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Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

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Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

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I wouldn’t use one for free right now. There just isn’t a compelling experience there yet.

There's honestly just hardly even any games on it at all. And all of the games are really expensive. I like how on the Nintendo Switch there are big budget games but also thousands of games for like $2

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Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

#32

I wouldn’t use one for free right now. There just isn’t a compelling experience there yet.

There's honestly just hardly even any games on it at all. And all of the games are really expensive. I like how on the Nintendo Switch there are big budget games but also thousands of games for like $2

Have you tried wireless streaming VR games from a PC?

Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

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Lol exactly. Really wanted to play Half Life / Alex but not about to give Meta any money … absolutely not going to use a facebook account to use a VR device.

They dropped the requirement to have a Facebook account for Meta Quest 2 a few weeks ago.

Yes, from a Facebook Account to a Meta Account...

Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

#34
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol exactly. Really wanted to play Half Life / Alex but not about to give Meta any money … absolutely not going to use a facebook account to use a VR device.

They dropped the requirement to have a Facebook account for Meta Quest 2 a few weeks ago.

By requiring a Meta account as I recall. Not much of an improvement.

Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

#35

I wouldn’t use one for free right now. There just isn’t a compelling experience there yet.

There's honestly just hardly even any games on it at all. And all of the games are really expensive. I like how on the Nintendo Switch there are big budget games but also thousands of games for like $2

I guess that will change if they get ads in games right. The problem is real, a lot of games are really not worth the money

Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

#36

I'm shocked that there aren't more multiplayer VR experiences. Yes, sure, there's Pavlov and VR Chat. But unless you have a friend who's into VR Chat, it's remarkably difficult to find a game that can immerse two different people at the same time. It felt a bit ironic that mini golf was one of the most fun multiplayer party games. My wife was like "You should bring over your quest 2!" to our new house -- she already…

> Something like a Star Trek bridge experience or... something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Bridge_Crew

It's not great, but it exists and is a multi-player VR game. Fun with three other friends and I think it's cross platform (although do check).

Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

#37

I'm shocked that there aren't more multiplayer VR experiences. Yes, sure, there's Pavlov and VR Chat. But unless you have a friend who's into VR Chat, it's remarkably difficult to find a game that can immerse two different people at the same time. It felt a bit ironic that mini golf was one of the most fun multiplayer party games. My wife was like "You should bring over your quest 2!" to our new house -- she already…

I play Walkabout Mini Golf weekly with a group of far-flung friends. The courses are interesting, the physics feel right, and the audio is good enough it feels like we're standing around a course having drinks and goofing off. It saved my pandemic, and has been a great way to keep in touch with folks on a regular basis.

[1] https://www.mightycoconut.com/minigolf

Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

#38
I don’t understand.. I thought Silicone Valley’s playbook was to give everything away for free until you people are hooked up or you drive everyone else out of the market, and then raise the prices as much as you want given you are a monopoly.

How is this going to help them capture the market?

Re: Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 to 400 USD

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Lol exactly. Really wanted to play Half Life / Alex but not about to give Meta any money … absolutely not going to use a facebook account to use a VR device.

To be fair, if you want to play Alyx you can also use the Valve Index. So no Meta involved

or an HP reverb G2, or HTC vive or one of dozens of other non meta vr sets...

that said a cheap quest 2 second hand with virtual desktop makes for probably the best wireless experience / dollar you can have

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