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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Hassam Nasir

Meta raising Quest headset prices due to AI-driven RAM shortage — Quest 3 to cost $600, Quest 3S $350 from April 19

Meta Quest 3S.

Meta is raising the price of its entire Quest VR headset lineup, a hike caused by the ongoing AI squeeze on the components required to make the headset. Specifically, it will increase the price of both the Quest 3 and 3S from April 19.

The 128 GB variant of the Quest 3S will now cost $350, up from $300, while the 512 GB model is going from $400 to $450. The upgraded Quest 3 only has a 512 GB SKU, and it's getting a $100 prike hike, now costing $600 instead of $500. Meta says "the cost of building high-performance VR hardware has risen significantly," so it's forced to raise prices. In particular, the company blames surging component prices for RAM.

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