> The company announced Friday that it is slashing the price of its higher-end Meta Quest Pro headset by some $500, bringing its cost to $999, roughly six months after it was released. Meta is also lowering the price of its Quest 2 headset from $499.99 to $429.99.

It's a start, still kind of expensive; it will be nice for some people who have been on the fence and missed promotional sales.

Nintendo hasn't traditionally lowered the prices of their units in favor of releasing a 'Lite' version which has worked out pretty well for them things considered - but they are more known for being in the gaming space as compared to Meta:

- Nintendo Switch Lite ($199) vs Nintendo Switch ($300)

- Nintendo 2DS (~$80-130) vs Nintendo 3DS ($250)

Even though 2DS was originally meant for younger kids - it was still really exciting for me to get one since I was newly living on my own during freshman year and bought it myself so that I could play ORAS with my friends who had the nicer DS consoles.

VR seems interesting - maybe just a bit too committed for how I like to play - but I know better than to think my anecdote means anything at the end of the day, there are a lot of people out there excited beyond belief for future development in this domain!

Edit: saw a comment that highlighted an earlier price increase which means these are now being 'discounted' again which is kind of lame and discouraging.