Facebook buys maker of BeatSaber VR game

techcrunch.com

18 pointsbhouston6 comments

Damn. :(

Beat Saber was on my ToDo list once I get a VR rig. But there's no way I'm giving money to Facebook.

Try Pistol Whip instead. It's the same type of games, just with guns.

It's not. They're similar games in which they both depend on rhythm, but beat saber more so (You lose if you're off rhythm).

Thanks. Beat Saber appealed strongly to me, specifically because of my escrima/kali training.

Pistal Whip doesn't have the same kind of draw (sic). ;)

I don't get why they are doing this. Wouldn't it make more sense to let them be independent, so the VR ecosystem seem larger and organic?

Because it's the "killer app" of VR, so far. If they own it, they can privilege their own VR platforms (earlier releases etc).