Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR
by jobigoud on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @03:03AM
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Why do they have to sell to anyone? Can't a company live on its own these days? They had everyone cheering up behind them.
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Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR
by techwatching on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @10:09AM
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For sure; maybe the saw the writing on the wall though - i.e.: its hard for an independent to compete with Sony / MSFT / whatever other MegaCos enter the fray in terms of development resources, manufacturing scale, leverage with studios etc. If you think about it, how would Oculus have been able to finance a major production push (millions of units)?
On the flip side, competing like that might have been difficult --- but not impossible. The world needs more organizations willing to stand on their own two feet and try