There is no "worst" kind of fanboy. The term "fanboy" says it all. A true fanboy epitomizes many of the things that are wrong with the industry on the consumer end. They ALL ride on the same bus of delusional self-entitlement no matter their preferences.
Nintendo rides the smaller short bus all by themselves, innocently smiling, thinking of unicorns, wrestling, and Nascar.
Yes I agree it will set a precedent. This was guaranteed to happen sooner rather than later and if people didnt see this as a possibility when they contributed then too bad for their blind ignorance. There have been other stories of products folding before reaching fruition long before this happened so why didnt anyone see this?
Kickstarter is a nice theory but ultimately deeply flawed and you nailed it by stating,
".....will just buy another successful Kickstart...
WRONG. Hate to break it to you my boy, but this is business man. That's how the business world works. Misuse of funds? Really? Its a DONATION to do with what they please.
Kickstarter IS: Ask for donations >>> Deliver a product, or fail. THATS IT. Dont like taking that RISK? Then DONT DONATE. Refund? PFFT c'mon.
For further enlightenment on how the world actually works, see below.
Hey guess what? That's KICKSTARTER. If these idiots wanted a stake in the wealth of this company then they should have bought >>SHARES<<. You know, SHARES, like an INVESTMENT. Pretty simple concept. IMO kickstarter is 'buyer beware' and anyone who cant grasp this before DONATING, not investing, but DONATING money, and gets burned then too bad. Its called "taking a risk". Sorry life wasn't 'fair' to you. The logic of some of these people is utterly...
I didn't forget from where he left, NOR did I mention his position at Oculus, or my making light of his (purely speculative) disposition being related to money. Im simply speculating that Mr.Carmack, now having FB as a 'boss' might not be something he'll want to throw a party over. Im sure he couldn't care less as long as he can do what he loves with some freedom.
Im sure OR will be a great product eventually. I couldnt care less about the FB buyout, and ...
Seems so.
At least now, with all that money he can finally experience first hand, what sex with an actual woman is really like! Hell, maybe he prefers men, or kids even...no matter, he can have it all!!!
Well played Palmer.
You know what's funny in all of this? It's the tight little frown on John Carmack's face while hunched over his little work station testing the new FB apparatus with a "do not disturb" sign on the door. I wonder how keen he is now, and how long he knew of this deal, and if or how long he will stay with it.
Meh, whatever happens with it....there will be others.
Thank heavens for the Australian Classification Board. I was going to buy/play this but clearly it's just too violent. I'll just stick to the "Justin Timberlake Makeover" game. I can blow a whole evening on that one and with no 'mild impact violence' either, no sir.
I bet this series has been farmed out to the North Koreans who work around the clock (receiving nothing but coffee beans and moldy UN rice as wages) pumping out this rehashed crap for our repeated displeasure. 'Creed of Duty-12' and so on.
Palmer: "Oh yeah?... Oculus doesnt want your stupid game anyway, and besides, now I can buy and sell people like you everyday if I wanted too, Nya!"
Notch: "sniff"
If people didnt see something like this coming then they are retards. Backers are pissed? Then clearly they didnt properly weigh the risks before investing in a BUSINESS. Notice that last word there? BUSINESS. When was there ever a guarantee in investments? You took a shot in this company and it didnt work out how YOU wanted it too? Shitty deal for you. That's BUSINESS and BBUSINESS is in the BUSINESS of making MONEY, not kow-tow-ing to the gaming community....Sadly. Not to mention seeing...
Whiners, the lot of you. "my feelings have been hurt" " I hate FB" "kickstarter investors deserve a cut" "Palmers a sellout" Whine whine whine. Give it a rest. Pure Pathetic Envy. Yet in the end how many of you will buy one? Sure as hell beats selling off to MS or worse yet APPLE. Christ, that WOULD be the end of the 'vision'.
@ Software_Lover and Clown_Syndrome...people STILL get the product they invested in. That's kickst...
Investing in Kickstarter is ones own choice. Where does it state you get a return on your investment aside from the product reaching market? He still brought this thing to fruition so his obligation to the 'investors' is complete. He can sell it off for whatever he wants.
Damn right, he can sip breast milk from the pope if he wanted. Its his idea. Your entire comment reeks of envious jealousy. Go develop your own world changing device then and stop whining. I'm sure you&#...
All these people suddenly know what the future holds and on top of it all have instantly developed an extremely high stance of moral superiority. Any one of you would do practically anything for that offer to be made to you. You jackasses even attempt to claim you would turn down 2 billion? Some of you would probably even kill your own mother.
Good for Palmer. He developed it, it's his baby, so good on him. For what he has brought to the world and the vast changes it will make I...
This was inevitable. If not FB then someone else for sure they were just the first to slap money at it and there are so many companies jumping on the vr bandwagon now I cant really blame them for selling out for 2B. Shitty but thats how she goes. The O.R. simply has far too many possible applications for some company to not scoop it up. Just too bad it was FB. I have NOT ONE desire to wear this thing for communications of any kind. Oh well, Im curious as to how this will play out now it might...
You're not joking. This is quickly becoming the new, much over milked franchise, once held by CoD.
meh
Not only are you biased and blindly ignorant in your entire fanboy rant, you are also incorrect. Toddle off and enjoy your console with the sony VR that will be quite 'limited' based on your 'almighty' console hardware as soon as it launches. Im sure it will be interesting and fun for all the sony folks, but it will hit that tech wall much sooner than later. Market analysts estimates and sales cant improve limited hardware. Put another way.... sony can sell all they want but ...
What IS xbox?
On point #2 you are mistaken. PC folk are by no means "insecure". They just want to simply show people the light, (not unlike a preachy Christian or Jehovah witness) of how a good a game can actually look and play on unrestricted hardware. PC simply offers more than a console can, but if you like consoles, that's wonderful, you enjoy them. I can only hope that one day, when the PC folk come and knock on your door, and your heart, expounding the virtues of their PC gospel, you to...