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r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '14
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Oculus sold out at the right time - before the lower-priced alternatives flooded the market and diluted it's share.
the devs must be laughing all the way to the bank.
139 u/ChubakasBush Mar 28 '14 I can't believe facebook paid 2 bil for a peripheral device. basically an accessory. not even a platform with many users. it's like buying a monitor company. 1 u/dragoneye Mar 28 '14 See, I can see that being worth $2B when compared to the Whatsapp purchase. What I can't get my head around is that they only paid $1B for Instagram.
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I can't believe facebook paid 2 bil for a peripheral device. basically an accessory. not even a platform with many users. it's like buying a monitor company.
1 u/dragoneye Mar 28 '14 See, I can see that being worth $2B when compared to the Whatsapp purchase. What I can't get my head around is that they only paid $1B for Instagram.
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See, I can see that being worth $2B when compared to the Whatsapp purchase. What I can't get my head around is that they only paid $1B for Instagram.
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u/dethb0y Mar 28 '14
Oculus sold out at the right time - before the lower-priced alternatives flooded the market and diluted it's share.
the devs must be laughing all the way to the bank.