I was a massive fan of the OG Xbox and the 360, and every generation since the 360, I’ve grabbed an Xbox with the hope of getting a taste of those glory days.
I’m over it. Microsoft is making dumb decisions up and down the org these days. Their decisions make me sad at work, then sad on the couch after work.
Couldn’t stand all the backtracking and checklist style gameplay. Plus the dialogue… Who was that made for? No emotions, not witty; it left no reason to listen to it.
This must be pandering to shareholders, no company in their right mind would want to compete when Meta is selling their first party headset at a giant loss.
Honestly “Microsoft” would have been a perfect brand name for a line of VR gear, if they hadn’t jumped the gun and applied it to software back in the day.
They would have to strive to be less shit than Microsoft.
Right now meta have a proprietary display technology. They need in some way to transition that to a standard, and they’ve done absolutely nothing in that area to move towards that goal. They have absolutely no idea how to move VR into the mainstream. Everything they do is all about making more money in the short term but they have no long-term strategy.
Where is the equivalent of HTML? Where is their standard for producing VR and AR content? They need to display the content, they don’t need to own it.
They want to create “The Metaverse” and yet they don’t get that in order to do that it needs to be open source and public access. Now they are trying to create a closed source VR internet, and it won’t work.
For someone as apparently intelligent as Mark, it’s amazing how stupid he is.
It doesn’t matter what you do or say, Mark, I will never buy something produced by or associated with Meta. Don’t care how groundbreaking or revolutionary it might be.
I see you, Mark. I’ve watched how you operate for the last 20 years, Mark. I’ll never give you a cent.
a lot of people dont have the same hate for mark that you have, and a lot of people dont even know that meta is facebook. He’s not a good person, but he’s not stupid
He’s done a mind-numbly large amount of brainless things. That money is in selling VR headsets and yet they haven’t done anything to make VR content interesting to the general populace.
I hate facebook but i love vr. And it was the only one i could afford. I have it completely blocked off the internet though since i only use it for steamvr. 🥺
I feel you, and part of the reason we don’t have access to cheaper and better options is because of Meta’s monopolistic instinct. They bought oculus, which had been actively innovating, instead of competing with them and strengthening the market by developing their own product. It’s not like they didn’t have the money.
I don’t fault anyone for buying their stuff if it’s cool, my stand is purely a stubborn one at this point. I just won’t touch Meta with a ten foot pole.
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