It’s been lower than every week since Meta launched the Quest 3S Xbox Version headset, however the “restricted version” system is already out of inventory if shopping for from Meta immediately. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless accessible at third-party retailers.
Meta mentioned beforehand that the Quest 3S Xbox Version is “extraordinarily restricted” and shall be gone for good as soon as it sells out. So whereas it’s a bit shocking that it’s already listed as ‘Out of Inventory’ when making an attempt to purchase immediately from Meta (in each accessible areas; US & UK), it’s unclear at this level if demand is larger than anticipated, or if Meta merely didn’t have a lot direct inventory to start with.
It’s price noting that the Quest 3S Xbox Version remains to be accessible at Finest Purchase within the US, and at Argos and EE within the UK; however contemplating even the official Xbox web site remains to be pointing patrons on to the Out of Inventory web page on Meta, it’s potential that neither firm anticipated inventory to promote out so shortly.
Granted, there’s loads of model new Quest 3S Xbox Version headsets already accessible for a major premium on Ebay, so scalpers might also have a hand on this.
The Quest 3S Xbox Version is functionally no completely different than the Quest 3S—it’s the identical show, lenses, processor and so forth. Nevertheless it comes with a novel colour scheme, an Xbox controller, and three months of the Xbox Sport Cross Final, which provides entry to Microsoft’s cloud gaming library which incorporates a reasonably large collection of trendy Xbox titles, however not all Xbox titles are appropriate.
Whereas this bundle serves the precise use-case of flatscreen gaming with the headset, any present Quest 3S proprietor with an Xbox controller can play Xbox Cloud Gaming content material simply the identical.
Nonetheless, the bundle no less than gives slightly further low cost for individuals wanting to make use of a headset this fashion. The Quest 3S Xbox Version at $400 is $75 inexpensive than individually shopping for a Quest 3S ($300), Quest Elite Strap ($60), Xbox Controller ($55), and three months of Sport Cross Final ($60)—making for a reduction of 16%.
Microsoft had mentioned manner again in 2016 that its upcoming Xbox One X would assist “excessive constancy VR”, however sadly that by no means materialized. That is the closest Microsoft has gotten to a full-blown Xbox VR headset, however these not tuned into the VR area could be upset to search out that they’ll’t truly use the Quest 3S Xbox Version to play their favourite Xbox video games in VR, however simply play them on a flatscreen in a VR headset.
However hey, it’s a pleasant choice to have. Perhaps in the future we’ll no less than get 3D rendering of Xbox video games to provide them some depth inside their windowed display.
Replace (July twenty seventh, 2025 – 2:45PM ET): A previous model of this text incorrectly acknowledged that the full worth of the person elements within the Xbox Version bundle was $415. This has been corrected to $475.
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