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This sounds good. Via Gamespot

"'What if we partner with you? You stay the same. Stay who you are. You expand that vision and focus on other things also. Gaming is core. But how can we help and invest significantly into the platform, the hardware, and bring down the cost of it. We could make it more optimized, do custom silicon, make this even better. What if we also invest in the parts so you can sell the virtual reality platform at cost?,'" Iribe recalls Zuckerberg saying. "It would use the best components and build a superior technology platform. Then let’s sell it at cost.

Originally found by CountAntonius

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

"And all I ask in return... IS YOUR SOUL!"

 

[Remark]

I see you Zukerburg.

I see you.

 

[SkeptiMism]

Sounds nice, but we'll see.

The comments though...

 

[Rizsparky]

Good guy Zukerburg

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Kind of sounds too good to be true.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Zuckerburg at a meeting afterwards: "And I said they could stay who they are. The dumbfucks trust me".

 

[Angelus Errare]

 

[BeesEight]

It does sound a lot better than, "How about you sell me your dream so I can crush it beneath a deluge of advertising."

 

[statham]

I'm at a wait and see. If they can reduce and sell at cost, that will greatly help the platform take off.

 

[Ketch]

I just don't know how you could ever trust facebook as a company or even zuckerberg himself.

Not somebody I'd want to make a business deal with.

 

[Courage]

Zuckerburg at a meeting afterwards: "And I said they could stay who they are. The dumbfucks trust me".

lol

 

[ViewtifulJC]

"Thats it...right there...on the dotted line...MWAHAHAHAHA"

 

[ChosenPredator]

I'll give'em 5 years time to see what happens.

 

[Lasthope106]

"And all I ask in return... IS YOUR SOUL!"

OK. This one got me.

 

[Neuromancer]

Sounds legit

 

[disappeared]

Sell it at cost? Interesting.

 

[MrChocolate]

This is as fake as any release date posted for The Last Guardian.

 

[Daytonabot]

You don't sell the hardware at cost out of the goodness of your heart, so where is the revenue stream? Are they going to put some awful required service around it? Are they going to make developers pay to license it?

 

[NJDEN]

I guess I'm ok with this provided Facebook doesn't start radically changing stuff and the Rifts don't start shipping with Facebook logos on them.

 

[SwiftDeath]

How does Facebook make money off of this purchase?

That is the real question

 

[Principate]

I can imagine the words going through the CEO's mind being "this is far too good to be true but screw it 2 billion, if I'm a sucker at least I'm a rich sucker"

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

The last 24 hours have been an incredible whirlwind of hyperbole and sensationalism. It reminds me just how immature and blindfolded some gamers can be. That incredible news for Oculus and VR gaming in general was met with the confused jingoism of duders who refuse to understand how the tech industry works is deplorable.

This investment is a good thing for VR gaming. Understand it and accept it.

 

[bbdude]

Talk is cheap. They'll say anything to keep us happy.

That said, I haven't lost hope (and I certainly haven't cancelled my DK2 preorder)

 

[FrankWza]

And will I be, the G that I was?

 

[BennyBlanco]

i'm waiting for the other shoe to drop with carmack

 

[MBR]

What would be interesting is if all the signed documents say the same.

(I'm not very worried)

 

[Xater]

His name is Zuckerberg...

 

[Dr.Schlomo]

But I thought it was only going to be a ad machine and facebook.com was going to be integrated into every aspect of it? I'm confused, I don't have to put my pitchfork down do I?

 

[QuicheFontaine]

"Thats it...right there...on the dotted line...MWAHAHAHAHA"

"In blood, please. Just something the lawyers seem to insist on".

 

[.GqueB.]

I just don't know how you could ever trust facebook as a company or even zuckerberg himself.

Not somebody I'd want to make a business deal with.

Lol, what are you basing this on?

The last 24 hours have been an incredible whirlwind of hyperbole and sensationalism. It reminds me just how immature and blindfolded some gamers can be. That incredible news for Oculus and VR gaming in general was met with the confused jingoism of duders who refuse to understand how the tech industry works is deplorable.

This investment is a good thing for VR gaming. Understand it and accept it.

This is why "gamers" aren't always taken seriously. The loudest also happen to be some of the silliest.

 

[Mugatu]

This is always what everyone says during an acquisition and it's something that never happens.

 

[sublimit]

"And all I ask in return... IS YOUR SOUL!"

 

[thehypocrite]

All economics and financial initiatives are based on the fact that each party is acquiring a good of greater value for them than the one they give up in exchange. This proposal sounds fine but the question is what is Facebook expecting out of this transaction and how is going to get it. This is the elephant in the room that none of them come out and say (valid reasons I assume) what it is.

 

[_woLf]

How does Facebook make money off of this purchase?

That is the real question

ads ads ads ads ads ads

 

[meanspartan]

Man, that Zuckerberg is a great guy.

 

[Darklord]

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?

Zuck: I don’t know why.

Zuck: They “trust me”

Zuck: Dumb fucks.

What can go wrong when dealing with a man like this?

Spoiler

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/w...s-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5

 

[Azih]

Of course they'll sell it at cost. The money is in the apps and ads.

Edit: And the user tracking to facilitate the ads.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Its a good thing he agreed to join up...wouldn't have wanted things to get messy...

 

[corn_fest]

How does Facebook make money off of this purchase?

That is the real question

They'll build social applications for the VR products they helped propel to mainstream popularity. Doesn't mean the device itself will suffer.

 

[mentallyinept]

'What if we partner with you?'

They aren't partners, they are wholly owned by Facebook.

 

[DieH@rd]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Ready_Player_One_cover.jpg

People need to stop this. That book had teenage/fantasy/glorifying look at VR.

If you want to post covers of books, post the only one that matters. Snow Crash.

 

[RedAssedApe]

its all lip service for now. interested to hear from carmack

 

[Alienous]

Sounds a bit Satan-ish, doesn't it?

 

[Fallout-with-swords]

If what he's saying is true it sounds like a pretty sweet deal for Oculus.

 

[ebullientprism]

Sounds like they are trying to mitigate the backlash.

Zuckerburg at a meeting afterwards: "And I said they could stay who they are. The dumbfucks trust me".

Fucking LOL.

 

[Timeaisis]

"And all I ask in return... IS YOUR SOUL!"

That first post.

 

[Oppo]

That's a fun little book, but I feel like Ready Player One is getting a lot of the credit that Neuromancer properly deserves in these threads.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

"Then he opened up the cellar door (which is weird, because we were on the 58th floor), and..."

 

[fantomena]

"If you can't compete with them, buy them." - Zuckerberg