Meta and Microsoft unveiled the Quest 3S Xbox Version, a restricted version bundle that launches at this time, packing in all the pieces you want for each XR and Xbox cloud gaming.
Make no bones about it: this isn’t Xbox’s long-awaited reply to PlayStation VR—i.e. it’s not a headset you can hook as much as your Xbox to play VR video games. Basically, it’s a brand new, restricted version colorway of the usual Quest 3S (128GB), skinned in Xbox’s Carbon Black and Velocity Inexperienced. Okay, it’s barely greater than that.
Priced at $399.99, within the field you’ll additionally discover a pair of matching Contact Plus controllers for VR and MR gameplay, a restricted version Xbox controller, matching Elite Strap (not the prolonged battery version), and a three-month Xbox Sport Move Final membership.
That mentioned, the bundle is definitely a fairly whole lot if you happen to needed to buy all the pieces individually, which might in any other case price you round $490. Right here’s the breakdown: Quest 3S 128GB with controllers ($299), Quest Elite Strap ($69), customary Xbox controller ($64), and 3-month Xbox Sport Move Final ($60).
Granted, if you have already got a supported Xbox controller and Xbox Sport Move Final, you don’t want the particular version Quest 3S, as Meta and Microsoft launched Xbox cloud gaming on Quest in late 2023, supporting Quest 2 and above, letting you play over 400 cloud streaming-supported video games.
Notably, Quest 3S Xbox Version additionally comes together with a three-month subscription to Meta’s Horizon+ recreation service, which is often priced at $8 monthly. Horizon+ allows you to obtain 30+ Quest video games, akin to Asgard’s Wrath 2 (2023), Crimson Matter (2018), and Demeo (2021), in addition to two choose video games every month and maintain them so long as you’re a subscriber.
In the event you’re on the fence, ensure that to take a look at our assessment of Quest 3S for all of the specs and deep dive impressions.
Whereas the Quest 3S Xbox Version was initially introduced at Join 2024 final April, Meta can be gearing as much as supply a number of different XR headsets too that we nonetheless haven’t heard about.
Meta tapped ASUS Republic of Players and Lenovo to create fully new headsets operating Horizon OS—the primary third-party corporations to take action. Meta says the Asus headset is concentrating on efficiency, whereas Lenovo is trying to goal “productiveness, studying, and leisure.”
In the mean time, you’ll find the Quest 3S Xbox Version beginning at this time over on meta.com, Finest Purchase within the US, and Argos and EE within the UK. The businesses say provides are “extraordinarily restricted,” so as soon as they’re gone, they’re gone.
