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Minecraft Creator Halts Plans For Oculus Version Following Facebook Acquisition

An anonymous reader writes "Not one hour after the announcement of the the acquisition of Oculus Rift by Facebook yesterday, Markus 'Notch' Persson has announced that he has ceased all discussions about bringing it to Oculus Rift. 'I don't want to work with social, I want to work with games. ... Facebook is not a company of grass-roots tech enthusiasts. Facebook is not a game tech company. Facebook has a history of caring about building user numbers, and nothing but building user numbers. People have made games for Facebook platforms before, and while it worked great for a while, they were stuck in a very unfortunate position when Facebook eventually changed the platform to better fit the social experience they were trying to build.' Persson has stated that he made this decision despite initially investing $10,000 in Oculus' Kickstarter."

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  1. hej hej hej by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cool story notch.

  2. "What?" yelled Occulus founders by NotDrWho · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We can't hear you through all of the cash."

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    1. Re:"What?" yelled Occulus founders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Obligatory Penny Arcade: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/10/23/

      "Would you like to stay for dinner? I think we're having MONEY!"

    2. Re:"What?" yelled Occulus founders by amiga3D · · Score: 1, Funny

      Didn't Davinci write some kind of code?

  3. Re: Kickstarter skeptics eat your heart out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's why I invest all my money in Bitcoin instead of kickstarter.

  4. Re:Hey editors, how hard is this? by almitydave · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Not one hour after the announcement of the the acquisition of Oculus Rift by Facebook yesterday, Markus 'Notch' Persson has announced that he has ceased all discussions about bringing it to Oculus Rift."

    It? WHAT is 'it'?

    Steven King novel. Frankly, I'm not entirely disappointed that a homicidal supernatural clown isn't being brought to virtual reality. Those are nightmares I'd just as soon do without.

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  5. Re:Outrageous. by TemperedAlchemist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh Crimea river.