Oculus has 50 employees [1]. Facebook did not pay $40 million per employee to scrap their product.
Oculus is also a bleeding-edge hardware start-up. It was more likely to drop dead all on its own than at the hands of well-capitalised owner.
[1] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/oculus-vr
Facebook did not pay $400 million per employee to scrap their product.
This deal reminds me of ebay buying Skype: Two technology companies, both with reasonable products, but nothing to do with each other.
Oculus has 50 employees [1]. Facebook did not pay $40 million per employee to scrap their product.
Oculus is also a bleeding-edge hardware start-up. It was more likely to drop dead all on its own than at the hands of well-capitalised owner.
[1] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/oculus-vr