The Meta Quest 3S VR Headset Is the Cheapest It’s Ever Been (2025)
For Black Friday, Meta’s popular VR headset, the Quest 3S, has dropped $50 to a discounted price of $249. This is the model with 128 GB of storage, while the 256 GB model costs $329. Although this price is not a new low, this is as cheap as this helmet has ever sold.
The devil is in the details with different packages offered by different retailers making things confusing. The one offered by Amazon, for example, is a Gorilla label bundle, which is currently the most popular game on the platform. It’s also a free game to download, but the pack gives you in-game content (1,000 shiny stones, for those curious). You may not want in-game content for a game you’ve never played.
For my money, Walmart is the place to buy the Quest 3S right now. Its pack comes with Batman: Shadow of Arkhama $50 game. Meta also sells this pack at the same price directly from its own storefront. Like the other bundles, this one comes with 128GB of storage, as well as a three-month free trial of Meta Horizon+, which gives you access to many premium apps and games designed for VR.
Meanwhile, Best Buy is offering a bundle with the game The Walking Dead: sinners and saints for the same price of $249. It’s a $20 game. But it also comes with a $50 Best Buy e-gift card. It’s also a great deal, although it depends on whether you plan to do more shopping with Best Buy’s best Cyber Monday deals.
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The Meta Quest 3S is the best VR headset to buy, and has been since its release in late 2024. It was the cheaper sequel to the Meta Quest 3, but it was so good that it outright replaced it. Our review called it “cheap, lightweight, and easy to use.” WIRED reviewer Boone Ashworth also complimented its ergonomics, calling it the “most comfortable VR headset” he’s ever used, thanks to its weight and ability to stay cool when on your face. It even comes with premium features like color video transfer for mixed reality experiences. Battery life seems to be the biggest compromise; In our playtests, it lasted a few hours at most.
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