Oculus CEO: 'We Wouldn't Partner with Microsoft or Sony' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 December 2014 / 6,322 Views
Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe spoke with Business Insider about why they were acquired by Facebook and did not go for a partnership with Microsoft or Sony. He didn't want to partner with a company that has its own gaming platform or OS, or ties with a gaming platform.
"If we were going to partner with somebody, because this is a long road ahead ... we were thinking the whole time that we wouldn't partner with Microsoft or Sony," said Iribe.
Iribe added they also chose not to partner with Google, because Google already has a lot of big projects and he fears Oculus would get lost in the mix.
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But Facebook is fair game. Yeah, they totally weren't looking to partner with anyone...
Both Sony and MS already have VR tech that's far down the R&D pipeline (Sony is the farthest.), so why would they have ever made a competitive offer? It's okay to say that you did it for the money, Brendan.
Pretty much sums up what I was thinking. If Sony or MS wanted to buy Oculus I'm sure they would of.
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Nintendo is not interested in virtual reality. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, it would ruin The local multiplayer experience, and i agree with him
And the reasons for not peering with gaming company? Really doesn't make any sense.
