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"Meta said that starting June 4th, the Quest 2 will drop its price by $100 to $299.99 for the 128GB version"

Ah, what a deal. The same price it was 1 year ago.

https://twitter.com/metaquestvr/status/1551975828442910720

In the meantime there's been inflation, the CPU and GPU are getting clocked up, and I believe the other SKU of the Quest 2 is the cheapest its ever been

Not cheap enough considering the competition are light-years ahead in terms of brand recognition.

They've lost $15b already, it's shocking that they're trying to break even on hardware instead of subsidizing adoption.

> Not cheap enough considering the competition are light-years ahead in terms of brand recognition.

Nobody is really competing with Meta in the unwired VR space.

Waters were sometimes uncharted for a reason.

Yes. Like those sailors who truly thought the Atlantic Ocean terminated in a sheer cliff before hitting Asia.

> the competition are light-years ahead in terms of brand recognition.

Who are you talking about?? Not a single brand is as synonymous with VR as Meta & Oculus Quest. In fact, whenever I speak with any non tech focused people about VR they automatically assume I'm talking about the Quest.

Which competitors?

Considering 10% inflation in the meantime, that's actually a standard tech price drop.

According to this website it’s really only a $7-8 difference.

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=300&year1=2022...

That price is gonna look amazing in a week when Apple announces their weird expensive thing.

773 ppi vs >4000 ppi

Invalid comparison, the display size doesn't matter because of how lenses work, so the perceived screen size is what counts. VR headsets are typically measured in PPD (pixels per degree). Apple's headset is rumored to be 1.5-2x Quest 3.

no, ppi still matters. it informs headset size and weight and quest 3 is 509 grams vs near half that.

Maybe, it depends on the lens design as well.

well?

Also internal battery vs external battery. There will be a lot of interesting comparisons to be made once both products hit shelves.

One dollar per ppi

One inch-dollar per pixel

It launched at 299 for the 64GB version, not the 128GB version.

Plus, there's actually been quite a bit of inflation since then.

Recognize that upon launch the 128gb version was $350 - they had a 64gb version that they don’t make anymore that was $300

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