Facebook will never break through with Oculus, says one of the VR company's co-founders.
But one of the company's six co-founders now doubts Oculus will ever break through.
Jack McCauley told CNBC he doesn't think there's a real market for VR gaming. With Facebook positioning its Oculus devices primarily as gaming machines, McCauley doesn't believe there's much of a market for the device.McCauley, who left Oculus in November 2015, said sales of the devices he worked on were modest. The original DK1, released in 2013 sold 70,000 units while the follow-up DK2 from 2014 sold 150,000, he recalled.
For comparison, Sony sold 17.8 million PlayStation 4 units during its 2018 fiscal year while Nintendo sold nearly 17 million Switch units during its 2018 fiscal year. Microsoft doesn't break out Xbox One unit sales.
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Oculus founder says best US minds need to work on AI just like they did during the nuclear arms raceIf U.S. scientists and researchers had refused to work on nuclear weapons, like Google did on AI, the world would be much worse, argues Palmer Luckey.
Leer más »
The CEO of one iron company says he's boiling short sellers 'like frogs'The CEO of iron ore producer Cleveland-Cliffs made the statement Friday after the company reported earnings that blew past analyst estimates.
Leer más »
Oyo founder to buy back $2 billion worth stake in SoftBank-backed Indian coIndian hospitality startup Oyo Founder Ritesh Agarwal raised his stake in the co...
Leer más »
Merge Turns 30: Co-Founder Laura Ballance on Perils of Running an Indie Today'When we started, we had no expectations,' says Laura Ballance, co-founder of the North Carolina-based independent record label Merge Records and bassist for the scrappy indie rock band Superchunk. 'It was a punk rock hobby. We didn't think it was going to be a successful business.'
Leer más »
Merrill Lynch pays $40 million to Cabletron co-founder after broker allegedly churned accountThe brokerage agreed to the settlement with Robert Levine, co-founder of Cabletron Systems, according to filings and sources familiar with the case.
Leer más »
Oculus founder says best US minds need to work on AI just like they did during the nuclear arms raceIf U.S. scientists and researchers had refused to work on nuclear weapons, like Google did on AI, the world would be much worse, argues Palmer Luckey.
Leer más »