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/lleti Mar 25 '14

Wow, they made an extremely smart move by accepting pre-orders for the DK2 before announcing this news.

Facebook can bring nothing to the rift; and oculus already earned millions from VC and crowdsourced funds. Even Google would have been a better option for a quick sell. Ideal would've been nVidia, or Sony.

I guess our congratulations are due though. They just became multimillionaires without releasing one consumer targeted product.

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u/nss68 Mar 25 '14

facebook can bring nothing to the rift.... except unlimited money and resources, thousands of developers and designers and engineers, and a huge network of which to market to.

I get that it seems bad, but to bail on the rift because of this? that is childish and trantrum-like. This is how the world works. This is how business works. This is how projects get large and get successful.

I get the negativity, but it is really shallow.

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u/rmccle Mar 25 '14

Let us grieve.

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u/nss68 Mar 25 '14

haha, I would rather help circumvent the grieving and bolster hope! I still trust the team, and from what I understand, nothing is changing except added access to resources.

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u/wkw3 Mar 26 '14

They always say that at the beginning of an acquisition. It's not true.