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I'd expect that Facebook will do for Oculus as much as Zenimax did for id. The best that could happen is that the Zuckster just sends bigger checks to Oculus t

by hibikir 13y ago

I'd expect that Facebook will do for Oculus as much as Zenimax did for id. The best that could happen is that the Zuckster just sends bigger checks to Oculus to expand operations, turning this purchase into more of a round of VC funding than anything else. The worst case scenario is that it's a purchase like we see in the business world. How many products do better when the company that makes them is bought by IBM or Oracle?

benihana 13y ago
Facebook isn't IBM or Oracle. Instagram is still doing fine, it's kept its own identity and I would never have known they were bought by facebook if it wasn't such huge news. To me, on the surface, it's following the exact path same as it was before the purchase, but it would be naive to think that Facebook's infrastructure and experience with scalability has nothing to do with the fact that instagram is always up and always works as its grown.