The United States is the top VR market in Q1 2017

Yordan, 22 May 2017

The VR world keeps expanding and United States is the main driver behind it. Customers there got 40% of all VR headsets shipped in the January-March quarter of 2017. Second is Japan with 14% or 81,000 VR units, with 9 out of 10 headsets being the PlayStation VR.

The third most developed market for Virtual Reality headsets is China. 11% of all VR sets go to the Chinese market. HTC is an undisputable leader there with 15,000 shipped Vives or about a quarter of the whole market.

Japan managed to jump in second due to heavy demand for Sony’s in-house VR headset. According to Canalys analysts, “Gaming and entertainment continue to be the key driver for VR headsets [..] Sony has to ensure AAA titles are comfortable to play on PlayStation VR for extended periods of time”.

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Reader comments

Arsalan
27 May 2017
wa9

I think they want to say "People's republic of China".

AnonD-24741
23 May 2017
mY{

11% People 89% ??? I'm guessing this pie chart was made by someone using Google translate.

Anonymous
22 May 2017
swf

VR is the future, but not this VR. A bit of how Nokia communicator was a gimmick but smartphone were the future (just not in the form Nokia had envisioned)