We hear from more and more people that Sony is slowly sliding behind the competition on the virtual reality headsets’ market and that they need to improve.

According to Sony’s official sales figures, by December 31, more than five million PlayStation VR units were sold, making this product the market leader. However, as a compromise, its hardware is weaker than its rivals (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index…), but in return, it needs no beefy PC, just (?) a PlayStation 4. Since late 2016 (when the PlayStation VR launched), a few years have passed, and a few stronger rivals arrived, so the technological gap is slowly but steadily increasing.

Recently, Schell Games’ CEO, Jesse Schell told WCCFTech that Sony should consider a standalone headset that needs no console. (Oculus Quest is something similar.) Now, nDreams’ Patrick O’Luanaigh told Gamesindustry that Sony is now behind the 8-ball.

„I think Sony knows that, if VR is going to continue beyond the next year or two, they need to update their hardware. Because it is dated, and it will be even more dated by then. I’d be very surprised if they didn’t continue to support VR. But I wouldn’t expect it to be announced at the same time as PlayStation 5. This year the focus has to be on the core of the business… so I think they’ll be all over PS5 this year, and when that’s solid, I think that’s when you’ll see what they’re doing,” he said.

Previously, we wrote that a new PlayStation VR (PlayStation VR 2? Not sure about the name – Sony already trolled us by calling the next-gen controller DualSense and not DualShock 5…) could be arriving after the PlayStation 5’s launch, but Sony can’t stay silent about the new PSVR for much longer.

Source: WCCFTech

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