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I honestly wonder how much of this has to do with the fact that it is associated with Facebook. Purely anecdotal, but in my gamer circles, seeing Facebook ment
by Chardok 9y ago
I honestly wonder how much of this has to do with the fact that it is associated with Facebook.
Purely anecdotal, but in my gamer circles, seeing Facebook mentioned anywhere near video games is met with repulsion. Blizzard's choice to have Facebook-only live streaming means we would never use it (Yes Mom, I didn't call you back because, as you can see, I played Overwatch for 8 hours). As soon as we saw the announcement for Facebook taking over Oculus, we knew we weren't going to purchase it solely for keeping Zuckerberg out of our video games.
- 15charlimit 9y agoThis. All of my old hardcore MMO buddies were pumped up during the Kickstarter days and during the following development phase. Once Oculus took FB's "dirty money" though, every single one of them saw the writing on the wall, lost interest, and those with dev kits sold them off. Gamers don't want social garbage getting in their way and pimping their activity/habits/preferences out to advertisers. Oculus may not have had much of a choice with their burn rate, but taking FB's money certainly didn't win them any friends among the userbase they were targeting from day one.
- laughfactory 9y agoSame for all of us who just hate Facebook. I got off Facebook back in college and now avoid it like the plague. When they bought Oculus my interest in it died. No way am I using any app or product tied to Facebook in any way.