>Oculus Quest 2
>$300, that sounds awesome
>+$80 for the Oculus Link cable
>+$50 for a headstrap that isn't garbage

now we're up to $430, but wait there's more

>+$80 if you want the battery pack add-on
>+$100 if you want more than 64GB of storage

Now we're up to $680. I get that those last two things aren't really necessary unless you plan on using the thing away from home and you want to fill it up with movies and TV shows. However, there's also the cross-buy issue. Only some Oculus Store games offer cross-buy, and that means to actually use the thing as a portable VR device you are going to spend a lot more money.

I dunno, I am being super flip-floppy about what headset I want to get. For all the issues people seem to have with the Valve Index I have not heard a single person say they are going to switch from that to an Oculus Quest 2 as their daily driver, and the quest 2 seems a lot less cheap when the hidden costs get factored in-- not to mention that the headphone options for it all kind of suck in one way or another.