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Meta Increasing Price Of Quest 2 VR Headsets By $100 Starting In August, Cites Rising Costs | MMORPG

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited July 2022 in News & Features Discussion

imageMeta Increasing Price Of Quest 2 VR Headsets By $100 Starting In August, Cites Rising Costs | MMORPG.com

If you've been looking to grab an Oculus 2, you might want to act fast as Meta just announced it would be hiking the cost of its VR headsets up by $100 starting on August 1st.

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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,449
    Alt Title: Meta Increasing Price Of Quest 2 VR Headsets By $100 Starting In August, Cites Need To Get In On The Price Gouging Bandwagon While Simultaneously Blaming 'Inflation' As a Factor.
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  • DigDuggyDigDuggy Member RarePosts: 694
    Makes sense.  Nobody likes price hikes, but prices for everything is going up.  
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  • maskedweaselmaskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195
    Not worth purchasing it at that price point. Just wait for the next headset or go with something else. The reason the quest 2 was popular was because it was a great entry level set since it was cheap. 

    I bet this has less to do with inflation and more to do with them removing the need for a Facebook account to login. I bet they're going to miss out on targeted ads so they are upping the price. 
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  • MendelMendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,609
    Of course, this could entirely be a marketing scheme.  Buy now before we raise the prices.  FOMO.



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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Wish my employer would raise my wages 25% this year....

    Pbbbt....
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  • McSleazMcSleaz Member RarePosts: 280

    maskedweasel said:

    Not worth purchasing it at that price point. Just wait for the next headset or go with something else. The reason the quest 2 was popular was because it was a great entry level set since it was cheap. 

    I bet this has less to do with inflation and more to do with them removing the need for a Facebook account to login. I bet they're going to miss out on targeted ads so they are upping the price. 



    Except that instead of needing a Facebook acct to use it you will now need a Meta acct. which isn't any different in my book.
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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    I'm not the target audience for VR, i'm just here to laugh at Metabook.... hahaha!
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  • ultimateduckultimateduck Member EpicPosts: 1,306

    McSleaz said:



    maskedweasel said:


    Not worth purchasing it at that price point. Just wait for the next headset or go with something else. The reason the quest 2 was popular was because it was a great entry level set since it was cheap. 

    I bet this has less to do with inflation and more to do with them removing the need for a Facebook account to login. I bet they're going to miss out on targeted ads so they are upping the price. 






    Except that instead of needing a Facebook acct to use it you will now need a Meta acct. which isn't any different in my book.



    It's kind of different. It isn't hard to be placed in FB jail given their censorship efforts. I believe you lose access to all of your purchased games if you are suspended or banned from FB.

    I don't see that being a problem with a Meta account.

    My biggest problem with Oculus is their very invasive ToS stating they can turn on your devices mic and cameras at will and gather whatever information they want to sell to whoever they want.
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  • olepiolepi Member EpicPosts: 3,017
    ultimateduck said:

    McSleaz said:



    maskedweasel said:


    Not worth purchasing it at that price point. Just wait for the next headset or go with something else. The reason the quest 2 was popular was because it was a great entry level set since it was cheap. 

    I bet this has less to do with inflation and more to do with them removing the need for a Facebook account to login. I bet they're going to miss out on targeted ads so they are upping the price. 






    Except that instead of needing a Facebook acct to use it you will now need a Meta acct. which isn't any different in my book.



    It's kind of different. It isn't hard to be placed in FB jail given their censorship efforts. I believe you lose access to all of your purchased games if you are suspended or banned from FB.

    I don't see that being a problem with a Meta account.

    My biggest problem with Oculus is their very invasive ToS stating they can turn on your devices mic and cameras at will and gather whatever information they want to sell to whoever they want.

    It's Facebook, they exist to sell your personal information. Any questions?

    I wanted to try the Oculus out, but never had a FB account.

