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[erawsd]

Seriously... WTF?

 

[Suzzopher]

From what Palmer said, Oculus will become even better, they now have the clout to set the standard for the future of VR gaming.

This isn't a good thing for Sony, they do not have the clout to back Morpheous the way Facebook will.

 

[Gorillaz]

Who knew facebook would be next contender in video games yuckkkk

Facebook buying this is bigger than just for video games

 

[WordsintheWater]

This was out of left field.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

What the fucking why.

It'd be lovely if Facebook would just fuck off. Honestly tempted to cancel my pre-order now.

 

[hohoXD123]

This is my reaction.

Occulus didn't want to get in bed with folks directly involved with gaming and making games, yet allows this to happen?

....

2 billion tho

 

[Locke Lamora]

Daaaaamn, didn't expect that.

 

[spacemonkeynation]

It will be completely immersive, except for the constant nagging by all of your friends to play Candy Crush Saga

 

[entremet]

This is why I don't donate to companies via KS.

What's the point of putting money in a company and not getting any sizable investment back? If I'm going to invest, let me invest for real.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Translation: THEY PAID US $2,000,000,000!

It really does smell of that kind of PR speak. The proof is in the pudding though. We'll see how beneficial this acquisition was in another 5 years or so.

 

[toddhunter]

Well, here's hoping Facebook don't fuck this up.

The only hope is that Facebook does completely fuck it up. Because I'm pretty sure anything they try to do actually succeeding will be a terrible thing.

 

[Bricky]

Well, this might be either the absolute best or absolute worst thing to ever happen to Oculus. There's good arguments for both.

For now though, it sure has destroyed the extreme goodwill and momentum with gamers they have build up over the years since nothing, not even reason, will stop the hate-train. This is the internet we're talking about after all. It's all gone now, and it will take a while, or some good damage-control (they had to see this reaction coming, right?), to fix it.

Whatever this results in, good or bad, one thing can be said for sure; the people at Oculus got one heck of a payday.

EDIT: Also, this is now technically a kickstarter-project with more than $2,000,000,000 invested in it. Welp.

 

[Jomjom]

This is my reaction.

Occulus didn't want to get in bed with folks directly involved with gaming and making games, yet allows this to happen?

Because folks directly involved with gaming and making games ain't got $2 billion to drop.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Ermmmm.....that fucking sucks. Thanks Facebook, you just saved me a couple hundred dollars.

 

[R&D]

So my $300 Kickstarter investment entitles me to a cut of this, right?

Anyway, this is kind of a bummer

Yes what happen to that?

 

[NathanMcMahon]

I wonder what this will mean for Kickstarter.

Think about it.

A Kickstarter company got sold for 2 fucking billion dollars.

I'm guessing a tentative lawsuit that tests the waters. This gun be good.

 

[Peagles]

I don't even know what to think. I hope this doesn't turn out bad, but it probably will

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Damn they got paid though!

 

[Deadstar]

Facebook sending retina data to NSA via oculus incoming.

 

[fallagin]

WHAT. How does this even make any sense...

 

[BrokenIcarus]

What does Facebook even do with this?? whaaaat

 

[POWERSPHERE]

Palmer Luckey indeed...

 

[Coolwhip]

When's the last time Facebook created a gaming thing that gamers actually loved and wasn't completely for people who like Candy Crush?

I still don't see why that makes it a win for Sony.

 

[Dorsal Axe]

If Facebook being at the helm doesn't kill this thing, I expect the community backlash will.

But hey, maybe we'll be surprised.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

what the ufukc

well i guess thats that.

*readies trigger*

 

[Data West]

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[jackissocool]

Kickstarter backers am cry

 

[hawk2025]

I've been so tired lately but today I finally got some free time so I checked my Backlog, played one hour of Super Sanctum TD after playing Ground Zeroes but there's always new news on GAF so now I can't leave.

You know what my good fellow GAFfers, I'm getting some motivational Ice-cream!

Fellow GAFfer, I just did the exact same thing and grabbed some Americone Dream!

 

[epmode]

Yes what happen to that?

Crowd funding isn't crowd investing.

Still feels bad.

 

[Sentenza]

So... Morpheus looks way more appealing because Oculus Rift has now a lot more money to get a better developpement ?

You people should seriously stop with this bullshit reasoning of "if it has a bigger company behind, it's probably going to be a better product as well".
It was a stupid and baseless claim when people said it for Sony's Morpheus, it's even more stupid now that Facebook is in control of Oculus VR.

