Appropriately, Oculus added that it was introducing a “new way” for developers to distribute Quest apps outside of the official store, but without having to sideload. This won’t be available until early 2021, but the team is mentioning this now in hopes of spurring development for the Quest among creators who don’t want to go through existing channels.

It’s not too hard to see Facebook dropping the Go when it was already out of stock in many places, and this won’t be well-received by those who saw the Go’s $199 price (sometimes lower with sales) as making VR more accessible. At the same time, there’s no doubt that the Quest and Rift offer much more sophisticated VR experiences — the Go represented a sort of dead end.