Did you think Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was done with its soon-to-be old virtual reality headset? Think again. The company formerly known as Facebook announced the popular Oculus Quest 2 will get an upgrade and see its price slashed by $100, bringing it back down to where it was a year ago before Meta took the unprecedented step of hiking the price to $400.
“Starting June 4, we’re lowering the price of Quest 2 to $299.99 USD for the 128GB SKU to help even more people access the magic of VR,” Meta revealed today alongside the announcement of its new $500 Quest 3 headset. $300 was how much the Quest 2 was in 2022 before the company raised it amid shaky financials and a stock market sell-off. Following a couple brutal waves of mass layoffs, shareholders seem happier, and it seems VR enthusiasts can go back to grabbing the entry-level headset at a steal.
The Quest 2’s 256GB SKU is getting an even bigger price cut, going from $500 down to $350, no doubt to get out of the way of the superior Quest 3. Both Quest 2 versions, meanwhile, are getting software upgrades that Meta says will increase their CPU efficiency by 26 percent while the GPU will get a 19 percent increase. “As developers take advantage of these changes, you can expect smoother gameplay, a more responsive UI, and richer content on both headsets,” the company wrote.
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Source from kotaku.com