Announcement Half-Life: Alyx significantly increased the demand for the Valve Index virtual reality helmet, and the interest of buyers was so high that the manufacturer has recently exhausted all available device stocks around the world.
Analytic company Superdata estimated: for 2019, Valve sold about 149 thousand index devices, but taking into account the fact that pre-orders for a helmet were opened only in May, the announced figure was actually reached within six months. Moreover, most of the circulation is about 103 thousand – the headset did in the fourth quarter, when the new Half-Life was introduced. As a result of this period, the Valve Index became the best-selling VR headset for PCs, and this with a high price tag of up to $ 1,000. It is noted that if it were not for the supply shortage, helmet sales could be even higher.
However, the Valve headset is still far from the market leaders. DFor comparison, Playstation VR and Oculus quest from October to December sold out in 338 and 317 thousand respectivelyand as of the end of last year, Sony was able to sell over 5 million PSVRs – this is the most popular VR helmet in the world.
The release of Half-Life: Alyx will be held in March. Now Valve is preparing a new batch of Index and promises to return the helmet on sale before the release of the game.
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