 

[Tapiozona]

Going from personal experience, a promising startup getting snapped up by an aggressive corporation early in its lifetime is usually very beneficial financially for the founders and a pretty big detriment to the original vision of the product or service.

Facebook is an advertising company, specifically they're in the business of selling targeted user data to their advertising partners. How that business model distorts the vision for Oculus VR gaming that had so many excited is the reason for the knee jerk negativity.

There are hundreds of examples of promising start-ups which have been purchased by mega-corporations which still yielded an amazing product. Just a few from just Apple and Google.

* Android
* Google Earth
* Google Maps
* OSX & IOS

 

[boeso]

As Wario64 said on Twitter, it is crazy that Oculus is almost worth ten times less than Whatsapp.

I mean, Jesus. Sadness.

LOL

Evening, sorted.

 

[GrizzNKev]

(((((((((

 

[jax]

Google panics... buys Valve tomorrow

NO

 

[B.O.O.M]

I can't think of a less social experience than VR. I feel going for scial experiences is the exact opposite of what it should be

This is just so random. And I am curious to see where this goes. I mean Oculus has been trumpeting about how weak hardware meant they won't support the ps4. Now if FB wants them to target a bigger market with their product..then what? It's a niche device as it is now.

Division of priorities and resources incoming? Crazy times ahead

 

[Zeth]

I'm excited that this could speed up development. At least we probably won't need to worry about DK2 shipments being a prolonged clusterfuck.

 

[Green Biker Dude]

READ THIS YOU BASTARDS

from our dear leader palmer luckey


http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/21cy9n/the_future_of_vr/

just a whole lot of bullshit and damage control

what, you expect them to say "we just sold out, fuck all you gamers who supposed us all this time"?

 

[Willy Wanka]

$2 billion is a serious chunk of change. It is a great day for Palmer Luckey's bank balance.

 

[FunkyLounge]

Carmack works for Facebook now?






okay

 

[Rubius]

Google panics... buys Valve tomorrow

I do not think that Gaben have any incentive to sell Steam and Valve. He make millions daily via Hats, Steam sales and micro-transactions.

 

[GoodlifeX]

I wonder what this will mean for Kickstarter.

Think about it.

A Kickstarter company got sold for 2 fucking billion dollars.

Man I would be so salty if I backed it but I guess they can sell it to whoever they want.

 

[Grief.exe]

I'm going to share this shit on Twitter just to spite them.

 

[MBR]

Um, because Project Morpheus looks way more appealing now?

Fucking Facebook is now in charge of Oculus Rift. FACEBOOK

How does that change anything at all?
Morpheus is still using inferior tech than even the DK2, right (LCD vs. OLED)? And is locked to one type of hardware, while OR is open.

I'm imagining sony execs crying.
Then again they've now entered a multi-B$ market, so that's probably exciting.

Also, I don't get why people are worried about ads. What are you thinking?

 

[vagabondarts]

Nintendo saw this coming and have leapfrogged towards NON wearable tech, guys. Wearable tech is so 20th Century...

 

[ChitoCrisis]

I didn't expect Facebook of all companies to buy Oculus VR. Hell, I don't think anyone saw this coming.

I'm glad Sony is working on Project Morpheus. They're our only hope now.

 

[cebri.one]

well, that's that

first whatsapp now this

Don't forget about Instagram.

RIP OR

 

[YuriLowell]

Looks like VR will never take off now.

 

[sub_o]

Facebook, like any other big technological company, has a large amount of cash which is waiting to use for buy companies and whatnot. All of us know about its purchase of Whatsapp for a huge amount of money, Google, Apple, you know, all of them are in control of a huge capital.

I only can see one good thing about this, the publicity, now Oculus will be well recognized all around the globe.

But I can't be help to think what for Facebook buy Oculus and I'm afraid that the original idea of Oculus might be vanished.

Here's something to ponder about.

If you were to buy a company for $2 billion, and your core business have more than 1 billon users. What will your business decision be? Will you let Oculus do their own thing in long term? Or will you try to shift their focus to services that has revenue revolved around ads or some sort of social networking?


I can't predict the future, so I don't know how Oculus will end up. Well, let's wait and see how the future will be.

 

[Lettuce]

I think this is fitting.....

 

[StuBurns]

Honestly, I am 100% sure this is a success for the short term, and an absolute tragedy in the long term. By that point, I expect to jump to a competitor. I don't think I've ever been so conflicted about the future

This is meaningless to VR's gaming future, Rift is hot because people care, but now they'll just care about whoever comes next, and it's probably going to be Valve.

The revolution isn't canceled, only rebranded.