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[Somnid]

Did not see coming...

 

[Shuggah_Daddy]

The fuck? Crazy

 

[Mudcrab]

I think this might just be the start of my first GAF meltdown...

 

[robotrock]

did carmack go from id software to facebook

 

[dekline]

...

Whoa

 

[Ape]

That was fun while it lasted guys. All my hopes are in Sony and Microsoft now.

Fuck Facebook.

 

[mantidor]

:O

That is really odd, has Facebook shown interest for gaming before? Are they going to gut out Oculus technology for their own crappy social things? Wat?

 

[thesuperfunk]

Did not expect.

 

[-PXG-]

...And Facebook will do nothing with it but gimmicky, novel bullshit while running the brand and tech into the ground.

Fucking lol

 

[JustinBB7]

Soooo will this kill all they did for games and Valve helping them?

 

[Leezard]

VR dead again confirmed. :/

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

This is the last company in the world that would be suitable for VR. Sad state of affairs.

 

[Man]

Calling major bullshit.

 

[Durante]

Well, on the one hand I get to say "haha, $2 billion" to all the people calling VR a "gimmick".

On the other hand, I feared this would happen ever since Brendan Iribe got announced as Oculus CEO. Building up new tech and then selling it as soon as viable is his MO.

On the third hand FUCK. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.

FUCK

 

[maquiladora]

 

[RdN]

Wow.. Out of nowhere.

I won't say it's a bad thing yet.. Let's see what the future brings.

 

[Phediuk]

Was there ANYONE who saw this coming?

 

[DBT85]

$2b.

What.

I don't even.

 

[LTWood12]

Congratulations to the guys at Oculus. No one in their right mind would turn down $2 billion. Wonder how much Carmack will get of the pie.

 

[Returners]

Wow

 

[thebeeks]

Dang. Well, I'll probably never get to fiddle with a Rift now. Can't stand Facebook.

 

[ironcreed]

Damn

Candy Crush VR incoming

LOL.

 

[Vibranium]

Ah, the meltdowns will be hilarious. I don't have any real thoughts on this, there will be many more VR stuff in the future anyways. Made sense from a business perspective.

 

[Tommyhawk]

Please tell me that this is a sick joke.

 

[Mister Chippy]

Please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax, please be a hoax...

Holy fuck this is real.

Welp, I'm sad now.

 

[GamerSoul]

Well that's hilarious

 

[gofreak]

What in the what what.

Not sure what to think about this.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

The dream is dead?

 

[Tookay]

Agree. Btw, why would facebook do this? It makes no sense at all. They are a software company not a hardware company. It just seems like a waste of money.

They need a QOL platform.

 

[Billen]

OK, let's hope Morpheus or any of the other contenders deliver. No way in hell will I be using what is now sure to be a spying apparatus.

If any of this is actually true.

 

[VideoMan]

This seems like terrible news. I hope it doesn't derail VR entirely.

Also, John Carmack is now a Facebook employee.

 

[sub_o]

The question is whether Facebook will just let Oculus does its thing, or force them to create some sort of social networking second world VR thingy, or remote sex thing.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

It's happening isn't it

 

[PachinkoChampBruh]

 

[DrZeus]

Morpheus it is...

Damn this is shocking!

 

[jkh33]

DAMN

 

[Graphics Horse]

I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Oculus evangelists suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

 

[Sinecat]

Noooo.. please no :'( My dreams....

 

[IAmRandom31]

Oh man, just imagine all the advertisement billboards plastered all over VR space in Star Citizen. Maybe even playing a racing game where you can make a pitstop into a VR McDonalds and eat a VR McMuffin!

I am f'in excited about this myself. Endless potential.

 

[entremet]

What's with the Facebook hate? I'm pretty most of you here have an account.

 

[soul creator]

 

[Phyla]

Oh man. I can only dream that this won't influence the small group of dedicated perfectionists. The amount of available money and resources could open up plenty of possibilities though.

 

[Zutroy]

I mean it's good that it's getting a hefty load of money and support that will really help to speed up it's development.

On the other hand though...Facebook.

 

[J-Rod]

I don't blame them selling at that price. I assumed they would either sell or go out of business from competition sooner or later, but Facebook?

 

[MutonCommander]

Oh no! Save us Valve!

 

[VeryGooster]

Virtual Christian singles ads in my VEINS, ZUCK.

 

[Einbroch]

I love it when shit like this shakes everything up.

 

[RoKKeR]

WhatsApp has like hundreds of millions of active users. They bought them for that.

I'm fully aware, doesn't make the price tag any less ridiculous, though.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Well this rather interesting .

 

[Owari]

If we didn't have Morpheus VR would be dead in it's tracks. Brb, buying another PS4.