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		bane on March 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Future of Virtual Reality One of these days, Mark is going to realize that not every acquisition has to be in the billions. And then he'll realize he could have acquired 3 or 4 times as many companies.

WalterSear on March 26, 2014 | [–]

I'm convinced that Oculus could have gotten much more, from Facebook or elsewhere.

baby on March 26, 2014 | [–]

You have to keep in mind that spending a billion is also publicity. People are going to talk about it and see this is a crazy investment.

bane on March 26, 2014 | [–]

It would be far cheaper to blanket the airwaves and the print media with advertisements.

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