As a part of its early Black Friday Doorbuster Sale, Best Buy simply dropped the finest offers we might even see this complete month on the Meta Quest 3S VR headset. Not solely do you get $50-$70 off in immediate reductions ($249 for the 128GB mannequin and $329 for the 256GB mannequin), you additionally get a bonus $50 Best Buy present card along with your buy. That is principally getting a Quest for as little as $199. That is the finest deal I’ve seen this 12 months on a Quest 3S headset with guarantee. Just lately we have seen offers on refurbished fashions, however on this case the benefit of shopping for new is that you simply additionally get a few free video games.
Word: The 128GB mannequin consists of two video games, Batman: Arkham Shadow and The Strolling Lifeless: Saints and Sinners. The 256GB mannequin consists of one recreation, Batman: Arkham Shadow.
Meta Quest 3S Beginning at $249 Plus $50 Best Buy Reward Card
$50 Best Buy Reward Card With Buy
Meta Quest 3S 128GB VR Headset
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Contains Batman: Arkham VR and The Strolling Lifeless: Saints and Sinners video games.
$50 Best Buy Reward Card With Buy
Meta Quest 3S 256GB VR Headset
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Contains Batman: Arkham VR recreation.
The Meta Quest 3S is the finest standalone consumer-oriented VR headset underneath $300. It prices 40% lower than the Quest 3 and but retains most of its {hardware} and performance, together with the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, Contact Plus controllers with inside-out monitoring, and blended actuality passthrough. Nonetheless, whereas the Quest 3 has been up to date with a brand new pancake lens design, the Quest 3S retains the Fresnel optics of the Quest 2. Though clearly not so good as the Quest 3, the Quest 3S nonetheless very a lot provides an immersive visible expertise that’s positive to impress. I personally logged in tons of of hours on the Quest 2 earlier than I moved on to the Quest 3. For newcomers who wish to check out VR gaming with out investing tons of cash, of for individuals who wish to give this as a present to somebody who’s by no means tried VR, I’d advocate the Quest 3S over the Quest, particularly at this value.
TL;DR Quest 3S vs Quest 3:
- Identical Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor
- Identical Contact Plus controllers
- Identical 120Hz refresh fee
- Identical Blended actuality passthrough performance
- Identical tetherless and tethered performance
- Quest 3 has sharper decision (2064×2208 vs 1832×1920)
- Quest 3 has higher lens array (pancake vs fresnel)
- Quest 3 has decrease FOV (104°/96° vs 96°/90°)
- Quest 3 has greater storage capability (512GB vs 128GB)
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