MyOpinionJul 11, 2024

Apple Vision Pro U.S. Sales Are All But Dead, Market Analysts Say

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Apple Vision Pro U.S. Sales Are All But Dead, Market Analysts Say - lemm.ee

Those still holding on to their Apple Vision Pros may remain in a rather exclusive club throughout this year. Market research shows that sales for Apple’s first big, expensive headset will remain low in 2024. The latest reports from those keeping tabs on the Cupertino, California company say AVP will have dropped off 75% by the end of August. The true test for Apple’s spatial dreams may rest on the rumored (slightly) cheaper headset.

Show threadSir_KevinJul 12, 2024

A super expensive headset with no software didn’t sell well? Who would have thought? Sony did the same shit with the same outcome. Even Meta stopped making games and is now watching their sales tank.

Every company wants to make a headset so they can get rich but not a single one is making software that anyone wants. And they don’t understand the gaming industry apparently so they try to offer productivity and AR bullshit. What people want for a VR headset is games and porn. Why is that so hard to understand?

Show threadfer0nJul 12, 2024

When did Meta stop making games? Pretty sure they still have many of their studios working on stuff, Asgard’s wrath was the only one they released half a year ago.

I find Apple‘s “general purpose VR” approach interesting, but I don’t think it’s going to fly right now, as you said: gaming is the main use case so far and Apple‘s not playing along. Even if they were, I don’t know if it made a huge difference, it would still have a tiny market size with expensive hardware.

Show threadBlackmist

I think Meta’s problem now is now that their headset is no longer super cheap. The Q3 is double the price of the Q2. It’s no longer a cheap toy you could buy on a whim.

Its kind of left the PC without a super cheap headset as well.

Bad news for VR tbh. I was hoping the PS2VR PC dongle might do it, but it sounds like they’ve gutted it for PC users.

Jul 13, 2024 at 9:57amWeb
Show threadfer0nJul 13, 2024

It definitely seems like sales are much much lower with the 200 bucks Q2/Q3 difference. Q2 is still fine for PC and even cheaper than before.

I don’t see the PSVR PC dongle doing anything or almost anyone.

Show threadKlearJul 14, 2024
There’s a cheaper version of Q3 coming soon to plug that hole on the market.