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Delete Facebook and you’ll lose your Oculus Games

Facebook is now forcing you to link your Facebook account to your Oculus. Refuse and you risk losing everything.

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potatoseal1296d ago

This kind of information is the perfect way to get people to NEVER by an Oculus for as long as they live.

respekanize911296d ago

i am about to nuke my fb acct. this just got me not to purchase this

bouzebbal1296d ago (Edited 1296d ago )

That things took every freedom away from people.. It's scary that everyone is still on that waste of
time.. I just don't get what value it has.

Deleted this crap years ago, since they removed share support from PS4..I was using it only for this, and some truthful news groups, not mainstream brainwashing garbage

S2Killinit1296d ago

Bouzebbal
I recommend the OG of unbiased reporting in America, probably the only one left, AKA NPR (National Public Radio)

Sirk7x1296d ago

Do it. I haven't used it in years, life never been better lol. Facebook is poison man.

DarXyde1296d ago (Edited 1296d ago )

Nuked mine years ago.

It's liberating, especially in the age of spin and overt politics.

You won't regret it, and you really won't miss it. I found that people used it largely for sympathy and validation.

That said, I do still use Messenger and WhatsApp because I live abroad, but I'm partial to Telegram.

RedDevils1296d ago

I nuke it since 2007/8 best decision ever.

RacerX1295d ago

Same here. I pulled out my Quest the other day, it's been awhile. It did an update and then tried to FORCE me to link my FB account and held ALL of my content HOSTAGE.

I was ready to buy the Quest 2 until I looked all this up and saw what they're doing with Facebook... They made my choice to buy something else much easier.

zeuanimals1295d ago

@bouzebbal: Did you just say you go to Facebook for truthful news? Lmao. That's where the majority of the fake news is. Number one easiest way to become radicalized and do stupid shit like not believe in covid, use Facebook.

darthv721295d ago

I use FB for various collecting groups. Some I have created/manage. No politics, just gaming and collecting.

And sometimes I get some good deals on there.

johndoe112111295d ago

@S2Killinit
"unbiased reporting in America, probably the only one left, AKA NPR (National Public Radio) "

I honestly don't mean this as an insult or anything but, you're being sarcastic here right?

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Outlawzz1296d ago

Only reason I was excited for this was because now somebody is going to come up with a headset just as good without the bs rules and regulations of a social media platform.

SullysCigar1295d ago

Yup, the wait for PSVR 2 news suddenly got more bearable, nice move Facebook...

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Bender65021295d ago

Agreed. This essentially kills Oculus VR for many. This kind of enforced/ bundled consent, needs to stop. The law needs to move into the 21st century and protect peoples rights online.

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frostypants1295d ago

Count me among them. I wanted one, but Facebook is cancer.

thorstein1295d ago

Games are playable off steam.

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Gamerking821296d ago

Well seems like the Oculus is of no use whatsoever for me.

roadkillers1296d ago

Oculus is good, but there are better alternatives especially with Valve's device. Honestly, delete you PSN profile or Xbox account and you will lose all your games too. No one wants Facebook in gaming, that's why anyone will take this as a live or die senario

dlocsta1296d ago

Not quite the same. If you delete you Xbox account it just removes it from your Xbox. It does not delete your games or achievements. I have delete my account before and then downloaded it again 20 minutes later.

Eidolon1296d ago (Edited 1296d ago )

@dlocsta

Well. I don't think it's as easy to delete your PSN/Xbox account. What you're doing is just deleting it from the console. To completely delete them, you will have to contact Sony/MS in which case I'm pretty sure they will warn you. FB is social media, and at times toxic.. It's easy to get an urge to delete it.. I personally don't use FB, and if I were to have to create one for a big expensive library of games, I'd want to provide SOME real information, double edged sword?

https://support.playstation...

They specifically say you will have to contact them, and warn you what will happen.

JackBNimble1295d ago

Big difference is no one ever bought an oculus to play games on face book, but you buy a ps to play ps games.
So ya , if you delete your psn profile of course you're not going to be able to play your digital games.

Pretty stupid comment actually because a ton of people who bought an oculus for gaming on steam and PC in general, not to be held hostage by Facebook.

Knightofelemia1296d ago

I hate Facebook I deleted it years ago cramming it down my throat to use an Oculus will never happen I am quite happy with PSVR. What would be a good laugh is if a hacker or a modder found away to get around the always use Facebook feature for the Oculus.

potatoseal1296d ago

Me too. So glad to be rid of it.

Fearmonkey1296d ago

I thought about a quest 2 but pre-ordered the HP Reverb G2 instead, for exactly that reason, I hate FB. I love PSVR but after connecting it to my PC and using the IVRY driver. Skyrim VR looked so much better on PC. I wanted a PC VR headset and the HP kills everything else as far as visuals. Bring on PSVR 2!