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  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,099
    Poor Mark Fuckerberg needs more money......give me a break.
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  • TheocritusTheocritus Member LegendaryPosts: 9,976
    Don't need meta or VR...Life is just fine without them.
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  • AndemnonAndemnon Member UncommonPosts: 179
    DarkZorvanReturns said:
    Rising costs = Meta is in a PR shitshow due to Zuckerberg/Facebook. Of course you need to charge more when people are no longer buying your product.
    Don't have facebook and never will, nor will i have a meta account, both of those are valid reasons for not buying into any VR headset that has them as a requirement. That they could also take away everything you have bought and is linked to your account on a whim or because of a certain type of 'score' is more than enough reason to tell them to do one. >:)
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  • maskedweaselmaskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195
    Andemnon said:
    DarkZorvanReturns said:
    Rising costs = Meta is in a PR shitshow due to Zuckerberg/Facebook. Of course you need to charge more when people are no longer buying your product.
    Don't have facebook and never will, nor will i have a meta account, both of those are valid reasons for not buying into any VR headset that has them as a requirement. That they could also take away everything you have bought and is linked to your account on a whim or because of a certain type of 'score' is more than enough reason to tell them to do one. >:)
    Luckily they can't stop you from sideloading or running steam vr games on it. 



  • starstorm777starstorm777 Member UncommonPosts: 114
    I'm glad I'm blind in my left eye, so VR does nothing for me and META can suck my...
  • mklinicmklinic Member RarePosts: 2,012
    starstorm777 said:
    I'm glad I'm blind in my left eye [...]
    I mean, distaste for any particular products aside, that's not a sentence you read every day....
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
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    LMAO as if Meta felt inflationary pressures the same way regular people do. Multibillionaire greedy fucks.

    Besides... is VR so firmly embedded now that they think price increases are a good idea? From a sales and marketing POV they should still be practically giving this stuff away to try to get the installed base up to critical mass before they even start thinking about price hikes.
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  • ultimateduckultimateduck Member EpicPosts: 1,306
    olepi said:
    It's Facebook, they exist to sell your personal information. Any questions?

    I wanted to try the Oculus out, but never had a FB account.
    That's fine if it's just commercials on FB from web searches. It's not fine when they turn on my equipment and use it to spy on me.

    Theocritus said:
    Don't need meta or VR...Life is just fine without them.
    I can't fly or shoot fireballs from my hands or kill monsters or survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in real life.
  • sabrefoxxsabrefoxx Member UncommonPosts: 234
    Of course they rose the price. Remember how they said they won't sell your data anymore? (Even tho they probably still will) this is the result of that.
  • TheDalaiBombaTheDalaiBomba Member EpicPosts: 1,493
    Kyleran said:
    Wish my employer would raise my wages 25% this year....

    Pbbbt....
    I changed employers this year and mine got raised 25%.

    Just sayin'. ;)
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  • ShaighShaigh Member EpicPosts: 2,150
    Have to sell a lot of items to make up for the $2.8 billions they put on VR expenses during Q2. 
    Iselin: And the next person who says "but it's a business, they need to make money" can just go fuck yourself.
  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Qbertq said:
    Makes sense.  Nobody likes price hikes, but prices for everything is going up.  
    except mmorpgs

  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    TheDalaiBomba said:
    Kyleran said:
    Wish my employer would raise my wages 25% this year....

    Pbbbt....
    I changed employers this year and mine got raised 25%.

    Just sayin'. ;)
    Yeah, if I had another 5 years to work I probably would switch, but at 65 I'm honestly not looking for extra challenge in my job.

    What I wouldn't mind is being RIffed, 1/2 a years pay would be a great way to go out the door.
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  • ultimateduckultimateduck Member EpicPosts: 1,306
    Kyleran said:
    TheDalaiBomba said:
    Kyleran said:
    Wish my employer would raise my wages 25% this year....

    Pbbbt....
    I changed employers this year and mine got raised 25%.

    Just sayin'. ;)
    Yeah, if I had another 5 years to work I probably would switch, but at 65 I'm honestly not looking for extra challenge in my job.

    What I wouldn't mind is being RIffed, 1/2 a years pay would be a great way to go out the door.
    LOL... 65. Nobody lives that long.  ;)
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