Meta has announced its Quest headsets will see a significant price rise starting from April 19th. Like most price hikes these days, it’s the RAM crisis that’s causing this. Meta says that the cost of building high-performance VR hardware has risen significantly and that the surge in price of critical components, especially memory chips, is impacting almost every category of consumer electronics.
Meta Quest headsets are seeing their price rise amid the memory shortage
As a result of this, the Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S are going to get costlier from April 19th. The company says that in order to deliver the quality of hardware, software, and support that users expect from the Quest platform, it needs to adjust the pricing.
The Meta Quest 3 sees a $100 price hike and will be available for $599.99. Meanwhile, the Quest 3S will be $50 more expensive. It will be available at $349.99 for the version with 128GB of storage and $449.99 for the 256GB model. The updated pricing will also apply to Meta Quest Refurbished units, while all Meta Quest accessories will retain their current prices.Â
The prices of refurbished units are also going up
The refurbished Quest 3S is reportedly getting a $50 bump. The 128GB version will set you back by $319.99, while the 256GB costs $409.99. The refurbished Quest 3 will cost $549.99, after a $170 price jump. As for its smart glasses, Meta told The Verge that it isn’t expecting to raise its prices due to the memory shortage in the near future. So this category is safe, for now.
The memory crisis is hitting consumers in a big way. Brands are steadily jacking up the prices of their products, and it’s not just one tech category. Sony recently increased the prices of PS5 consoles and the PlayStation Portal handheld. Recently, Microsoft hiked the prices of its Surface PCs. Beyond these, the prices of smartphones and laptops are already going up.
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