Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rift version

Re:Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rif... by dropit_sphere on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @12:06AM (#7471517)

What's funny is that everyone would breathe a giant sigh of relief if, when asked about the deal, Zuckerberg just grinned boyishly and said, "It's a VR company run by Carmack, and I'm a multibillionaire. Of course I wanted to own it."

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Re:Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rif... by ejain on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @02:04AM (#7471867)

Maybe; but Zuckerberg didn't buy the company, Facebook did.

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Re:Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rif... by DennisP on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @11:00AM (#7473834)

Zuckerberg has complete control, with 57% of Facebook voting rights.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/01/zuck-power-play/

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Re:Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rif... by _cbb1 on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @01:26PM (#7474894)

This article could be out of date because it was written in 2012. It's been reported that he has sold some shares.

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Re:Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rif... by csense on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @06:11PM (#7477014)

As a public company, isn't Facebook required to report how much of the company is owned by all major shareholders?

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Re:Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rif... by ctdonath on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @02:16PM (#7475220)

If Z doesn't have complete control, he's still got most control. Either way he knows that it's easier/cheaper to make FB the legal owner.

If you're gonna spend $2B to buy something you want, better if you can get someone else to foot the bill.

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