Tuesday, 8 July, 2025 UTC


Summary

Quest 3S is $250 for Amazon Prime Day, and it comes with 1000 Gorilla Tag Shiny Rocks.
The sale price, available only for the 128GB base model, is a $50 discount compared to the regular price of $300.
Called the "Gorilla Tag Cardboard Hero Bundle", the offering also comes with two Gorilla Tag cosmetics, Handiwork Helmet and Handiwork Armor, as well as 1000 of the Shiny Rocks in-game currency.
It's available on Amazon US, Amazon Canada, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, all with a similar discount of roughly 15%.
However, the listings don't mention Batman: Arkham Shadow or the 3 months of the Horizon+ games subscription, which are normally included with Quest 3S.
That means that while this is the lowest price we've seen yet for Quest 3S, it actually might not save you any money if you end up buying Arkham Shadow or subscribing to Horizon+.

Quest 3 or Quest 3S?

Wondering whether you should opt for a Quest 3 or a Quest 3S?
Quest 3S is Meta's budget headset option. It has all the same VR and mixed reality capabilities of Quest 3, and has the same chipset and RAM inside, but it uses older, lower-quality fresnel lenses that aren't fully adjustable, so may not be suitable for everyone's eyes.
Quest 3, on the other hand, uses Meta's advanced pancake lenses. They're clearer, sharper, wider, and fully horizontally adjustable, suitable for everyone's eyes. These pancake lenses also enable Quest 3 to be thinner, which makes the headset feel less heavy.
Quest 3 also has 512GB storage, whereas Quest 3S is only available in 128GB or 256GB.
If you have the funds, you should always pick Quest 3. But if you don't, Quest 3S can still run all the same content.