HTC Vive has sold over 15,000 units, less than ten minutes from pre-orders becoming available.

HTC has revealed that over 15,000 Vive units were sold less than ten minutes after the company opened pre-orders for the unit.

The news is courtesy of HTC's Shen Ye, who was impressed by the numbers.

Woah, more than 15k units in less than 10min :o

— Shen Ye (@shen) February 29, 2016

To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings

The Vive costs $800 in the US and £689 in the UK.

By comparison, Oculus' day one stock for the Rift was sold out in 15 minutes, though the company did not reveal any sales numbers.