Microsoft Isn’t Making Its Own VR Headset, but There Is the $400 Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition

Microsoft has announced the Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition, the archetypal constricted variation ever for the Quest virtual world headset.

The institution down Xbox has yet to merchandise a virtual world headset of its own, but it seems blessed to spouse with Meta to grow Xbox unreality gaming connected Quest.

In a station connected Xbox Wire, Lori Wright, Corporate Vice President, Gaming Partnerships and Business Development, said the Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition is “crafted for Xbox fans.” It’s retired present (see it astatine Best Buy oregon Meta) and costs $399.99.

The Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition Bundle contents:

• Custom 128GB Meta Quest 3S successful Xbox Carbon Black and Velocity Green
• Matching Touch Plus controllers and a limited-edition Xbox Wireless Controller
• Elite Strap
• 3 months of Meta Horizon+
• 3 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

You tin brace immoderate Xbox Wireless Controller, Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2, oregon Xbox Adaptive Controller to Quest utilizing Bluetooth, but the included limited-edition Xbox Wireless Controller volition stock the aforesaid look arsenic the different accessories.

The Xbox app connected Quest lets you entree Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is disposable arsenic portion of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Game Pass Ultimate members tin besides watercourse prime cloud-playable games they own, adjacent if they are not included with Game Pass Ultimate (there are implicit 100 supported titles successful the Stream Your Own Game collection).

The selling for the Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition leans connected Microsoft’s ongoing “This is an Xbox” campaign, which pushes the thought that Xbox isn’t confined to consoles, but playable connected astir things with a screen.

The Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition is disposable present astatine meta.com, Best Buy (USA), Argos (UK), and EE (UK), but quantities are highly limited. “Once they’re gone, they’re gone,” Microsoft said.

Microsoft has truthful acold resisted the temptation to merchandise a VR headset of its own, adjacent arsenic competitors specified arsenic Sony went all-in. Back successful 2019, up of the motorboat of the Xbox Series X and S, Phil Spencer confirmed that virtual world wasn't a absorption for the consoles due to the fact that determination wasn't capable request for it.

“We’re responding to what our customers are asking for and… nobody’s asking for VR,” Spencer said astatine the time. “The immense bulk of our customers cognize if they privation a VR experience, there’s places to spell get those. We spot the volumes of those connected PC and different places.”

Sony went connected to merchandise the PSVR2 for the PlayStation 5, which present appears to person been near behind.

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