VR Market Is Currently Unviable, Says CEO of CCP Games
The CEO of CCP Games, Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, talked about the state of the VR market in an interview with Destructoid. CCP games, you will remember, release EVE Valkyrie on the PlayStation VR, a project that was then ultimately cancelled following low sales, accompanied by the shuttering of two studios, and the cancellation of all further VR games from the company.
“We expected VR to be two to three times as big as it was, period. You can’t build a business on that,” he said, speaking of where the market currently stands.
He also says that sales of VR hardware, such as the 3 million units sold by PlayStation VR, might not necessarily be indicative of the VR market as a whole—since a lot of people buy a headset for the novelty, and then proceed to never actually use it afterwards.
“The important thing is we need to see the metrics for active users of VR. A lot of people bought headsets just to try it out. How many of those people are active? We found that in terms of our data, a lot of users weren’t.”
That said, he cited the upcoming Oculus Quest, a low cost standalone VR headset from Oculus, as something that could maybe turn things around for the market, and make the company reassess its stance on VR. For now, however, it looks like he’s not too hot on the segment, and given the losses his company suffered, who can blame him?
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JastyPosted:
Maybe one day vr will be a great tool, but as if right now it's just not there and I agree with that. I bought a psvr expecting to be loving it, but after it was all setup and the lack of good games, and wires everywhere I decided against it and returned it.
PinkRibbonPosted:
I would think the VR would be pretty dope to have but I guess its just not all that, especially when people enjoy playing horror games.
MazePosted:
This isn't very surprising, it is pretty big but I for sure thought VR was going to be a lot bigger by now.
S7Posted:
I really like my VR for the playstation. I think it could use some better games but that will come with time i think. I actually love using it and honestly i put netflix on and still where my VR headset cause then its almost like a movie theatre.
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