Oculus and Meta (a company formerly known as Facebook) have announced a increase in the price of Meta Quest 2the glasses virtual reality that until a few months ago we knew how Oculus Quest 2. From now on each of the two models of the headset virtual reality cost 100 dlares ms, a rise that has not been confirmed for the Spanish market but is expected to be similar. Accessories and refurbished units will also go up in price. To compensate, all new virtual reality headset purchases will carry a free copy of Beat Saber as a gift.
“We’ve been into VR from the beginning … and we’ve invested billions of dollars to help foster a thriving VR ecosystem. Now, we are making a change that will help us continue to invest for the long term and continue to drive the virtual reality industry forward with best-in-class hardware,” says the statement that we can read in the oculus official blog.
An offer to download Beat Saber, one of the most popular Quest apps, at no additional cost will come with every new headset purchase for a limited time. Ends 12/31/22. Terms apply: https://t.co/apFFTgmJSB— Meta Quest (@MetaQuestVR) July 26, 2022
Increase of 100 dollars for each model: How much to increase in Spain?
In this way, and from August 1, the price of the cheapest model of Meta Quest 2 (the one with 128 GB of internal storage) goes from $299 to $399. The price of the model with more storage (256 GB) is also increased, from $399 to $499. In Spain the headset The Oculus virtual reality system had somewhat more expensive prices (349 euros for the 128 GB model and 449 euros for the 256 GB version), although its new price in our country has not been confirmed yet.
This news comes shortly after we learned that Meta Quest 2 has become the headset VR ms successful con 14.8 million units solda figure that has undoubtedly been helped by its competitive price, as we pointed out in our analysis. From the Oculus and Meta they assure that even so they are still the cheapest virtual reality device on the marketand justify the price increase by the increase in the costs of manufacturing and shipping the products.