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Notch said they were in talks for a sort of Oculus port of Minecraft in the vein of the console versions/pocket editions. He said that with the announcement of Facebook buying them, he has scrapped all plans and cancelled the project.
He was also a little bitter (As he should be, I guess) about fronting them 10k and them selling out after 2 years.
It's Pay Pal with only the "send gift" option enabled.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
Kickstarters are for suckers, in this circle, we call them passionate fans.
I heard Ben Kuchera on NPR this morning. Strange and troubling times.
Shoulda bought shares with his investment instead of "Visit Oculus for a Day." He'd be sitting on a fuckload of facebook stock right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
Anyway, he and others are overreacting. Facebook is not interested in recording your head movements while you play Minecraft. Their angle is much further down the line, and it's on the software side, not the hardware side.
Kickstarter is a way to vote with your dollars and get shit done. People that backed Oculus did so because they believed in mass-market consumer VR, and because of them, that's going to be a reality. If Facebook took that away, or fundamentally changed the Rift as a product, I'd get their ire, but right now it's just a lot of anti-corporate horseshit, same as we've seen for every KS-financed game that finds a publisher.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
There's really no reason to rag on Kickstarter for this. The backers got their rewards, everyone got what they were promised. Then the company went stupid, but that happened after promises were fulfilled so while disappointing it's not like there's reason to complain about the Kickstarter side of things.
James
The problem is that Kickstarter dumps all the risk on the people doing the funding with none of the upside.
Yeah, but in the old fashioned days, people bought shares in corporations and then became shareholders. If all those Kickstarter backers had backed Oculus the old fashioned way, they could have voted against this acquisition by Facebook. Or they could have at least shared in the payout.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
I think backers and supports of the Rift do have a reason to be upset. They wanted to support a group that was bringing this tech to gaming and do it because they wanted to see it done. And that group kind of just sold out to a giant corporation that doesn't think the same thing.
Even if the Rift continues unaffected for a while, it's silly to think that this isn't going to affect the product. Facebook is going to tweak it to try and get what the can out of it and the goals for the project are no longer what Kickstarter backers originally funded.
I understand why these people would be upset, but I also think 'oh well'. They got what they originally paid for, and if they feel betrayed, maybe they shouldn't have expected more than they were promised. You put your faith in something and got screwed, you can't blame Kickstarter for that.