awdrifter said:
Oculus Rift is dead at this point. Facebook is probably the worst company that could've bought Oculus, even if EA bought Oculus we would see a few more revisions before it turns to shit. But with FB, I bet even CV1 will have embeded ads or FB account requirement. No doubt someone will find a way to bypass it, but the majority of Oculus Rift buying won't know who to do that. I wasn't a backer on the original Kickstarter, but all the hype had got me interested in VR, I'm still interested in VR, but I'm holding out for Sony's Morpheus instead.
If Oculus is dead, a big part of its demise is the responce of the public based on nothing but their feelings about Facebook.
And not from an informed knowledge of the company.
This alone can be damaging enough, but in my opinion not entirely fair.
From all the big information companies Facebook hase one of the beter acquisition policies.
They are the new owner, but the company will be run as before.
Sure, some streamlining to their core business is to be expected.
But like they said on the pod cast, microsoft or even Google have a far worse reputation considerring new acquisitions.
And big game companies are even worse.
They usually absorb and strip bare new companies, never to be heard from again.
I do agree that a mandatory facebook acount would be a bad thing, but i think they are smart enough to see that.
I'm more worried about their previous acquisition, WhatsApp.
An easy to use texting app is far closer to their core business so a merger makes sense for them.
Same goes for Instagram.
And the funny thing is, most people standing on the barricades over this have a Facebook account and no intention of stop using it.