Meta Quest 2 (previously Oculus Quest 2) has lengthy been the most well-liked VR headset selection on Steam. Making up just below 50% of SteamVR customers final month, the Meta standalone headset dropped considerably in September. Nonetheless, a current evaluate of Valve’s {hardware} means issues aren’t fairly as clear-cut.
All September Oculus Quest 2 The variety of Steam customers decreased by 7.86%, representing 41.39% of the SteamVR person base. Regardless of this decline, it’s nonetheless effectively forward of the Valve index, which maintains second place with a 1.77% acquire loved by 17.21% of avid gamers.
Each the Oculus Rift S and the unique Rift noticed will increase of two.88% and a couple of.42%, respectively. That is an unusually excessive bounce for 2 discontinued headsets, and could possibly be the results of potential bugs in Valve’s monitoring. In any other case, the HTC Vive posted a marginal acquire in fourth place with 7.07%.
It is value noting that these will not be the numbers we initially noticed within the August 2022 Steam {Hardware} Evaluation. Valve first recorded an 8.28% drop in Quest 2 person numbers, however up to date these stats after it was initially revealed, altering it to a 0.29% enhance. This meant that Quest 2 customers made up 49.25% of the overall SteamVR gamers. As such, the Quest 2 remained dominant because it continued to compete for the title of greatest VR headset.
In an announcement to UploadVR, Valve explains the explanations for updating the stats:
“The gear survey exhibits pure fluctuations in response charges from month to month, so some variability within the statistics is to be anticipated. Nonetheless, the jumps in Could/July and the extra class in August compelled us to take a deeper look, and we have now fastened just a few points with information assortment and evaluation, in addition to fixing the August survey outcomes web page. We anticipate to get extra correct outcomes sooner or later.”
Improved SteamVR headset statistics.
We even have a way more detailed breakdown of VR headsets in Valve’s newest survey, with earlier experiences categorizing 15.07% of VR headsets beneath the “Different” collective entry. The identical class now solely accounts for 1.35% of gadgets in use, and the numbers for gadgets just like the HTC Vive Professional and Pico Neo 3 are actually clearer.
Regardless, this drop in person numbers might trigger Meta concern after the Quest 2 value enhance, particularly given the fierce competitors from the Pico 4. However for the reason that launch of Undertaking Cambria (Meta Quest Professional) is imminent and Oculus Quest 3 is in improvement, digital actuality lovers can maintain out for an actual next-generation expertise.
