Oculus CEO says selling to Facebook convinced big developers to build for it

Re:Oculus CEO says selling to Facebook convinced big develop... by cyborgx7 on Monday May 05, 2014 @07:02PM (#7701846)

So he prefers rapid growth, with the risk of the whole thing becomming a bubble instead of the stability that results from a slow build of users and developer support? That doesn't put a lot of confidence in me either.

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Re:Oculus CEO says selling to Facebook convinced big develop... by michaelt on Monday May 05, 2014 @07:09PM (#7701876)

If you launch too gently, there's a risk no customer will buy it because no developer supports it, and no developer will support it because no customer will buy it.

That said, I got the impression things were going pretty well for Oculus without Facebook's help.

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Re:Oculus CEO says selling to Facebook convinced big develop... by caust1c on Monday May 05, 2014 @10:00PM (#7702489)

I respect your business perspective about slow growth early on, but.. It's fucking virtual reality! I don't think there's any doubt that developers would be flocking to this with or without the acquisition.

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Re:Oculus CEO says selling to Facebook convinced big develop... by loceng on Monday May 05, 2014 @08:27PM (#7702185)

Those big name developers would have eventually started to develop if the technology kept advancing, though I would think many more might be hesitant now to even consider it now that it is owned by Facebook.

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