Quest 2 is now out of inventory within the US on Meta Retailer and main retailers.
Since Quest 3 launched Meta has repeatedly lower the value of Quest 2, first to $250 after which in March to simply $200. In April it even lower Quest 2 official accent costs by greater than 50% in comparison with their authentic costs.
In February, the upper storage 256GB mannequin of Quest 2 went out of inventory globally and was delisted from all retailers, suggesting that manufacturing of at the least that mannequin has ended.
Now at this time, the remaining 128GB mannequin is out of inventory too within the US on Meta Retailer, Amazon, Greatest Purchase, Goal, and Walmart. You may nonetheless discover third-party sellers providing it at a major markup on a few of these retailers’ web sites, however not Meta or the retailer itself, and never for $200.
Whereas Quest 2 stays in inventory in most different supported nations, the US is Meta’s greatest market and this information suggests the headset could possibly be in its closing weeks on sale.
However that does not imply the entry value for Meta’s platform is about to turn out to be $450, the value of a refurbished Quest 3.
There’s been robust proof over the previous 15 months that Meta is getting ready to launch a less expensive various to Quest 3 to interchange Quest 2 in its lineup, which can be priced round $300 new.
In March 2023 a leaked Meta {hardware} roadmap talked about this cheaper headset, and earlier this month the official Quest Retailer listed “Meta Quest 3S”, a reputation seen in an obvious leak three months in the past purporting to point out the headset’s design.
For a abstract of all the pieces we have heard to date about Quest 3S, learn our detailed roundup right here.