I'll say what Nintendo is doing right: it's what they've always done - fun games.

now he needs one of those vests with comoressed air pockets that give physical feedback when being shot.

To be fair, threes does have faces and characters. The whimsical art and sound direction really add to the game's charm, and are another reason why it's far superior to its imitators.

ugh, no dude. Never even touched your hemorrhoids. That's gross.

Ten. In order of most used to least used:

Three ways it could look even better:

There is ONE big difference the upgrade in graphics will do, other than looking gorgeous: The game will be much clearer when playing four-way splitscreen. At 480p, things looked a bit indistinct at a distance, but I'm certain 1080p will help a lot.

Eh. Go back and read again. At no point did I say the project isn't going to go forwards under Facebook. I'm sure they can do much more now, with much more money thrown at them. I'm worried, however, that FB will want to recoup that investment by using the same techniques they already use to make money in all of their…

It was clearly being pushed as gaming-focused hardware, which could be used for other objectives. I was expecting to use it for research on my own field, in fact. The thing is, it was supposed to be a piece of hardware, no strings attached, which you could use for any situation, with a very open ecosystem so anyone…

I never said I had any proof of those things. I said they might happen or are likely to happen, and that it would be a bad thing. The reasoning is: at this point, FB will be thinking "how can we make money off this thing?" and Facebook's usual solution is "data mining and advertising", since that's how they make money…

sorry =(

To be honest, I don't think Nintendo would be a good choice right now, as I stated in the other reply. They have VR experience, hardware experience, and healthy respect for their customers, but they tend to be a bit too closed for their own good.

Admongering is fine in the Facebook environment. It's the datamining and user information brokering that's a problem. If the ads make it into the rift, it'll be a big nuisance. If datamining makes it, it'll be a deal breaker.

goatse moolator.

"Where is this user facing camera? I've not heard of it once."

"How are they going to use the rift to track who you talk to"

Nintendo has over 10 billion dollars in the bank*. It would be a big investment, but considering they have already dabbled in the realms of Virtual Reality and 3D, it wouldn't be uncharacteristic of them. They also need something big to pull back into the hardware arms race, in which they've fallen far behind. The…

The "data mining" is one of the three reasons why I'm concerned about Facebook. I don't trust they'll use my personal information (where I spend my time, who I spend it with, what my interests are) for purely good purposes.

I understand they needed more money. I just don't see why it had to be Facebook. It could have been Nintendo, Valve, Samsung, or any other company that doesn't have "being a complete and utter jerk to their own user/consumer" as their main revenue strategy. Ad-mongering, privacy-pissing Facebook just might be the…

hm. The only ones I care about are Kenshin, Seiya and Goku, tbh (I suppose that kinda betrays my age, as well). But, wait, there are jiggly boobs, too! So all is good.