Quest 3 is on sale for the first time since its launch. It’s a decent discount that’s even cheaper than buying an officially refurbished headset from Meta.

Quest 3 is on sale on Amazon US right now for $430. That’s a savings of $70 (14%) off the MSRP. Surprisingly, it’s even cheaper than buying the headset officially refurbished by Meta, which is still priced at $450.

If Amazon runs out of the deal, we’ve also seen stock at Walmart and Target (but you have to make an account with Target to see the sale price).

Unfortunately, the Quest 3 deal only applies to the smaller 128GB model. The otherwise identical 512GB model is still priced at $630. And it seems the long standing bundling of Asgard’s Wrath 2 with the headsets has come to an end.

If you’re planning to pick up the headset today, don’t miss our list of the best Quest 3 accessories.

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Meta’s other major headset, Quest 2, is seemingly widely out of stock at major retailers. It’s expected this is in preparation for its next headset. But there’s still a few months before the company is likely to reveal that headset, and the gap seems to have spurred Meta to try to get more Quest 3 units out the door. First with a 0% financing deal and now this straightforward discount.

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  • NotMikeD

    Reddit seems to be saying the long-standing deal with Asgard's Wrath 2 has NOT come to an end.

    • Ben Lang

      Hmm thanks, it's not longer advertised on Amazon as it was not long ago, but maybe that was a mistake?

  • Sven Viking

    No discount in Australia so far.

  • It's a good idea to lower the entry price

  • It should work great, I have no issues.

  • Tazuras

    And the sale is gone already for walmart and target, was earlier today as well so im thinking it didnt even last 24 hours. Was sold out on amazon last night and earlier today but looks to be available again now. Im guessing they are moving some pretty high volumes?

  • They call "Burger King" "Hungry Jack's" …. lol
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  • J.C.

    Don’t let anyone tell you the Q3 isn’t good for streaming games from Steam. It’s VERY good, although there will be some compression artifacts in some situations (but this is true for any untethered headset). Most of the time, it’s clear and sharp and exactly what I’d hoped VR would be when the OG Vive came out. No more concentric blurry rings!

    For wireless streaming, you will need to plan for it, as your pc HAS to be wired to the router the headset streams from. It’s a LOT of data being thrown. This is the Data Throughput Olympics. Once it’s set up, it’s good to go and you don’t need to think about it; you just pop on the headset and go.

    And that’s ignoring the headset’s capability for running games natively, which it does pretty well.