Oh man, so here’s the deal with this whole Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition thing—barely hit the shelves and bam, gone. At least if you’re hoping to snag it straight from Meta. Not even a week, and it’s like poof! But hey, if you’re all stealthy, you can still hunt it down at places like Best Buy in the US or Argos in the UK. Went totally blindsided seeing the “Out of Stock” sign on Meta’s site. I mean, did they only make like 10 of these things, or is everyone just lining up for ‘em like it’s free ice cream day?
Let’s take a side road here—imagine being the folks over at Xbox, pushing customers to a sold-out page. Whoops, didn’t see that one coming. Feels like those surprise pop quizzes in school. Yet, curious minds wonder—did they expect it to vanish this fast, or are scalpers doing their thing again?
Oh, funny thing I noticed—the headset’s just the Quest 3S dressed up all fancy-like, with an Xbox controller hanging out and a sprinkle of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for kicks. No shiny new tech or anything, just a jazzy paint job and some gaming goodness on the side. But they’re bundling it up for like $400, which is supposed to save you a cool 75 bucks if you were to buy all the bits separately. My math brain almost hurts thinking about it.
And then there’s this whole thing with Xbox VR, or the lack of it. I remember Microsoft hinting like back in 2016 about some big VR plans with their Xbox One X, but nope, nada. The Quest 3S deal doesn’t mean you’re diving into your favorite games with VR on. Nah, just the regular flatscreen style—inside a VR headset. A bit of a letdown, innit? You’d think by now we’d be playing in VR wonderland.
Anyway, maybe someday we’ll get that 3D thing going, make it look all fancy. But for now? Just go with the flow, right? Maybe it’s not what some folks hoped for, but hey, some gaming fun is better than none.
Oh, before I forget—fun fact, someone goofed up earlier. Originally said the whole bundle’s worth was $415. Turns out, it’s $475. Numbers, huh? Who knew they’d be this slippery.
