Forget Prime Day, Walmart has the Meta Quest 3 at a record-low price right now

Meta Quest 3 from the front being held by a reviewer
(Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson)

The Meta Que🐼st 3 is a stubborn beast. It's been stuck close to its $499.99 MSRP pretty much since launch, save for a few small drops here and there. However, Walmart's pulled a discount out of the bag that changes everything this week - and it's all to spite Amazon. 

You'll find the latest VR headset from the team at Oculus right now - a record-low price that we've only ever seen once before. That all comes a full week ahead of official 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Prime Day Meta Quest deals, and just a day after Amazon hosted the same offer. Bezos has run out of stock now, which leaves Walmart to pick up the pieces with this fantast🐎ic discount. 

We've seen the Quest 3 offering free games and even gift cards to sweeten its deal in the past, but this is a significant saving on ♓the original MSRP. You certainly don't see that every day, and we don't expect it to last either. With Amazon already running out of these 128GB devices just a day after first posting the offer, Walmart's own supplies will be taking a beating as we speak. If you're on the hunt for a new virtual reality experience this summer, we wouldn't wait too long to dive in. 

Meta Quest 3 | $499.99 $429 at Walmart
Save $70 -

Meta Quest 3 |
Save $70 - Walmart has dropped the ൲Meta Quest 3 down to the lowest price we've seen yet - with a f🔴ull $70 off the $499 MSRP. This is a big'un - we very rarely see the Quest 3 on sale at all, and previous discounts haven't stuck around for long at all. 

Buy it if: 

✅ You don't need loads of storage
✅ You want to play with mixed reality
✅ You want a PC-compatible system

Don't buy it if: 

❌ You play PS5 and would prefer the PSVR 2

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Should you buy the Meta Quest 3?

Meta Quest 3 facing diagonally away from the camera on a gaming desk

(Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson)

It goes without saying, the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Meta Quest 3 is the brand's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best VR headset to date - and it's packed with loads of extra features over the older (but much cheaper) Quest 2. That means there's a decision to be made and - honestly - the biggest factor there is going to be mixed reality. This is a huge bonus for the Quest 3 system, pushing it beyond the traditional virtual reality experiences we celebrated before and opening the device up to far more uses. From learning the piano to room-sc🔯ale AR games, there are plenty of apps taking advantage of this new feature. 

If you're looking for a standalone VR headset and you want the best quality possible at a reasonable price, this is exactly where you need to be looking. After all, the Meta Quest 2 is getting harder and harder to f🧜ind on the shelves and prices are actually going up on that older model. 

Of course, there's also a PlayStation option. If you're a PS5 player then you have another headset at a similar price to consider; PSVR 2. From a hardware perspective, that's the better VR device. Its resolution is slightly higher, and the HDR OLED display panels running at 120Hz needs to be seen to be believed - it's the 🌜most technically impressive headset we've tested so far. 

However, it's got a software problem. At the time of writing, there are far more games and apps available for the Quest 3 system, making it a far more approachable all-rounder. Yes, you've got a few PS5-dedicated games on Sony's system, but the pool is so much deeper over at the Meta store. The PSVR 2 will be getting PC support soon (with SteamVR), but we still don't know how the device will function when plugged into a gඣaming PC. 

PS5 players who d🔯on't want to wait for new games on PSVR 2 should be jumping on this Meta Quest 3 deal - especially considering you don't need to tether to a separate system. However, if you're happy to sit on your cash for a little longer, Sony might have a trick up its sleeve worth waiting for. 

We're also keeping you up to date on all upcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Prime Day gaming deals including 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Prime Day PS5 deals