Don’t Let the PSVR Go the Way of the Vita
Speaking of new technology, there’s also a big mistake that Sony can make this year, one that fans are legitimately worried about – letting the PSVR fail. The PSVR isn’t the first time that the company has released promising hardware. Go back a few years and you’ll see the launch of the Vita, a powerful handheld console capable of amazing visuals, able to be connected to the PS3 (and the PS4 later on), and having full controls including a touch pad and touch screen. It was the perfect piece of hardware, yet a lack of support here in the west left the device as the poster child for how not to handle new hardware.
The PSVR is a great piece of hardware as well. It’s the most affordable premium VR headset on the market, has some fun games already, and is doing pretty well in sales. However, something as finicky as new technology (we’re still at the beginning of VR) needs constant support and advertising to ensure that consumers know what it is and why they should get one. It’s not a device that Sony can just put out and hope people buy, it’s going to take a lot of legwork to really get it out there in the coming months.
