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If we entertain the idea that VR has legs, Apple needs to be selling 300,000 units per quarter to compete with the Quest's slowest sales period. Advertising or
by smoldesu 4y ago
If we entertain the idea that VR has legs, Apple needs to be selling 300,000 units per quarter to compete with the Quest's slowest sales period. Advertising or reputation be damned, the Oculus Quest moved a lot of hardware; probably more hardware than Apple's headset will in it's entire product lifetime. If we entertain the idea that VR has legs, Mark Zuckerberg is around the corner with his legs propped up on a mahogany desk with a fat Cuban stogie in his mouth. He really only loses here if Apple fumbles really bad.
> which hitherto has been in the form of advertising.
Where are you getting that from? Their main revenue outlet is the same as Apple's, payment processing for their store: https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/10/oculus-sold-5-million-worth-of-quest-content-in-first-2-weeks-on-sale/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/10/oculus-sold-5-million-wort...