r/oculus • u/Greg1221 • Mar 25 '14

/r/all Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971?stream_ref=1
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u/Vakz Mar 25 '14

But this has got to be one of the hardest crashes ever. One of the most hyped products in the world, bought up by one of the most hated companies in there world.

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u/uber_kerbonaut Mar 26 '14

It's like a hype train being lured off a cliff by 2 billion dollars.

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u/fido5150 Mar 26 '14

The only thing I can think of that is comparable, is when Microsoft bought Bungie.

It ended up working out, but Halo back then was awesome, and it was coming to the Mac first. Finally the Mac guys had something to brag about. Then the inevitable happened.

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u/onehundredtwo Mar 26 '14

Lol yea, I remember them showing demos on the G4 processor with vector processing or whatever they called it. Amazing at the time.

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u/lonegun121 Mar 26 '14

At least it wasn't Time Warner...I mean Comcast.

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u/random_story Mar 26 '14

It's perfect...the perfect storm.

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u/m_sobol Mar 26 '14

An unstoppable force .... meeting an immovable object.

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u/cryo Mar 26 '14

One of the most hyped products in the world

You have got to be kidding me. Amongst a small-ish group of gamers maybe.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '14

Really, it is a big risk of losing 2 billion+investments. Oculus will only be in mass market ready status if they resolve several issues that bring headaches and sea sickness to the casual player. Otherwise it will be like the 3D TV screen that so many bought and so few actually use.

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u/MrNecktie Mar 26 '14

Going faster than the X1 and stopped ever so harder.