RIP Meta Quest Pro January 2, 2025

It is my unfortunate duty to inform you all that Meta has chosen to discontinue sales of the Meta Quest Pro headset, and encourage all people interested in the headset to instead purchase the Quest 3 or Quest 3S headset at this time.

When it launched at a price of $1499 US and a storage of 256GB, we leaped at the opportunity to purchase it, as it was the first Virtual Reality headset we determined worthy of investigation of the genre. The Meta Quest Pro only saw two years of support from Meta, but it had an incredible form factor, wonderful controllers, and ran Quest 1 and 2 games better than either of the earlier headsets. It proved to me that standalone Virtual Reality was the next phase of gaming and I would be damned if I forgot to mention the experience of playing Iron Man VR and Arcade Paradise on it were nothing short of life-changing.

This canceling of the product is an extremely disappointing announcement, but not one that we could not have possibly saw coming. Its high price, exclusive direct order method, and lack of much in the way of hardware exclusive software, did not help the Quest Pro’s sales. A major price drop to $999US was not successful either, and eventually Meta revealed a true successor to the Quest 2 in the form of the Quest 3, which boasted hardware superior to the Quest Pro in several ways at just a third of its launch price. When Meta announced Batman: Arkham Shadow would ONLY support Quest 3/3S hardware, it was clear that support for the Quest Pro was beginning to sunset. Current Quest Pro owners will find their devices will still continue to work and will remain compatible with PCVR, either through Airlink or Steam Link, but will not likely get newer feature support from Meta.

At this time there is no expectation of a successor to the Quest Pro in development and Meta’s Quest 3 is fully capable of being compatible with all of the functions of the Quest Pro, with the exception of the Pro’s facial tracking. Regardless, we just want to say RIP Quest Pro, you were a great product we enjoyed very much.