Quest 2 is now out of inventory within the US on Meta Retailer and main retailers.
Since Quest 3 launched Meta has repeatedly minimize the worth of Quest 2, first to $250 after which in March to simply $200. In April it even minimize 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 very least that mannequin has ended.
Now at the moment, the remaining 128GB mannequin is out of inventory too within the US on Meta Retailer, Amazon, Greatest Purchase, Goal, and Walmart. You’ll be able to nonetheless discover third-party sellers providing it at a big 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 international locations, the US is Meta’s largest market and this information suggests the headset may very well be in its ultimate weeks on sale.
However that does not imply the entry value for Meta’s platform is about to grow to be $450, the worth of a refurbished Quest 3.
There’s been robust proof over the previous 15 months that Meta is making ready to launch a less expensive different to Quest 3 to exchange 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 indicate the headset’s design.
For a abstract of the whole lot we have heard to this point about Quest 3S, learn our detailed roundup right here.