Facebook buys Occulus Rift

[Metro]

Skyrim

Stopped reading there. Well, that and you apparently bought Skyrim so early that the patches were still forthcoming. When Cassidy says something is worse than Steam... you know it's worse than Steam.

 

[DalekFlay]

Stopped reading there. Well, that and you apparently bought Skyrim so early that the patches were still forthcoming. When Cassidy says something is worse than Steam... you know it's worse than Steam.

"Steam faults only matter if they effect games I like" is the shallowest of arguments, fanboy.

 

[Metro]

 

[AstroZombie]

Glorious!

 

[DalekFlay]

Man keep these quality retorts coming. I feel myself overpowered by the undeniable logic of your well thought-out responses.

 

[Metro]

Give me a quality argument other than his 'I have shitty internet' and your extremely isolated one-game example. Better yet, we'll appeal to Cassidy (the biggest Steam hater around): are the complaints valid?

 

[Night Goat]

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

 

[DalekFlay]

Give me a quality argument other than his 'I have shitty internet' and your extremely isolated one-game example. Better yet, we'll appeal to Cassidy (the biggest Steam hater around): are the complaints valid?

Why can't you just say "yeah they should let you have that option buried in some menu somewhere, but it's not a super huge deal." What's so fucking hard about that? That's all I'm saying.

It's extremely fanboyish to say "no fuck you there are no flaws praise Gaben!"

 

[Metro]

No, you're saying anyone who doesn't recognize that is being a fanboy. Sorry, not the case. Steam has a lot of issues, like problems with offline mode, outages, etc. Neither of these things (mentioned in this thread) are noteworthy. Anyway, I'm doing you a favor detracting time you'd be spending in the Max Payne 3 thread.

 

[Ranselknulf]

Sony's project morpheus is another VR option (being developed for the PS4) but maybe they can extend that beyond just the playstation.

Dev kits for that are suppose to be going out in June.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

http://www.gamesradar.com/why-facebooks-2-billion-purchase-oculus-vr-good-thing/

 

[Kane]

John Carmack now works for Facebook. Imagine that shit for a second.

good riddance carmack

 

[Azrael the cat]

Most competent developers don't majorly fuck up with their patches, so for the most part it's a non-issue.

"Most" "competent" "majorly"...if I keep going there won't be any words left de-emphasised.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

The solution is simple: stop buying anymore on Kickstarter or Steam.

 

[Broseph]

Most competent developers don't majorly fuck up with their patches, so for the most part it's a non-issue.

"Most" "competent" "majorly"...if I keep going there won't be any words left de-emphasised.

Gaben is the way and the truth and the life, our light and salvation. One day you will understand, child.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Steam is obnoxious to those who have limited internet downloads.

21st century, bro.

It's not just that. Steam was bossing me around on my own computer.

It didn't ask me whether I wanted to update the game I was trying to play, it informed I would be able to play after 1.2 gigs of updates were installed.

Uh... you implied that complaint was a different problem, moron. Or do you not understand the proper usage of 'it's not just that.' So, as I said before: '21st century.' That covers both your complaints... which is really only one.

"It's not just that" means I'm not butthurt about having 20th century internet.

I didn't want to learn anything about Steam. I think I have a right to play a purchased game and not be stung because I don't know how to tweak the DRM management program I need to run it.

 

[Metro]

You have no such rights, sir.

 

[Wise Emperor]

More idiots hooked to the VR = more chicks for me! Win, win bros.

 

[taxalot]

Considering Facebook is now catering to everybody's dad instead of its original userbase, I cannot wait to enjoy a Virtual Reality full of elderly people by the time it comes out.

 

[deuxhero]

To be honest, I don't really care.

I always thought that if Occulus Rift worked and got supported, someone would very quickly come out with a superior product and decided to keep calm and let the early adopters beta test for me. It's how the free market works.

Look at smart phones as a recent example. iPhone wasn't the first, but it did popularize them (even though it was, like all Apple products, shit for illiterates) and causes dozens of superior products. It's something that's been repeated time and again throughout history.

 

[Turisas]

Considering Facebook is now catering to everybody's dad instead of its original userbase, I cannot wait to enjoy a Virtual Reality full of elderly people by the time it comes out.

They'll be using sexy 20-something avatars, of course (base cosmetic package available at $9.99 monthly subscription, customization for small additional fee).

 

[fizzelopeguss]

The whole thing is so corpulently gross and everything that's wrong with the world. Trawl kick starter for ROI free venture capital to create something beautiful and innovative, get bought by the evil empire for Facebook penny stock.

The so called saviour of core gaming just became the harbinger of social, phone game death.

And sonys piece of shit wasn't even in contention.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

To be honest, I don't really care.

I always thought that if Occulus Rift worked and got supported, someone would very quickly come out with a superior product and decided to keep calm and let the early adopters beta test for me. It's how the free market works.

Look at smart phones as a recent example. iPhone wasn't the first, but it did popularize them (even though it was, like all Apple products, shit for illiterates) and causes dozens of superior products. It's something that's been repeated time and again throughout history.

They're not open source though.

 

[Turjan]

Posting in a Steam thread.

Just saying that shitty internet connections are even a problem in the rural US. Monthly download limits of 2 GB are quite common there.

Anyway, regarding the Oculus Rift, I have always been a bit skeptical of of the capabilities of a small company to develop a technical device like that without a major sponsor. It sucks, but that's usual the reality. But Facebook...

 

[deuxhero]

To be honest, I don't really care.

I always thought that if Occulus Rift worked and got supported, someone would very quickly come out with a superior product and decided to keep calm and let the early adopters beta test for me. It's how the free market works.

Look at smart phones as a recent example. iPhone wasn't the first, but it did popularize them (even though it was, like all Apple products, shit for illiterates) and causes dozens of superior products. It's something that's been repeated time and again throughout history.

They're not open source though.

Neither was the iPhone or the Oldsmobile.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Posting in a Steam thread.

Just saying that shitty internet connections are even a problem in the rural US. Monthly download limits of 2 GB are quite common there.

Anyway, regarding the Oculus Rift, I have always been a bit skeptical of of the capabilities of a small company to develop a technical device like that without a major sponsor. It sucks, but that's usual the reality. But Facebook...

For myself, it's not just download limits, or having to learn to manage the DRM. A lot of people, myself included, have the opinion that there hasn't been a PC exclusive game worth paying for since before Steam was around. Yet somehow, despite the shit games, Gabe Newell is a billionaire.

Steam shows the suits that there is no drawback for producing games with DRM.