Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus
The discussion around Vive vs Rift and Valve vs Oculus is getting more and more emotionally clouded and &quot;good guys vs bad guys&quot; with each passing week. People are letting their own frustration around Oculus&#x27; poorly managed launch and non-existent PR affect their perspective on the situation. The fact is that although Oculus is adopting somewhat of a walled garden approach, people entirely overlook that Valve maintains a virtual monopoly on PC games distribution. Sure they aren&#x27;t as powerful as iOS app store or the Google Play store, but Valve wants the same thing as any other player - to be in a position where you can&#x27;t avoid selling your content through their channel and to take a big cut of all the sales. Those who attack Oculus for trying to be the one who gets the cut are deluding themselves. Apple, Google, Valve, they all already do this. Further, Oculus doesn&#x27;t make any money on hardware right now, what can a person expect them to do? Just operate without any intention of ever making a profit?<p>The PC gaming community online can be extremely toxic and idealistic, entirely ignoring business realities.