Imagine shopping for one thing, then being informed it’s value greater than what you paid for it. That’s how actual property works, proper? At least, that’s how my millennial mind has interpreted it so far. Maybe I shouldn’t have spent all my cash on avocado toast! Anyway, worth will increase aren’t one thing we sometimes anticipate to occur with devices. Price slashing is par for the course, however growing the value of a tool looks as if it might do extra to discourage gross sales than appeal to them. This week on Gadgettes, we’re questioning why Meta is growing the value of its Quest 2 digital actuality headset by $100 for every tier. It’s now $400 for the 128GB model and $500 for the 256GB model.

We focus on why this seems like a regressive technique which may find yourself hurting digital actuality as a substitute of serving to Meta’s backside line, even when the headset has helped spawn the VR revolution. The perks they embody to promote these items at a better worth don’t appear value it, both. Meta, you’ll should strive tougher than throwing in a free copy of Beat Saber.

Then, we’ll stroll you thru Logitech’s cool new Aurora assortment of gaming peripherals. They embody two new keyboards, the wired G713 keyboard and the wi-fi G715. Both are Tenkeyless mechanical keyboards with light-up RGB and swappable face plates and keycaps. We’ll additionally present you the G705 wi-fi mouse, the G735 wi-fi headset, and the matching heart-shaped case that holds each of these equipment. It’s all so cute! But it’s additionally all so very pandering, even when these Logitech units have gaming DNA pulsating all through. They’re not low-cost both; Logitech’s wi-fi keyboard prices simply as a lot as different pro-grade gaming peripherals, and shopping for the entire set would value you upwards of lots of of {dollars}. We’re nonetheless testing the units and can ship a full assessment within the subsequent few weeks.

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