news-2","tag-paris-games-week","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-sales","tag-statistics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}