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[Glass Shark]

yaaaassss

What's gonna happen when we discover that Gabe Newell is a Trump supporter?

the sad thing is, I wouldn't be that surprised

 

[RoyalFool]

I wanted Oculus to fail since the Facebook buyout, as petty as it sounds - worried they would try to wall it into their own marketplace and monopolize a new category that needs openness to really take-off..

but i didn't want it to be like this

 

[MastaKilla]

If the consumers demand it, more companies will follow.

 

[gai_shain]

I thought they were Canadian?

What are you trying to say with this?

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

I thought they were Canadian?

People from all over the world are somehow able to see that Trump is a gigantic piece of shit. Must have something to do with how gigantic a piece of shit he is.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Good

 

[Catvoca]

I thought they were Canadian?

And? I imagine Canadians hate white supremacists too.

 

[Backfoggen]

Thank you.

 

[Nafai1123]

Respect for standing to their principles. Hopefully more developers follow suite.

 

[Armaros]

What's gonna happen when we discover that Gabe Newell is a Trump supporter?

There is old public disclosure that he had given to Democrats.

Iirc most of Valve Had, but this year is full of surprises.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Much respect. Will 100% buy their game if I get a psvr.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Phil Fish

well done

 

[Deleted member 126221]

I thought they were Canadian?

I can assure you the result of the upcoming american election (and the result of any american election really) will have repercussions outside the US.

 

[jay]

Good. It's kind of exciting to see real world politics actually matter this much in the game industry. It's also fun to think of how angry a segment of gamers are because "games are just for fun and don't mean anything."

 

[fin]

What are you trying to say with this?

Just kinda weird. For the same reason propagandhi didn't go on the rock against bush tour.

 

[FelipeMGM]

I thought they were Canadian?

Phil Fish is, but does not matter

 

[Shoeless]

I thought they were Canadian?

He is. He's French Canadian. His actual name is Phillipe Poisson, which is the French word for "fish."

But, to be fair, considering the proximity, we Canadians are watching the coming American elections with a fairly high level of interest.

 

[YuriLowell]

The downfall of Oculus starts now.

 

[Shiggy]

So Facebook now has to fire that guy and give him a big compensation package, which gives him even more money to fund stupid groups? Quite a PR disaster for Facebook/Oculus already.

Wonder what will happen next. Sucks for current Oculus owners though.

 

[ghibli99]

Good. And so glad I held out and will be going w/ PSVR.

 

[Tain]

I'm curious as to exactly what they mean. No Oculus store is obvious. No Oculus API? That makes sense, especially if they haven't implemented it yet.

I'm assuming they mean that they're only implementing SteamVR. Which means the game actually will have Rift support.

 

[dh4niel]

Well done, those devs. Hope more follow suit soon.

 

[Maintenance]

Phil Fish talking about bigotry and hate? Now that's rich.

 

[LiK]

let's go

 

[spekkeh]

Phil Fish is the villain we need. Shitty for everyone involved with Oculus not Luckey though.

 

[Kinyou]

Kind of sucks for people who already bought the oculus, but can't blame the dev for standing up against Trump.

 

[xxracerxx]

Developers have been pulling Oculus support since the news hit:

https://twitter.com/ErwinVogelaar/status/779270901439336448

 

[funkystudent]

Nice to see a known name do this.

 

[letmetrythisname]

Phil Fish talking about bigotry and hate? Now that's rich.

Yeah, I'm really wondering where his change of heart came from.

 

[Corpekata]

Phil Fish talking about bigotry and hate? Now that's rich.

What was he a bigot against? Japanese games?

The dude could be a jerk, but it's hardly on a level comparable to this recent news.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

+50 respect for Phil Fish and I'm not exacly a fan of the guy.
Good for them, fuck Oculus.

 

[Iksenpets]

Phil Fish talking about bigotry and hate? Now that's rich.

