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'Within the last hour EVERY friend I know was developing a rift game has canceled. That's around 11 projects just gone.' from a Reddit comment
by letstryagain 13y ago
'Within the last hour EVERY friend I know was developing a rift game has canceled. That's around 11 projects just gone.'
from a Reddit comment
- venomsnake 13y agoThe backlash is phenomenal. And completely predictable.
- waterlesscloud 13y agoAnd ridiculous.
- ivanca 13y agoIt is not; like @segphault just tweeted: "Tragic that all of the great ideas of our time get swallowed by soulless web companies that lack vision and only care about spying on us."
- benched 13y agoYes. All of us who hate this development are irrational. That's the only explanation for this groundswell. I can't think of a single reason to be cynical about Facebook or about this deal.
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- Karunamon 13y agoSnark aside, people tend to lose all sense of perspective and objectivity anytime Facebook is mentioned. Especially the crowd around here. I really, really don't understand the pathological and irrational hate for Facebook and/or ads.
- masklinn 13y ago> I really, really don't understand the pathological and irrational hate for Facebook and/or ads. Just look at Facebook's past relations with developers in their ecosystem, that should fix it.
- sentenza 13y agoNothing pathological or irrational here. Facebook has a track record of trying to trick its users into revealing more information about themselves than they want. Sneaky TOS changes, anyone? More facebook in the lives of everybody = road to dystopia. Unless of course, you think privacy is bullshit. Then I'd recommend a book on European history (1850 to now).
- GVIrish 13y agoI think many peoples' issue with Facebook is that they have proven themselves to be untrustworthy on numerous occassions. They're constantly moving the goal post on user privacy with and without consent and they don't treat business users much better. It's not surprising that people who care personally about Oculus would not be happy with the Facebook acquisition. Especially since the gaming community has a very strong aversion to the toxic social gaming landscape that Facebook was/is host to.
- benched 13y agoYou didn't really need the part after "I don't understand. If it was irrational, you'd have your explanation.
- baby 13y agoAnd over in a few days/weeks. It's a trend that comes from a gut feeling more than rationalization. I really believe people will change their mind about Facebook now that Facebook is not just the social network but also Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus.
- aeturnum 13y agoThe backlash is a bit silly, though I also find the acquisition surprising. I suspect that companies with any sort of capital investment in a rift-based-game will continue development. That being said, Oculus owned by Facebook is a different sort of animal than independent Oculus. Previously, they had to sell the public on a $2-300 VR gaming headset or die. Now they have a lot more wiggle room. Personally, I feel more comfortable working with companies that have as much skin as I do in the game. I understand why the shift would unsettle people.
- joeevans 13y agoYay! Now I can have a unit for $70... so long as I finally sign up to Facebook to be able to use it! Uh. I think I'd rather pay $1000 than do that.
- joesb 13y agoI would rather pay $70 and signin with Facebook than paying $1000.
- PavlovsCat 13y agoThat just shifts $930 to hidden costs. Someone pays either way.
- joesb 13y agoDoesn't matter, it's not my money that is paid.
- letstryagain 13y agoYou still pay, just not with dollars.
- CmonDev 13y ago$70, blue colour only with white trim, have to sign-in to Facebook to use, programmable only using Hack language, shows targeted ads in peripheral vision area.
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- 1ris 13y agoIt's emotional, but common, what is the proper reaction if one of the greats thing is bought by one of the worst? The only scenario worse than this i can image is Oracle. How would you feel if SpaceX, if you invested in it's technology, would have been bought by John Deere? This is more tragic than the acquisition of Bell Labs by Alcatel.
- ps4fanboy 13y agoAs an investor I would be overjoyed.
- brenschluss 13y agoThat's because investors think about short-term profits, not about world-changing technologies.
- ps4fanboy 13y ago$2B isnt a short term profit.
- brenschluss 13y agoOh it is, in the scheme of things.
- 1ris 13y agoAs a investor who get's the money, i'd be that too. But if you bought a dev kit and invested money and time to develop for that platform this is about the worst possible news.
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- sukuriant 13y agoCould you add more to that citation. I'd love to see the source
- ssprang 13y agohttp://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/21d1u2/we_were_in_talks_about_maybe_bringing_a_version/cgbvdaw http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/21d1u2/we_were_in_ta...
- crummy 13y agoI predict something similar to the Modern Warfare 2 boycott: http://dbzer0.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Boycott-Modern-Warfare-2.jpg http://dbzer0.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Boycott-Modern-...