{"id":367000,"date":"2023-03-04T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=367000"},"modified":"2023-03-03T16:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T22:01:23","slug":"meta-quest-pro-256-gb-model-price-cut-virtual-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/meta-quest-pro-256-gb-model-price-cut-virtual-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta is cutting the price of its Quest Pro and 256 GB Quest 2 VR headsets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The 128 GB stays where it is, though<\/h2>\n<p>Meta is dropping the cost of some of its virtual reality headsets, though one is staying right where it&#8217;s at. The 256 GB Meta Quest 2 and the newer Meta Quest Pro VR headsets are both seeing price cuts.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/blog\/quest\/price-drop-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a>, Meta confirms the 256 GB Meta Quest 2 is dropping from $499.99 to $429.99. That price cut won&#8217;t be spiralling down to the lower-capacity 128 GB Meta Quest 2, which still sits at $399.99.<\/p>\n<p>The Meta Quest Pro sees a deeper cut, dropping from $1,499.99 to $999.99. The changes will take place on March 5 for both US and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Meta says it&#8217;s goal &#8220;has always been to create hardware that&#8217;s affordable for as many people as possible to take advantage of all that VR has to offer.&#8221; Though the 128 GB isn&#8217;t dropping in price, the company says the lowered prices on both 256 GB and Quest Pro will make them more available.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meta Quest Pro\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fv4GWoCB4Zo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>The price of virtual reality<\/h2>\n<p>Meta Quest 2 headsets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/meta-quest-2-virtual-reality-price-hike-headset-oculus-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saw a price hike last year<\/a>, when the company bumped the price of both the 128 GB and 256 GB models up by $100. When the Quest 2 launched in 2020, its wireless format, internal hardware, and price point all made for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/review-oculus-quest-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very solid entry point<\/a> into virtual reality.<\/p>\n<p>That changed with the price shift though, and I don&#8217;t think the cut back down on the 256 GB model changes that. Especially for PlayStation 5 owners, who now have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/review-playstation-vr-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shiny new headset option<\/a> that&#8217;s in a similar price range.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s surprising to me here is the price cut on the Meta Quest Pro headset. A $500 price cut on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/meta-quest-pro-virtual-reality-headset-reveal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headset that debuted less than a year ago<\/a> feels drastic. Granted, reviews of the headset <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23451629\/meta-quest-pro-vr-headset-horizon-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weren&#8217;t all glowing<\/a>, and with a big price point like that, there may still be some hesitancy to buy into the newer of Meta&#8217;s headsets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 128 GB stays where it is, though Meta is dropping the cost of some of its virtual reality headsets,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":808,"featured_media":347193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[158,21095,21576,21907,21738,418,20501],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":808,"display_name":"Eric Van Allen","user_nicename":"ericvanallen"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MetaQuestPro_Lead_101122.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Van Allen","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/ericvanallen\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MetaQuestPro_Lead_101122.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367001,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367000\/revisions\/367001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367000"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=367000"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=367000"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=367000"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=367000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}