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Oculus VR Costs “Raising Eyebrows” at Facebook, Causing Headaches

Oculus VR is presenting Facebook with a reality they didn’t expect.

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ZodTheRipper4338d ago (Edited 4338d ago )

Good for VR and the gaming industry, bad for Zuckerberg... so good news overall. I don't support the Facebook aquisition but it's great that they are now able to milk this annoying "company" to fulfill their vision. On the other hand I'm pretty sure that Facebook won't let this money-milking go unnoticed and they'll probably develop some questionable "features" for the consumer version... the first one should be that you'll need a Facebook account to buy any VR games. And I don't think that they'll stop there...

Muadiib4337d ago

Well it's better that Facebook bought them than Sony huh! Bringing their enormous debt and forcing playstation exclusivity would've killed vr before it began.

itisallaboutps4337d ago

Wow!! Really dude? I am not even going to make this a console argument so here it goes

thank goodness yo mama didn't buy them bringing her ugly milkshakes on every VR exclusive.

RexDD4337d ago

The fanboy is strong with this one.

s45gr324337d ago

I would have preferred Valve, Google, or CD project. Now Sony on the other hand has always preferred to make their own hardware whether is Playstation, Vaio Computers, Sony Smart Phones, etc. Case in point Morpheus is Sony's way of saying we can do vr we don't need the rift

aliengmr4337d ago (Edited 4337d ago )

@s45gr32

CDPR? Really? I adore CDPR but they have no where near the money required for VR. Not even Valve has that kind of money.

When you get right down to it, very few companies have the kind of money to really push VR into the mainstream.

Sony could produce an HMD, but with all the other things they are working on they couldn't afford to really push VR to the mainstream.

Without the Rift, Sony's HMD would just be a pricey PS4 peripheral, that probably wouldn't take off. OVR is getting VR out there and getting people excited about VR. When Sony releases their HMD that excitement will hopefully generate sales.

Its not a " this one or that one" situation yet. Its not about who's HMD is better, yet. Its about OVR doing things Sony simply can't afford to do at the moment. Seriously, if the costs are raising eyebrows at Facebook, what do you think the brass at Sony would do?

This only becomes a competition when VR actually starts selling. Or when there is actually a real choice.

frostypants4337d ago

Why would Sony buy them anyway? Stupid comment is stupid.

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Rik_Mayall4337d ago

Samsung are the kings of screen panel tech, glad they are sticking with them!

porkChop4337d ago

They really aren't. Sharp is way ahead of them and produces by far the best displays available.

Cernunnos4337d ago

I would expect the consumer version to cost at least around 300 dollars at launch.

itisallaboutps4337d ago

I am still skeptical because fb spent soooo much money buying oculus plus this. They are going to have to make their money back somehow, that's worries me. No one buys anything without seing profit in return. So basically oculus is what like how many million dollars in debt?

BattleTorn4337d ago (Edited 4337d ago )

Well - see - the "profit" for Facebook was the millions upon millions that they spent on the acquisition as opposed to paying millions upon million in taxes on all their revenue.

The acquisition was profitable merely because OR was revenue negative.
It kept their books balanced, and kept the gov't from taking tons of their extra revenue.
In fact, this being part of the reason they wanted means they are inversely motivated to make OR revenue positive.

nirwanda4337d ago

Or they see the bigger picture than just a gaming device, eg you wana see Disney world rift will let you walk around it without the cues.
Or how about wanna buy a kitchen here's what it will look like in your home.
Or ford have a new car would you like to sit in it.
VR could be much more than just a gaming device.

uth114337d ago

yeah well Facebook spends money like drunken sailors. They spent an ungodly amount of money on WhatsApp.

I predict they'll be in serious financial in a few years when reality hits.

Tiechie4337d ago

I'm calling it now, one screen will be dedicated to ads.

Ogygian4337d ago

To be honest, Facebook bought Oculus at a steal.

What they should be kicking themselves over is the stupid $15 billion acquisition of whatsapp.

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Zombie Army VR: Everything You Need to Know

Zombie Army VR is creeping onto VR headsets later this month, and here's everything you need to know about Rebellion's latest.

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Morels: Homestead Established for PC VR

Morels: Homestead, a relaxing game in which you can create your own unique homestead, is available now for PC VR.

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F1 23 Will Support PC VR But Not PSVR 2

Electronic Arts has confirmed that while F1 23 will support PC VR it will not support PSVR 2 on PlayStation 5.

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ApocalypseShadow1097d ago

That's fine. GT7 would overshadow it anyway at it has open wheel and regular cars.

Should have been spending their time updating Squadrons with better resolution, frame rate, haptics, etc as there isn't a game like that on PS VR 2 yet.

But it's EA. They don't think.

Babadook71097d ago

I agree. It would sell better on PSVR2 right now.

Knushwood Butt1097d ago (Edited 1097d ago )

A wasted opportunity, but I don't buy EA / Codemasters stuff anyway. Grid Legends just came out on Plus and I haven't touched it. Why would I when I have GT7 and PSVR2?

Abnor_Mal1097d ago

Not into F1 racing, but still a missed opportunity.

ApocalypseShadow1097d ago

That's where opportunity presents itself that they could offer something else that other developers haven't offered yet. Yeah. There's No Man's Sky. But a space game with a story would be great. Like the old days with Colony Wars.

Abnor_Mal1097d ago

Exactly, they could have possibly lured more players just from the inclusion of a vr mode.

I miss Colony wars and G-Police, Low-Fi I hope will scratch that itch when it releases. We also need a vr War/Starhawk game.

Knushwood Butt1097d ago

Just watched the trailer of Low-Fi. Most definitely on my radar.

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