The Meta Quest 3S is on sale for $297 — which is basically its old price
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The Meta Quest 3S VR headset is on sale for $297, close to its original launch price, making it a decent deal for an entry-level VR headset.
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <strong><a href="https://www.theverge.com/24340948/meta-quest-3s-vr-headset-review">Meta Quest 3S</a></strong> VR headset with 128GB of storage is $296.79 (about $53 off) at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2GYMC8H">Amazon</a>. This is Meta’s entry-level VR headset, which <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24252316/meta-quest-3s-hands-on-connect-2024">launched back in 2024</a> for $299.99 before <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/912921/meta-quest-3-3s-vr-price-hike-ram-memory-shortage">getting a price increase this year to $349.99</a>. So it’s not exactly the most exciting deal, but it’s about as good as you’re likely to find these days for a new unit.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The base model Quest blends a bit of the higher-end Quest 3 and older Quest 2 for a Goldilocks-style compromise. Like other Quests, it’s a standalone unit that operates wirelessly — until it’s time to charge it, of course. It plays a wide selection of games from the Quest store, like <em><a href="https://www.meta.com/quest/batman-arkham-shadow">Batman: Arkham Shadow</a></em> and <em>Supernatural</em> (<a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/941816/supernatural-health-meta-quest-vr">once it relaunches</a>), and if you don’t mind some added latency, you can wirelessly stream Steam games from your PC.</p>
<div class="product-block"><h3>Meta Quest 3S</h3>
<div class="product-description">If you bought a Meta Quest 2, you’re a prime candidate for the Quest 3S. It’s a faster, more comfortable VR headset that runs the same chipset as the pricier Quest 3. While its screen resolution hasn’t improved, nearly everything else about the hardware has. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24340948/meta-quest-3s-vr-headset-review">Read our review</a>.</div>
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<h3>Where to Buy:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Meta-Quest-128GB-Cardboard-Exclusive-Oculus/dp/B0F2GYMC8H"> <strike>$349.99</strike> $296.79 at <strong>Amazon (128GB)</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.bestbuy.com/site/quest-3s-128gb-dive-into-mixed-reality-get-a-3-month-trial-of-meta-horizon-included-white/6622623.p?skuId=6622623"> $349.99 at <strong>Best Buy (128GB)</strong></a></li></ul></div>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While the much pricier <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23906313/meta-quest-3-review-vr-mixed-reality-headset">Quest 3</a> uses lighter, flatter pancake lenses for its optics, the 3S uses fresnel lenses just like the Quest 2 generation. But other than that, it’s got many similarities as the $600 Quest 3: the same Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, the same cameras with color passthrough video, and the same controllers. What you pay much more for in the Quest 3 is higher image quality, thanks in part to those refined optics and a higher resolution per eye. But the Quest 3S still looks fine with its 1832 x 1920 pixels per eye.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s a shame we’re no longer seeing the previous kinds of low prices the Quest 3S used to fall to, like when it was $249 around Black Friday, but with the way things are going this is as good as it gets for now.</p>
<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/24340948/meta-quest-3s-vr-headset-review">Read our review of the Meta Quest 3S</a></h4>
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# The Meta Quest 3S is on sale for $297 — which is basically its old price
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The**[Meta Quest 3S](https://www.theverge.com/24340948/meta-quest-3s-vr-headset-review)**VR headset with 128GB of storage is $296\.79 \(about $53 off\) at[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2GYMC8H?tag=theverge02-20)\. This is Meta’s entry\-level VR headset, which[launched back in 2024](https://www.theverge.com/24252316/meta-quest-3s-hands-on-connect-2024)for $299\.99 before[getting a price increase this year to $349\.99](https://www.theverge.com/tech/912921/meta-quest-3-3s-vr-price-hike-ram-memory-shortage)\. So it’s not exactly the most exciting deal, but it’s about as good as you’re likely to find these days for a new unit\.
The base model Quest blends a bit of the higher\-end Quest 3 and older Quest 2 for a Goldilocks\-style compromise\. Like other Quests, it’s a standalone unit that operates wirelessly — until it’s time to charge it, of course\. It plays a wide selection of games from the Quest store, like*[Batman: Arkham Shadow](https://www.meta.com/quest/batman-arkham-shadow)*and*Supernatural*\([once it relaunches](https://www.theverge.com/news/941816/supernatural-health-meta-quest-vr)\), and if you don’t mind some added latency, you can wirelessly stream Steam games from your PC\.
[](https://www.amazon.com/Meta-Quest-128GB-Cardboard-Exclusive-Oculus/dp/B0F2GYMC8H?tag=theverge02-20)[](https://www.amazon.com/Meta-Quest-128GB-Cardboard-Exclusive-Oculus/dp/B0F2GYMC8H?tag=theverge02-20)
$297
If you bought a Meta Quest 2, you’re a prime candidate for the Quest 3S\. It’s a faster, more comfortable VR headset that runs the same chipset as the pricier Quest 3\. While its screen resolution hasn’t improved, nearly everything else about the hardware has\.[Read our review](https://www.theverge.com/24340948/meta-quest-3s-vr-headset-review)\.
While the much pricier[Quest 3](https://www.theverge.com/23906313/meta-quest-3-review-vr-mixed-reality-headset)uses lighter, flatter pancake lenses for its optics, the 3S uses fresnel lenses just like the Quest 2 generation\. But other than that, it’s got many similarities as the $600 Quest 3: the same Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, the same cameras with color passthrough video, and the same controllers\. What you pay much more for in the Quest 3 is higher image quality, thanks in part to those refined optics and a higher resolution per eye\. But the Quest 3S still looks fine with its 1832 x 1920 pixels per eye\.
It’s a shame we’re no longer seeing the previous kinds of low prices the Quest 3S used to fall to, like when it was $249 around Black Friday, but with the way things are going this is as good as it gets for now\.
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