If you needed a reason to buy a Meta Quest 3S, how’s a free $75 Amazon gift card?

by Pelican Press November 24, 2024

by Pelican Press November 24, 2024 6 views 22 minutes read

If you needed a reason to buy a Meta Quest 3S, how’s a free $75 Amazon gift card?

The Meta Quest 3S was already the best VR headset for people wanting a budget-friendly option, but as part of this year’s Black Friday deals it just got a lot better.

I’m shocked honestly, Amazon and Target are not only offering you the Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and a free copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow for $299.99, they’re throwing in a free $75 gift card to spend on the best Amazon Black Friday deals or Target Black Friday deals respectively. Target will even give Target Circle Card holders 5%-off on top which feels frankly absurd for a VR headset that launched barely a month ago.

In the UK your best option is still the £14.99 discount we’ve highlighted before that gets you the Meta Quest 3S (128GB) for £275 at Argos. It’s not nothing but I expected it’d be the best we’d get this year, though with Amazon UK not showing the Quest 3S right now and given the deals on offer in the US I have a suspicion the retail giant might soon offer a similar gift card bundle – to that end you might want to hold off a few days from buying the Quest 3S in the UK to see if a better deal drops.

(Not in the US or UK? Scroll down for the best deals in your region)

The Meta Quest 3S is an excellent budget choice for a VR headset because it packs the same chipset and performance power as the full-on Meta Quest 3. So if there was a Meta Quest 3-exclusive experience you wanted to try like Arkham Shadow (which is one of the best VR games ever made by the way) then you’ll be able to enjoy it on the Quest 3S as well.

If you can afford it the full-on Meta Quest 3 is still the better pick because it offers higher resolution displays – which boast 2064 x 2208 pixels per eye rather than 1832 x 1920 pixels – and as it uses pancake lenses. This lens system not only leads to a slimmer overall shape which I’ve found is more comfortable (even though the Quest 3 is 1g heavier) but also means you won’t see as noticeable distortion at the fringes of the lenses while wearing it compared to the Quest 3S fresnel lenses.

Though the Meta Quest 3 does cost more at $499.99 / £469.99 / AU$1,049.99, and this Black Friday we’ve yet to see anything like the same kinds of discount we’ve seen for the Quest 3S. Note that some sites and retailers are highlighting Quest 3 discounts, however they’re basing those savings on the Quest 3’s price before it was cut in September – so yes it is cheaper than if you bought the Quest 3 back in April but it’s not a Black Friday deal.