The Xbox - Oculus Partnership seems like nothing but PR stunt.

[S.T.A.G.E.]

Madword said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

MS would not be hanging in the breeze. Much like most of their gaming career its not hard to pass a check for the work someone else did on R&D and cut a deal. Difference between this and the Kinect is that its pretty much finished. Microsoft bought the Natal and invested in its growth. As I said...they take the least risk, so they might as well continue.

Natal was different, there was a company doing it who didnt mind getting a cheque.... let's be honest here the three companies who are currently doing VR are compaies who have the cash to make this happen. I dont see much benefit in buying a company outside these three to try and do VR because you will be playing catchup. And Neither of the top three companies doing VR are going to sell to MS. So they would be trying to catch up, simple.

Then most don't understand Microsoft. If Occulus and Morpheus takes off Microsoft more than likely will more than likely pass out the check to buy the company just like they did with Kinect. They are always playing catchup when it comes to tech, but outside of that they seem ahead of the game with hololens.