Reefskye1295d ago

i have a Rift S, I never bought a VR game from Oculus ever, I just use steam instead, Oculus keeps telling me sign in to my facebook, which i deleted a over a decade ago, ill just keep using steam.

Fishy Fingers1296d ago

They announced this a few monthes ago.

It's BS, but what did anyone expect? As soon as they were bought by FB it was a done deal.

phoenixwing1296d ago (Edited 1296d ago )

Well I'm glad I didn't bite on that thing I was considering it but now I'll find a different option

SullysCigar1295d ago

This. I was tempted by Quest 2, just because it's untethered and a step up from Quest 1 in terms of visuals. But when I looked into it, the $50 strap is pretty much essential to not hurt your head and the games still look pretty bad unless you tether to a PC...so I'm back to waiting for PSVR2 lol

This whole Facebook account thing has just reaffirmed my choice, even if it sees a price reduction. There's just no way. And it's terrible news, as Oculus was selling quite well and bolstering the VR market outside of PSVR. It's just too soon for these greedy, shady shenanigans and it's bad for the industry FFS.

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How And Why Online Multiplayer Is Still A Thing For Dreamcast

A trailblazer for online gaming, some players are still holding a candle for Dreamcast.

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purple10112h ago(Edited 12h ago)

such a shame, its my fav console by far. it was way better than ps1, problem was ps2 was due to come out, a year or so later, and many just waited for that, especially after the flop that was the Saturn,. (even though it way okay, it didn't sell well,).

ps1 did sell well, a lot of those fans waited for ps2. thus, the downfall of Dreamcast,,

Chocoburger3m ago

I bought a DreamPi to play both Dreamcast and Saturn online! So far I'm only played with two people online with Saturn, and I need to spend more time with the Dreamcast community in order to play with them. I miss ChuChu Rocket online, good times!

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai1d 1h ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga16h ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

XiNatsuDragnel22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

ravens5220h ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_15h ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

KwietStorm_BLM15h ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

NotoriousWhiz20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_15h ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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Xbox No Longer Has Its Head In The Game

Microsoft & Xbox have shut down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks to lay off more workers, insinuating that they're not in the game anymore.

XiNatsuDragnel1d 16h ago

They're headless for a long time because closing tango isn't exactly a good move

PapaBop19h ago

Ever since that cringe Kinect reveal they've never been the same. They used to make some amazing games and do great deals with third parties Early on in the 360 era they had games like Chromehounds and Shadowrun, both well ahead of their time. Now instead of nurturing their studios, they'd rather gaslight gamers and throw billions on pre existing studios. Not sure how Spencer is still in a job, I wouldn't trust him to organise a piss-up in a brewery.

Father__Merrin18h ago

We've said all along Spencer needs to go. I wish xbox went back to xbox only with new gears fable forza halo releases lots of third party releases

Those early rainbow 6 Vegas days and phantasy star universe are gone forever

S2Killinit16h ago

MS has its head in the game but the game they are playing is something different from what console gamers expect from a platform. MS’s end game has always been to use the xbox as a trojan horse.

XiNatsuDragnel13h ago

Lol that's funny well this plan they have isn't working homie

343_Guilty_Spark1d 12h ago

Acquisitions always come with cuts

1Victor1d 12h ago

“Acquisitions always come with cuts”

343 trillion points shield activated
343 trillion percent damage negate activated
All damage reduced to 1 for 343 trillion turns.
MICROSOFT DEFENSE FORCE IS A GO

Tacoboto1d 11h ago

Especially for Microsoft, when Booty pretty much said they didn't know how to handle that many studios.

Why even make the acquisition then.

-Foxtrot1d 10h ago

Didn’t they make the swipe for Bethesda when Sony wanted like 6 months exclusiveness for Starfield

It’s like…chill, you got Rise of the Tomb Raider for a year.

romulus231d 10h ago

Do they always come with senseless cuts becasue that's exactly what cutting Tango was, senseless.

H91d 12h ago

Everyone's acting now that game companies care about games and Xbox is committing the Ultimate betrayal, they are all like this and you have just been quiet about it for far too long

Nuclearmoon1d 11h ago

I wonder if Microsoft do pull out of the console market that it might open the door for valve to relaunch the Steambox. Competition is good for the industry but Microsoft don't even seem to be trying anymore.

UltimateOwnage1d 7h ago

Steam / Valve are one of the few truly pro-consumer bright spots in gaming right now. Thankfully.

jwillj2k41d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

“Your game has won some pretty significant awards and is a show piece for where we want to go in the future.”

1 hour later.

“We’re gonna have to let you go. You can’t cover our 100 billion dollar acquisition. Oh and take your awards too 👍🏾”

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