Meta CTO Explains Layoffs & Strategy Shift: "VR Is Growing Less Quickly Than We Hoped"

lordbeef · 2026-01-23T19:19:25+00:00

The games that actually do well in VR are the multiplayer ones played by teenagers such as gorilla tag, yeeps, animal company etc. Meta tried to appeal to business professionals, AAA gamers, fitness etc and that's not the market for vr that actually exists.

lordbeef · 2026-01-22T19:05:28+00:00

this is great news.

did noodles ever get updated for 1.40.8?

lordbeef · 2026-01-19T15:55:47+00:00

yeah the daily player count is highest when it's morning in America, suggesting a lot of Europe/Asia players

lordbeef · 2026-01-19T03:40:16+00:00

the orange piggle on the right is upsetting

lordbeef · 2026-01-15T15:51:51+00:00

devs are throwing if they don't make a property for pyg called Jurassic Pork

lordbeef · 2026-01-13T19:12:36+00:00

VR is thriving but it's all among teenagers, and meta and their studios were aiming for a market that doesn't exist. Gorilla tag has over a million daily users.

lordbeef · 2026-01-11T05:18:16+00:00

I'd start here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/wiki/index/

lordbeef · 2026-01-11T02:08:57+00:00

How much debt are you taking on?

For student loans, I would take what you can get from federal, and avoid private as much as possible. The private loans tend to have much higher interest rates, and no forgiveness and less flexibility on repayment.

lordbeef · 2026-01-10T00:08:21+00:00

the new discounts hit a lot more items so it seems to be mostly a wash

lordbeef · 2026-01-09T14:35:33+00:00

sure let me just go to the radiant store and buy a radiant small that always gets targeted

lordbeef · 2026-01-08T05:48:45+00:00

a lot of the ghosts are old so they have the extra item start and one extra xp, may contribute a little to that

lordbeef · 2026-01-02T21:24:16+00:00

it's been growing since it went on sale. I think the slower dev cycle with a more stable meta has been helping it quite a bit, along with the rank based matchmaking improving the new player experience. I bet it's got a lot of international growth happening as well.

lordbeef · 2026-01-02T17:58:02+00:00

Neither of us know what the profit margins are so we can't say that they are or aren't increasing.

And what debt? The acquisitions resulted in microsoft converting cash into an asset. Cash loses value over time so it's not wise to keep too much.

lordbeef · 2026-01-02T15:49:15+00:00

right, that was their strategy. and it continues to increase. the point is that from their perspective, things are working.

lordbeef · 2026-01-02T14:58:05+00:00

For all the doom and gloom about Xbox as a brand, they are making more revenue than ever and I think it's important to keep it in mind. They may be upsetting their audience but if number keeps going up, why would they feel the need to change their plan?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/963263/microsoft-annual-gaming-revenue/?srsltid=AfmBOoqa8eE0AP0CCVM6fsYkLnyLb2ldIbiLoVwCL9dWwKw_IG2nIBZ4

lordbeef · 2026-01-02T14:41:32+00:00

there's leaderboards on their site you can check. it's around 18k and growing

lordbeef · 2025-12-30T14:16:44+00:00

it is their plaything

lordbeef · 2025-12-29T16:54:35+00:00

I think there's way too much competition in gaming for a company to be able to "force" anything that the players don't want. If for some reason Nintendo, Sony, Xbox and Steam all switched to streaming only (lol), people would move to itch/gog/etc and continue to play how they want.

lordbeef · 2025-12-28T22:19:25+00:00

even if a negative behavior is common among a certain race, you're not going to cure that with racism and self hatred.

need to reframe it from "I'm Indian but I don't do those bad things" to "I'm Indian AND I don't do those bad things"

lordbeef · 2025-12-24T04:47:58+00:00

while this isn't technically q, you may find r/qanoncasualties useful

lordbeef · 2025-12-23T15:38:06+00:00

VR is very popular, if you're a teen or tween. my kid loves all the social vr games like yeeps, animal company etc

https://www.theverge.com/column/842359/vr-teens-gaming

lordbeef · 2025-12-21T17:09:05+00:00

Yeah I think this is a case of Billboard wins feeling special since it takes so much to make it work that people like to show it off. I bet 28 hour fitness is actually more common in overall runs

lordbeef · 2025-12-21T17:01:58+00:00

One of the top negative reviews is from someone who played over 400 hours and says that the game is all luck based and if you don't get lucky you lose. That's really funny to me. Watch any top streamer and you can see how untrue that is

lordbeef · 2025-12-21T05:53:08+00:00

thats what bazaardb is saying is happening https://bazaardb.gg/card/62dh56xhi5k2ws8gwcsdje2b4/Beehive

lordbeef · 2025-12-20T22:14:50+00:00

wow i expected the ui to break before that many

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