• a baby duck@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      It’s a limited run reskin of the same product, except it’s $100 more and comes with the Elite Strap and an Xbox controller.

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    I don’t know what’s worse. The fact that this will definitely still require a Facebook account to use. Or the fact that it will also require a Microsoft one too

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      It’s possible Meta is trying to recoup their losses by selling hardware to MS.

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      You haven’t needed a facebook account for the headsets for years now. They finally saw that linking the two was a horrible idea.

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        You need an Oculus account though, don’t you? Different name but under the same horrid umbrella.

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          no, sadly you need a Meta account, which is separate from your Facebook account. (pour one out for Oculus, such a better brand name).

          For a while it was rough, if you got a facebook ban it would block your headset. now at least they are separate, and getting banned on one doesn’t ban the other!

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            Oh, right, I forgot they did the boneheaded thing of killing the Oculus name off. Baffling move tbh.

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    So uh, does this work on PC, or is it locked to Xbox? What is the advantage here vs a non branded version?

    I’m avoiding MS and Meta like the plague anyway but I’m just curious. I see VR still must be a thing but I haven’t heard of any stellar games since half life and beat saber. I’ve been waiting for price drops and forgot about it completely in the mean time.

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      It is exactly like the standard Meta Quest 3S, it’s just a different colorway and it comes with a Xbox controller and some Gamepass bundled.

      You can still stream games from your PC, play Standalone titles, stream Gamepass, whatever.