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Hopefully a launch/preorder announcement is coming soon.

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[–] noyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The quest 3 is being sold for under €600. Why are we expecting over 1000 for it?

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because Valve manufactures hardware for profit, Meta subsidizes the hell out of it and sells it at a loss to get you into their walled garden.

[–] noyou@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Right. Good point

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In addition to the other answers: I'm a huge VR fan, but gave away my quest 3 and haven't used VR since.

Fuck corporate surveillance, fuck Zuckerberg, and fuck walled gardens. I will gladly pay 3x the cost for a similar device that isn't a locked down, walled garden, surveillance nightmare made by a company owned by an unrepentant fascist.

[–] noyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah im reluctantly using mine until this comes out. Dont mind if its more expensive