The company is raising prices of its virtual reality headsets due to the rising cost of memory chips. announced On Thursday. Starting April 19, the price of Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and Meta Quest 3S (256GB) will increase by $50 to $349.99 and $449.99 respectively. The price of Meta Quest 3 is increasing by $100 to $599.99.
“We are making this change because the cost of building high-performance VR hardware has increased significantly,” Meta wrote in its blog post. “The global increase in the price of critical components – particularly memory chips – is impacting nearly every category of consumer electronics, including VR. To deliver the quality of hardware, software and support expected from the Quest platform, we need to adjust our pricing.”
The company says the updated pricing will also apply to Meta Quest refurbished units, but all Meta Quest accessories will remain at their current prices.
Meta is the latest tech company to join its peers in raising hardware prices in response to RAM shortages. SAMSUNG, MicrosoftAnd Sony.
