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PS Fans right now.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Wow. Talk about huge and shocking.

Initial surprise is the biggest in the industry for me in years.

 

[Kinky John]

 

[Lanark]

Worst.news.ever.

 

[Buddha Beam]

Considering Facebook has screwed every other attempt they've made at expansion up, I think we pretty safely can kiss Oculus Rift goodbye.

Wow. Huge, stunning news, though.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

John Carmack now works for Mark Zuckerberg

 

[The Smoking Bun]

Fuck you Palmer!! On the other hand, huge blow to PC Gaming Master Race while Sony laughs

 

[DenogginizerOS]

Does Facebook step in and buy the Xbox brand next?

 

[todd360]

Summer Wars imminent

I would support this buyout if summer wars tech was the end result.

 

[saichi]

WOW who saw this coming?

 

[King Mac of Furry Frog]

You guys are weird. If virtual reality is really as good as we can imagine it, do you really think we should waste that technology on just GAMES?

It would be cool for educational purposes, but I don't see many schools being able to afford it.

Plus the game industry is more profitable than education.

 

[notoriousKTR]

 

[PanicFreak]

Obligatory pre-order cancelled

 

[acksman]

This is not good for Sony or anyone from a gamers perspective. Looking forward to your VR Facebook micro-transaction free to play games!

 

[Rad-]

Sooooooo.....Sony VR FTW?

Lol Sony and addons. They can't do it right.

 

[Stimpack]

Kill me now. What the fuck is this?

 

[kpaadet]

Well it was fun while it lasted.

 

[davidjwallace]

this thread is already gif heaven.

 

[MaulerX]

Wat... Da... Fuk...

 

[Nafai1123]

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

Sony please make Project Morpheus PC compatible now.

 

[mentallyinept]

/dead

So good.

This thread is going to deliver for hours.

 

[d0g_bear]

There is now unlimited money to subsidize VR game development

 

[TheRealTalker]

well maybe Mark will help them get more recognized

that or we are looking at Facebook VR in the future :/

 

[gutterboy44]

So, as a Kickstarter backer, how much of this 2 billion do I get back?

 

[Man]

Really? Really?

 

[Red UFO]

This sounds fucking rad. Colour me HYPED.

 

[Velurian]

Well this is random to say the least...
On a positive note they now have all the cash in the world to play around with kind of.
Lets hope they will not start massproducing Farmville 3D or some weird social media 3d masturbation toolsets ...

 

[The Flash]

Wow. Just wow. Get ready to see ads in the corner of your vision guys.

 

[Usobuko]

If he does end up leaving OR, and we have to see the direction the company takes after the Facebook acquisition, I would imagine he would probably open his own indie development studio.
Hire some gameplay designers and he does the brunt of the coding work.

After the $2 billion dollar deal? No way.

The Oculus Rift team is smart by getting him on their team, it probably raise their credibility and valuation by a lot before this planned move.

 

[Heroman]

 

[mattiewheels]

It's like the end of The Godfather where Michael has all the threats taken care of at once... but instead of killing them here they get billion-dollar checks.

I could see Google snapping them up, but what good would VR do for Facebook's plans at all?

 

[entremet]

Just put a request in to cancel my order.

Seriously?

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Hardcore gamers HATE him! Learn this one weird trick to lose nerd credibility in one day.

 

[Gammacide]

Bought by FB, like so many other things, just so the competition couldn't buy it (namely Google I would imagine).

 

[gamechanger87]

Facebook will spend money on it. Expect a significant push for the consumer version in the near future. With endless money they may get there.

 

[Branduil]

Summer Wars imminent

Zuckerberg probably just watched that movie while drinking and decided to buy OR on a drunken whim.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

So, how do the guys feel who have ordered OR?

 

[Vashetti]

Well that came out of left field.

Worried?

 

[Hyb]

Well this makes the decision easy. Not going to buy a Facebook product.

 

[Kud Dukan]

Congratulations, this thread is now the biggest example of over-reaction I've seen yet.

 

[Anion]

So what is the end game here?

What does this mean for gaming?

Probaby will stay the same as it was before, to be honest. Maybe even more goodies cause of more funds from Facebook.
This question probably will get more serious answers on page 50, to be honest

 

[Pop]

They sold the fuck out. Who would say no to 2 Billion?

They sold the fuck out.

They sure did. But who would say no to 2 fucking billion

 

[Dennis]

Oh well, VR had a good run

 

[Deleted member 17706]

I'm genuinely interested why people are saying this is a bad thing/already dead etc?

Excuse my ignorance.

No one knows yet, honestly.

Facebook certainly isn't something many people have a lot of good will for, though.

 

[Arcticfox]

What will Facebook think when their product is in news articles about VR porn? I foresee a closed ecosystem in the future where you can only buy Facebook approved apps at Facebook approved prices. This is horrible news for the PC as a gaming platform.

 

[Mister Chippy]

 

[catotheyounger]

Surprised people weren't expecting this in general. Ever since Iribe was made CEO, they were in sell mode. His track records with selling Gaiki made Oculus a pending sale the whole time.

 

[mrklaw]

Zuckerberg can spend that money without blinking. Maybe he just thought the tech was cool, or fancies being James Halliday from Ready Player One

 

[Cat Party]

Does anyone know what Facebook's angle is here? Have they been talking about this type of technology?