Zero said:

It's funny how Palmer has essentially "taken the blame" for this whole thing on the entire internet, when he hasn't been the majority holder in a long time. What do those people think happened when Oculus received all that investment money? You think Marc Andreessen just threw money at them out of the kindness of his heart? Heck, iirc he wasn't even the majority holder prior to the entire Kickstarter. Even if Palmer had disagreed with this decision, it wouldn't have mattered one bit. It's like no one knows how business works.



The entire internet is going insane over this and they need to step out of the anti-facebook circle-jerk and relax. I've even seen multiple people on reddit wish for Palmer's death. Seriously, that's not cool. Notch especially is in no position to talk, being known for his many empty promises. The grassroots argument I keep hearing is flax too, if someone like Google or Valve would have bought them out, the backlash wouldn't be anything like this. No, you'd see people praising them for investing in the technology, even though Google has just as many, if not more, privacy concerns as Facebook. And honestly, I'm glad it was a company like Facebook that doesn't deal with hardware or games, because if it was a big gaming company like EA or Sony buying them out, you can bet the Oculus team would have little to no input. Facebook isn't stupid, they know Oculus already has some of the best in the industry there, so as long as they keep up the good work, Facebook will keep them operating independently.



This is a good thing, even in the long term. Everyone here especially should know that Palmer wouldn't publicly support this if it wasn't. He's a smart guy, and I'm sure this wasn't a rash decision by any means, and probably took months of discussion. Plus, he has guys like John Carmack with him, who I'm definitely sure is for this, because otherwise he would have quit beforehand.



Give it time, let them show off what they've been working on when the time is ready and make your decision then. As long as they keep doing what they're doing now and are successful at it, Facebook has no reason to intervene. If they do, I'll bite my tongue; just give them a chance.

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