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TwoEyedPsyclops
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March 25, 2014

Facebook buys oculus for 10xless than Whatsapp. WTF?

Seriously? WTF is going on? april fools isnt until 6 days. if this shit is serious i hope valve has a VR product ready soon because i know ill be leaving Oculus in fear of facebook ads,tracking,bullshit security.

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    DillonRobinson
    Up and Coming
    March 25, 2014
    What are you going to do, cry about it? You're just as bad as the million people on the Oculus subreddit right now bawling their eyes out from hilarious and exaggerated assumptions that they're literally making up.
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    jherico
    Inspiring
    March 26, 2014
    Wrong forum dude.
    Brad Davis - Developer for High Fidelity Co-author of Oculus Rift in Action
    adaptation
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    -Redacted-
    VRoom
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    I was away yesterday so I missed all the riot explosion (happy for that). After reading (or trying to read) r/oculus I was afraid to come here, expecting to see 100 new threads, with the same theme and people screaming their lungs out. I'm so grateful that's not the case.
    No, I'm not that happy with this recent turn of events, but at the same time I can see why they did this and what benefits could that bring for CV1. So, let's wait and see.

    EDIT: oh wait... I didn't see the general discussion forum... here we go again... :/
    virror
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    "jherico" wrote:
    Wrong forum dude.
    DillonRobinson
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    "adaptation" wrote:
    Fuck you in the ass oculus. I WILL NOT develop on a Facebook platform, EVER. I feel filthy even being here now that it's contaminated as being part of the the toxic Facebook realm. I don't like Microsoft but I could have accepted it but this, this is total bullshit. I would rather you have not existed at all than to become another claw in Facebooks grasp on humanity.

    Couple hundred hours porting allegiance 100% mothballed, guess I get my free time back.


    Sounds like you're gonna cry about it. We won't be missing out with you gone. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Grab some tissues before you leave.
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    JonnyDragon
    Participant
    March 26, 2014
    "DillonRobinson" wrote:

    Sounds like you're gonna cry about it. We won't be missing out with you gone. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Grab some tissues before you leave.


    HA! You're no better. You think acting the role of " Well fine! Be that way!" Makes you anymore mature! LMFAO

    Insulting potential customers and telling them to get the fk out because theyre upset. Wow, I hope you're not a business owner, or in any sort of management.
    DillonRobinson
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    "JonnyDragon" wrote:
    "DillonRobinson" wrote:

    Sounds like you're gonna cry about it. We won't be missing out with you gone. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Grab some tissues before you leave.


    HA! You're no better. You think acting the role of " Well fine! Be that way!" Makes you anymore mature! LMFAO

    Insulting potential customers and telling them to get the fk out because theyre upset. Wow, I hope you're not a business owner, or in any sort of management.


    I know for a fact I'm more mature because I'm going off of direct quotes from Palmer to substantiate my belief that Oculus is not changing for the worse.

    These naysayers, on the other hand, are circle-jerking jokes about ads and privacy while making wild claims about how Oculus is ruined without any evidence for this belief. They're bad for PR and they have literally no reason to be angry yet. Facebook may very well ruin Oculus, but I'm not going to be angry until there's evidence that it will/has happened.
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    Matlock
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    Facebook is simply bad business. They have billions in the bank from investors, not earnings.

    Facebooks involvement in oculus can only hurt its future.
    Oculus having billions now also can only hurt its future.

    Why should oculus even try anymore?
    They got paid, and paid big.

    Palmer is going to buy an island somewhere, and you will never hear from him again.

    This is seriously sad news. :?
    TickTakashi
    New Participant
    March 26, 2014
    "DillonRobinson" wrote:
    "JonnyDragon" wrote:
    "DillonRobinson" wrote:

    Sounds like you're gonna cry about it. We won't be missing out with you gone. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Grab some tissues before you leave.


    HA! You're no better. You think acting the role of " Well fine! Be that way!" Makes you anymore mature! LMFAO

    Insulting potential customers and telling them to get the fk out because theyre upset. Wow, I hope you're not a business owner, or in any sort of management.


    I know for a fact I'm more mature because I'm going off of direct quotes from Palmer to substantiate my belief that Oculus is not changing for the worse.

    These naysayers, on the other hand, are circle-jerking jokes about ads and privacy while making wild claims about how Oculus is ruined without any evidence for this belief. They're bad for PR and they have literally no reason to be angry yet. Facebook may very well ruin Oculus, but I'm not going to be angry until there's evidence that it will/has happened.


    I have my fingers crossed that Oculus will remain virtuous as always, but there is a dimension that you haven't considered here:

    Just Imagine you, as a developer, are producing content for gamers. If a large portion of gamers decide they don't like Oculus, whether or not the decision is justified, its going to reduce the reach of your game. There is nothing more to it. Its the same with Wii U, people decided it was horrible from the moment it was released, and subsequently adoption was low and therefore not many folks bother to produce great content for it because the market is just smaller.

    I hope that Oculus can somehow show the public that they really haven't screwed things up, otherwise the work many of us have put into the Rift might be for very little.
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