This continues the trend of
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, and AR glasses being higher than 2023 by 30% and 28% respectively. This continues the trend of
and Q1 also being higher than 2023, by 30% and 28% respectively.Q2It’s a particularly notable trend because the opposite happened in the first three quarters of 2023, as Quest 2 entered its third year on the market and following the commercial
of Quest Pro. That fall completely reversed in Q4, when Quest 3’s launch led to failure.Reality Labs’ highest ever revenueHowever, while higher than the first three quarters of 2023, Reality Labs revenue for this year so far is still lower than in the first three quarters of 2021 and 2022, when Quest 2 sales were at their peak.
That’s almost certainly because Quest 3 is priced $200 higher than Quest 2 was, meaning it isn’t reaching anywhere near its scale after the initial wave of launch season sales from enthusiasts.
And to be clear, Q3 ended on September 30, meaning the revenue data we’re seeing today does
not include the launch of . Meta will report its Q4 results on February 1. This is when we’ll know if Meta’s XR division has reached new heights, or lags behind the Quest 2.0 success. While technically speaking, the $270 million in Q3 revenue was accompanied by $4.67 in costs. This resulted in an estimated quarterly loss of $4.4 billion. XR headsets like Quest are still a relatively early technology, far from maturity, and Quest 3S of Reality Labs spending is on the research and development of AR glasses, a future product line that hasn’t even launched yet.
As in many previous quarters, Meta’s CFO Susan Li told investors she expects these “losses” to continue to increase this year due to “ongoing product development efforts and our investments to further scale our ecosystem”.
Meta may be planning to slowly rein in spending starting next year though, as over the summer it more than 50% told its hardware teams to cut spending by 20%. Meta may be planning to slowly rein in spending starting next year. Over the summer, it
told its hardware teams to cut their expenditure by 20%.