{"id":468003,"date":"2026-05-30T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/468003\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:55:10","slug":"the-meta-quest-3s-is-losing-its-grip-on-the-budget-vr-gaming-market-as-sonys-discounted-psvr-2-starts-to-sell-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/468003\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meta Quest 3S is losing its grip on the budget VR gaming market as Sony’s discounted PSVR 2 starts to sell out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, Meta increased its Quest 3S pricing<\/a>. This week, Sony launched its Days of Play sale<\/a>, cutting $100 off the already-cheaper-than-launch PlayStation VR 2. You can bet on which one’s flying off the shelves right now.<\/p>\n

With the cheapest Meta Quest 3S now coming in at $349.99, the PlayStation VR 2’s $399.99 MSRP has been relatively unthreatening in the last few weeks. Now that Sony’s sale on the table, dropping that PlayStation and PC headset down to $299.99<\/a>, it’s become the go-to for budget VR hunters. While the Quest 3S still sits sadly on the shelves, Amazon<\/a> and Best Buy<\/a> have already run out of stock of discounted PlayStation units.<\/p>\n

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After all, this is still one of the best VR headsets<\/a> we’ve tested. It’s hiding a powerful feature set, one that was far more befitting of the premium (more than the PS5) price point it received at launch.<\/p>\n

While you’re dropping back to older fresnel lenses<\/a> compared to the Quest 3S<\/a>‘s pancake lenses (a sometimes ever-so-slightly softer image quality compared to Meta), the actual panel is a boosted HDR OLED. An increased per-eye resolution and a larger 110 degree field of view also work to provide far more benefits than your small losses in the lenses.<\/p>\n

If you’re investing in a VR headset for gaming the PlayStation VR 2<\/a> is exactly where I’d be looking right now. It’s $50 cheaper than Meta’s competitor, offers an (overall) better visual experience for gaming, and we even found its control tracking to be superior as well. If you’re after more of a multimedia experience it’s worth reinvestigating the Meta Quest 3S.<\/p>\n

That’s because PSVR 2 runs via either your PS5 or PC, remaining tethered to a device to showcase your games and movies. The Meta Quest 3S is more of an everyday device, with a standalone cable-free design and mixed reality features.<\/p>\n

PlayStation VR 2 vs Meta Quest 3SPlayStation VR 22,000 x 2,040 per eyeOLED HDR at 120Hz110 degree FOVFresnel lensesTethered, PC and PS5Passthrough onlyMeta Quest 3S1832 x 1920 per eyeLCD at 120Hz96 degree FOVPancase lensesStandaloneFull mixed reality<\/p>\n

For more offers, we’re also rounding up the latest PSVR 2 bundles<\/a>. If you’re in Meta’s camp, though, check out the best Meta Quest accessories<\/a> we’ve tested so far. <\/p>\n

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Today’s best Meta Quest 3S deals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last month, Meta increased its Quest 3S pricing. This week, Sony launched its Days of Play sale, cutting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[85,46,125,340,341,342],"class_list":["post-468003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}