Will a VR/AR headset sell more units than the highest-selling game console (~155m units) before 2030? 🎮🕹️ 👾🖥️
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This is effectively a bet on whether AR/ VR / XR / Spatial Computing will become mainstream in the 2020s
Resolution Criteria
"VR / AR" meaning either a VR or AR headset or a hybrid XR / Mixed Reality / Spatial Computing device
The device will need to sell more than 155 Million Units before 2030
(Nintendo DS & PS2 are currently both at ~155 Million Units)
Additional Info
The current highest-selling VR headset is Meta's Quest 2 which is selling equivalent units to the Xbox Series S (~20 to 25 million units)
Sony's Playstation 2 and Nintendo DS are both ~155 Million Units sold (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles)
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