I think I was as surprised as anyone about the news that Occulus Rift, VR-darling of the indie game community had been acquired by Facebook for $2 billion dollars. Some of the reactions were more interesting than mine, and I've captured a few below. The following comic was the top post on Reddit for a few hours today, and sums up what I think a lot of people's thoughts about the situation are:
Next up is a post on Reddit's R/Funny section titled "Well, looks like Simpsons called it again." Although it does look like the Simpsons are predicting a Virtual Reality version of Farmville, the originally game was actually "Yardwork Simulator."
The following Tweet is my personal favourite reaction the the news (though it might be lost on those who aren't fans of the Metal Gear Solid video game series):
And the last, but possibly most important, reaction comes from Notch. The man behind the popular Minecraft game and apparently an early investor in the Oculus rift Tweeted that he thought Facebook was creepy, then followed it up with a lengthy blog post, a highlight of which is below:
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.