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More Than 1 Million VR Headsets Ship In Q3

For the first time ever, the number of VR headsets shipped globally surpassed 1 million units during the third quarter of the year, according to Canalys. “There are a number of manufacturers making all sorts of VR headsets, but Sony is by far the biggest player,” Business Insider notes, citing Canalys’s findings. “Its PlayStation VR headset alone got into the hands of 490,000 new customers, which means 49% of Q3's entire pie.”

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  1. John Grono from GAP Research, November 29, 2017 at 4:07 p.m.

    That's not really a big number.   1million in a quarter.   Annualised that is 4 million which is around one twentieth of one percent of the global population.

  2. Ed Papazian from Media Dynamics Inc, November 29, 2017 at 5:09 p.m.

    I wonder how many of our readers know the approximate size of the world's population, John.

  3. John Grono from GAP Research, November 29, 2017 at 5:28 p.m.

    Good point Ed.

    I based it on 7 billion.   But on further checking the October 2017 estimate it is more like 7.6 billion so I was on the high side.   Either way 4m p.a. is teensy.

  4. Ed Papazian from Media Dynamics Inc, November 29, 2017 at 6:27 p.m.

    By the way, John, Dave Morgan has published an interesting report, based largely on Nielsen data,about the number of channels that are viewed now and five years ago and related metrics which I have commeneted on. I'd be interested in your evaluation as well as the opinions of Jack, Nick, and others  if they would care to oblige.It's an important subject and needs to be looked into. Dave provides a link to the report.

  5. John Grono from GAP Research, November 29, 2017 at 8:28 p.m.

    Interesting Ed.

    Can you please post the link and I will have a look at it next week when I get back a long weekend away (milking cows is involved I believe!) 

  6. Ed Papazian from Media Dynamics Inc, November 30, 2017 at 6:12 a.m.

    Here's the link, John:

    https://lnkd.in/ekdbFHs?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_recent_activity_details_all%3Bi9HJSGWaTFOk8wEc6Avo8w%3D%3D

  7. Ed Papazian from Media Dynamics Inc, November 30, 2017 at 6:13 a.m.

    Looks like it isn't working...sorry.

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