Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/meta-burned-19-billion-on-vr-last-year-and-2026-wont-be-any-better/

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tfowinder@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 220d (1 reply)

WTH did all that money go

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 219d

I assume part of it was the very common corpo strategy of selling at a loss to kill all competition, then worry about a profitable business model later.

Turns out there isn't a path to making the amount of money Meta wanted to make in VR.