![]() Granted, profit is a different story Valve isn’t believed to be making much profit from each Index sold, but still, a large revenue stream generated by the headset is overall a good thing for the company, as long as it’s breaking even or better. Given how infrequently Valve’s own Half-Life: Alyx has appeared in the top 10, we’d wager that the headset has earned the company far more revenue. Looking at the historical data, we can see how often the headset has permeated the top 10 best selling Steam products of each week, including eight separate weeks where it’s topped the charts at #1. On certain weeks over its 13 week streak, Index has surpassed the weekly revenue of major games like Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, and others. Still, it seems quite impressive that the headset’s revenue is ranking alongside some of the world’s best selling games. It’s worth remembering that the ranking is by revenue to put things into perspective, each Index kit sold costs the same as about 17 games at $60 each. ![]() With Valve Index supply ramping back up after supply disruptions, we can see that the $1,000 headset has been among the top five best selling products for 13 weeks running. SteamDB maintains an archive of the weekly top 10. But from a revenue standpoint, the headset seems to be treating Valve very well.Īlthough Valve doesn’t share how much revenue individual products make on its platform, Steam does rank the top selling products, by revenue, each week. Original Article (January 26, 2021): From a unit standpoint, it’s unlikely that the $1,000 Valve Index is selling all that many headsets compared to cheaper headsets like Oculus Quest. The prior update, which tracked Index’s demand at its second anniversary, continues below. ![]() However there’s hints and rumors that Valve is working on a next-gen VR headset. The company’s VR efforts have significantly slowed, at least from the outside. HTC, for instance, has seen its share of headsets drop from around 28% to just 11% over the last two years.ĭespite continued demand for Index, questions remain about Valve’s commitment to VR. Other headset makers haven’t been as resilient to the onset of Quest 2. That’s despite the $1,000 price for the Index ‘full kit’, and significantly cheaper options like HP’s Reverb G2 and Quest 2 which have immerged after Index was released.Įven with the incredible pace at which Quest 2 has ascended to become the most used headset on Steam, Index has has been incredibly resistant, managing to maintain a share of around 16% of all headsets used on Steam-hanging onto its place as the second most used headset on the platform. The now three year old headset continues to been seen with regularity among the 10 highest grossing products on Steam, with only a slow decline in the long run. Valve has been pretty quiet about VR in the last year, but its first and only VR headset, Valve Index, has shown impressive longevity.
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