alxslr Andrew Jakobs
If it were their only business, yeah I can imagine it not being sustainable, but that’s not what it was about, it was about selling the headset at a lower price than the cost of it, and THAT’s something I don’t think.. Christian Schildwaechter
It probably doesn’t make a lot of sense to break this into a yes/no answer. It is quite possible that through clever engineering and buying in large quantities, the production of a Quest 2 costs less than what Facebooks gets from the customer purchase, even including all costs of distribution, retail margins, service etc. By that definition, they aren’t selling under cost.
Facebook hit with antitrust probe for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts
Facebook’s bad week just got worse: It’s being investigated in Germany for linking usage of its VR product, Oculus, to having a Facebook account.
The tech giant raised the hackles of the VR community this summer when it announced it would be merging users of the latest Oculus kit onto a single Facebook account and would end support for existing Oculus account users by 2023.
New users were immediately required to have a Facebook account in order to log in and access content for the virtual reality kit.