{"id":356534,"date":"2025-11-05T03:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/356534\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T03:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:39:10","slug":"the-meta-quest-3s-vr-headset-drops-to-just-215-99-ahead-of-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/356534\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meta Quest 3S VR Headset Drops to Just $215.99 Ahead of Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Earlier this week I wrote about the <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/best-meta-quest-black-friday-deal-early-black-friday-sale-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best Meta Quest 3 deal<\/a> we are probably going to see in November. eBay and Meta Store have now followed up with the best Meta Quest 3<strong>S<\/strong> deal. Ahead of Black Friday, the official Meta Store on eBay is offering the refurbished <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/aDrBgR?object_uuid=e1fa844f-2474-49d3-a4cf-b1f1e9f5c490&amp;t=article\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meta Quest 3S 128GB<\/a> VR headset for just $215.99 after a 20% off coupon code &#8220;<strong>TECH4THEM<\/strong>&#8220;. Alternatively, the <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QdpmbZ?object_uuid=e1fa844f-2474-49d3-a4cf-b1f1e9f5c490&amp;t=article\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">256GB model<\/a> is $287.99. Both headsets ship free and come with an <strong>extended 2 year warranty<\/strong> supplied by Allstate. This is easily the lowest price I&#8217;ve ever seen on a Quest 3S headset with warranty.<\/p>\n<p>Refurb Meta Quest 3S for $215.99<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>Includes extended 2 year warranty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/aDrBgR?object_uuid=e1fa844f-2474-49d3-a4cf-b1f1e9f5c490&amp;t=article\" title=\"Meta Quest 3S 128GB VR Headset\" class=\"jsx-3288811812 product-image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Meta Quest 3S 128GB VR Headset\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/metaquest3s-1759795591117.jpg\"  data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Refurbished with 2 Year Warranty<\/p>\n<p>Meta Quest 3S 128GB VR Headset<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QdpmbZ?object_uuid=e1fa844f-2474-49d3-a4cf-b1f1e9f5c490&amp;t=article\" title=\"Meta Quest 3S 256GB VR Headset\" class=\"jsx-3288811812 product-image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Meta Quest 3S 256GB VR Headset\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/metaquest3s-1762305564475.jpg\"  data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Refurbished with 2 Year Warranty<\/p>\n<p>Meta Quest 3S 256GB VR Headset<\/p>\n<p>0<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Meta Quest 3S is the <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/best-vr-headset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best standalone consumer-oriented VR headset under $300<\/a>. It costs 40% less than the Quest 3 and yet retains most of its hardware and functionality, including the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, Touch Plus controllers with inside-out tracking, and mixed reality passthrough. However, whereas the Quest 3 has been updated with a new pancake lens design, the Quest 3S retains the Fresnel optics of the Quest 2. Although obviously not as good as the Quest 3, the Quest 3S still very much offers an immersive visual experience that is sure to impress. I myself logged in hundreds of hours on the Quest 2 before I moved on to the Quest 3. For newcomers who want to try out VR gaming without investing tons of money, of for people who want to give this as a gift to someone who&#8217;s never tried VR, I would recommend the Quest 3S over the Quest, especially at this price.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>TL;DR Quest 3S vs Quest 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list jsx-4224303756\" data-cy=\"list\">\n<li><strong>Same <\/strong>Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Same <\/strong>Touch Plus controllers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Same <\/strong>120Hz refresh rate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Same <\/strong>Mixed reality passthrough functionality<\/li>\n<li><strong>Same<\/strong> tetherless and tethered functionality<\/li>\n<li>Quest 3 has <strong>sharper <\/strong>resolution (2064&#215;2208 vs 1832&#215;1920)<\/li>\n<li>Quest 3 has <strong>better <\/strong>lens array (pancake vs fresnel)<\/li>\n<li>Quest 3 has <strong>lower <\/strong>FOV (104\u00b0\/96\u00b0 vs 96\u00b0\/90\u00b0)<\/li>\n<li>Quest 3 has <strong>higher <\/strong>storage capacity (512GB vs 128GB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to Follow IGN Deals Recommendations<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The IGN Deals team has over 30 years of combined experience finding the best discounts and preorders available online. If you want the latest updates from our trusted team, here\u2019s how to follow our coverage:<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn&#8217;t hunting for deals for other people at work, he&#8217;s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week I wrote about the best Meta Quest 3 deal we are probably going to see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":356535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-356534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-virtual-reality","13":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115495014835913039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}