The 128 GB stays the place it’s, although

Meta is dropping the price of a few of its digital actuality headsets, although one is staying proper the place it’s at. The 256 GB Meta Quest 2 and the newer Meta Quest Professional VR headsets are each seeing value cuts.

In a weblog, Meta confirms the 256 GB Meta Quest 2 is dropping from $499.99 to $429.99. That value reduce gained’t be spiralling right down to the lower-capacity 128 GB Meta Quest 2, which nonetheless sits at $399.99.

The Meta Quest Professional sees a deeper reduce, dropping from $1,499.99 to $999.99. The modifications will happen on March 5 for each US and Canada.

Meta says it’s purpose “has all the time been to create {hardware} that’s inexpensive for as many individuals as potential to benefit from all that VR has to supply.” Although the 128 GB isn’t dropping in value, the corporate says the lowered costs on each 256 GB and Quest Professional will make them extra accessible.

The worth of digital actuality

Meta Quest 2 headsets noticed a value hike final yr, when the corporate bumped the value of each the 128 GB and 256 GB fashions up by $100. When the Quest 2 launched in 2020, its wi-fi format, inner {hardware}, and value level all made for a really stable entry level into digital actuality.

That modified with the value shift although, and I don’t assume the in the reduction of down on the 256 GB mannequin modifications that. Particularly for PlayStation 5 homeowners, who now have a shiny new headset choice that’s in the same value vary.

What’s shocking to me right here is the value reduce on the Meta Quest Professional headset. A $500 value reduce on a headset that debuted lower than a yr in the past feels drastic. Granted, critiques of the headset weren’t all glowing, and with an enormous value level like that, there should still be some hesitancy to purchase into the newer of Meta’s headsets.