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Samsung Gear VR installed base exceeded 5 million units by 2017

Peter Kortenhoeven · 656: How to Win VR Gaming Space, $500k Raised, Team of 12, First Release This Year with CEO Peter Kortenhoeven · May 11, 2017 · at 9:51

Peter Kortenhoeven, founder of Pillow's Willow VR Studios, estimates the addressable hardware market for mobile VR titles in 2017.

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“The gear VR already goes beyond five million.”

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The claim, plainly

Samsung Gear VR had an installed base or cumulative shipments exceeding 5 million units by May 2017.

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Assessment

The claim asserted that Samsung Gear VR had surpassed 5 million units in cumulative shipments or installed base by May 2017. Official company disclosures and independent market intelligence data corroborate this milestone well before the May 11, 2017 statement date. At CES in January 2017, Tim Baxter, then President and COO of Samsung Electronics America, officially announced that Samsung had shipped over 5 million Gear VR headsets globally. Independent tracking from SuperData also confirmed that cumulative shipments surpassed 5.29 million units by the end of Q1 2017.

At CES 2017 in January 2017, then President and COO of Samsung Electronics America Tim Baxter publicly announced that cumulative Gear VR shipments had exceeded 5 million units globally.
SuperData Research reported 4.51 million Gear VR shipments in calendar year 2016 and an additional 782,000 shipments in Q1 2017, surpassing 5.29 million cumulative shipments before May 2017.

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[1] roadtovr.com [2] gamesbeat.com [3] mobilesyrup.com [4] pocketgamer.biz [5] mobilesyrup.com [6] notebookcheck.net [7] mcvuk.com [8] gamesindustry.biz

SuperData Samsung Gear VR shipments 2016 2017 5 million Samsung Gear VR 5 million units shipments OR installed base 2017 Samsung Gear VR 5 million CES 2017 Tim Baxter

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