Like, lol, good joke and all, but the people I've seen trying to draw actual equivalence between Fish saying Japanese-developed games aren't good and Luckey bankrolling white supremacists are insane.

 

[Sephzilla]

Phil Fish talking about bigotry and hate? Now that's rich.

Phil Fish is a pretty big asshole from everything I've seen but I've never really seen him to be a bigot?

 

[Ferr986]

The moe anime avatar squad on twitter are already shitting on them LOL.

But really, good on them. This is more serious than just left or right winged politics.

 

[Silexx]

Phil Fish talking about bigotry and hate? Now that's rich.

Oh? Phil Fish has always been outspoken against racism on social media. One of the reasons he was doxxed was because of his support for BLM on social media and then butting heads with racists over it.

 

[jett]

 

[Neuromancer]

So Facebook now has to fire that guy and give him a big compensation package, which gives him even more money to fund stupid groups? Quite a PR disaster for Facebook/Oculus already.

Wonder what will happen next. Sucks for current Oculus owners though.

Without seeing his contract it's hard to say. There may be a clause about off-duty conduct that could allow them to do it without a severance package.

 

[Glass Shark]

What was he a bigot against? Japanese games?

The dude could be a jerk, but it's hardly on a level comparable to this recent news.

It is absolutely fucking ludicrous that we have a literal fascist with a great chance to become the most powerful person in the world and some people are preoccupied with equating the phrase "Japanese games just suck" with bigotry.

 

[jrcbandit]

Glad to see something come out of this. If you are a public figure, especially the main figurehead representing your company, you shouldn't be able to provide support (financial or otherwise) to hatemongering groups without having some consequences.

 

[jay]

It is absolutely fucking ludicrous that we have a literal fascist with a great chance to become the most powerful person in the world and some people are preoccupied with equating the phrase "Japanese games just suck" with bigotry.

But I really like Japanese games and he hurt my feelings.

 

[collige]

I'm curious as to exactly what they mean. No Oculus store is obvious. No Oculus API? That makes sense, especially if they haven't implemented it yet.

I'm assuming they mean that they're only implementing SteamVR. Which means the game actually will have Rift support.

This is probably the case, but not releasing on the Oculus store certainly hurts Oculus financially since they won't get any cut of software sales.

 

[ramoisdead]

Phil Fish talking about bigotry and hate? Now that's rich.

I'm not the biggest supporter of Fish since he did act like an ass towards others including a couple of devs but even I think that's ludicrous to say.

Sure he said he hated Japanese games but he never said "I hate the Japanese" or anything like that.

 

[OnionPowder]

Oh? Phil Fish has always been outspoken against racism on social media. One of the reasons he was doxxed was because of his support for BLM on social media and then butting heads with racists over it.

Yeah he doesn't like japanese games though so he's literally hitler

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Can we get a VR app of all the developers pulling support? I want to be there... virtually.

 

[NoFaceNico]

He is. He's French Canadian. His actual name is Phillipe Poisson, which is the French word for "fish."

http://youtu.be/vJtX-erwFnI

/obligatory

 

[Shiggy]

Without seeing his contract it's hard to say. There may be a clause about off-duty conduct that could allow them to do it without a severance package.

They'd probably want to avoid a lengthy lawsuit which keeps this up for years. Without a severance package, such a lawsuit would be even more likely I suppose.

 

[Shoeless]

http://youtu.be/vJtX-erwFnI

/obligatory

How did I not see that coming...

 

[Garmonbozia]

Props to them, always good to see a company with principles.

Equating Phil Fish's comments on Japanese games to the bile spewed by Trump and his alt-right is some childish shit.

 

[xJavonta]

Phil Fish talking about bigotry and hate? Now that's rich.

what mental gymnastics happened in your brain to come to this? Phil Fish may not be the most likable guy, but racist is not something I would ever label him as.

 

[Tain]

the worst you can accuse Phil of is having bad taste and making a bad game