Market research company SuperData Research (via Game Informer ) has predicted that the PlayStation VR unit will sell over 2 million units by the end of the year.

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More specifically, the company projects PSVR will sell near 2,602,370 units. The headset comes out tomorrow, October 13.To get this number, SuperData considered some of the following facts: Sony currently has an install base of 44 million people that own the PlayStation 4. According to the company, PlayStation VR will benefit from this. It has also set up 500,000 demo opportunities around the country, which SuperData believes helped bolster pre-order numbers. PlayStation VR also has several games and experiences coming from established series, such as Final Fantasy , Rocksteady's Batman , and Resident Evil On the flip side, though, SuperData does point out that in the past Sony has stumbled with manufacturing appropriate amounts of new products early in their life cycles. This may be to the detriment of PlayStation VR. It also notes the peripheral doesn't have a confirmed "killer app" to use as a showpiece game.Lastly, with the PlayStation Pro coming out this holiday, SuperData suggests consumers may decide to spend their money on a more powerful console that costs $100 less than the $500 peripheral.For those who didn't pre-order PSVR, Amazon will have new launch bundles and core headsets for purchase beginning later tonight For more on PlayStation VR, read our review of the headset , or IGN's reviews of some of PSVR's first games, such as Rez Infinite Thumper , and Superhypercube

Blake Hester is a KY-based writer. Follow him on Twitter @metallicaisrad