Or Blizzard. They have an actual virtual world already. I can easily see WoW fans who already sit at a PC and buy special hardware for their games to flock to VR tech.
Yeah, there are so many companies that I'd have picked over FB if I were them. Blizzard and Valve would have been excellent choices, though.
Or even Nintendo, or maybe even Bethesda (assuming they aren't bitter about him leaving Id)
Bethesda already passed on it.
Does Valve have $2billion dollars lying around to acquire companies with?
Yes
Don't think so. Valve's total equity was estimated at ~$2.5bn in 2012
Re:Oculus Joins Facebook
by zerooneinfinity on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @11:28AM
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Just curious where you got the source for this -- no pun intended.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/technology/valve-a-video-g...
> Not that Mr. Newell hasn’t had opportunities to sell out. Valve has been pursued over the years by Electronic Arts, which would very likely have valued Valve at well over $1 billion had the talks progressed that far, said two people with knowledge of the discussion who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were private.
> Although Valve’s finances are private, Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, estimates that the company could be worth around $2.5 billion today.
It's guesswork and no method is explained though, so it's not like that's a very reliable estimate or anything.
Re:Oculus Joins Facebook
by zerooneinfinity on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @10:18AM
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Ah interesting, thanks for following up.
Valve.