Microsoft buys Minecraft

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  1. southamptonfc

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  2. The Laughing Ma

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    Lol 2.5billion for a gaming studio that has had only one game. I still can't see how they will make the cash back.
     
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    Lol, Notch criticizes oculus for selling to Facebook. Then sells to Microsoft.

    At least he owns up to it:

    Struggling with 42% of $2.5B.
     
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    Minecraft is still a huge seller and with all the non-gaming merchandise they sell now, they will easily make their money back. I see 5 year olds going to school in Minecraft shirts all the time.
     

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    I've never played it either but I would think this is a good thing, especially after one of the developers admitted he didn't want to be a part of it any more.
     
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    It made roughly ~$300m in revenue last year alone. I don't know if it will continue pace but I'm sure they'll recoup that cost eventually.

    My only question would be, what's the point? It's already available on Windows and X-Box and stuff. The only thing I can see is them putting it on Windows Phone but who is honestly going to buy a phone because it also supports Minecraft?

    I mean I'm sure Microsoft has a plan for it, but I just don't get it.
     
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    Kids that don't own a console. Its available on iPhone and Android already.
     
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    Well, selling out to M$ is far from as bad as to FB*.
    Because way M$ makes money on their customers is way different than FB*'s.

    And as far as Minecraft players are concerned, M$ made some really good games over years. None can say same about FB* and it's pay 2 win partners of web game industry.
     
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    Maybe Microsoft want to add it on their games portfolio for Xbox or WP.
    As WP store will have a few more known titles,maybe they wil gain some traction
     
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    My son loves playing minecraft we play it together (multiplayer) on a PC with a few mods to make it look a lot better.

    I Hope Microsoft update and improve the game the graphics need improving phone's and tablets can have basic graphics but on a pc I WANT more graphics options and visual improvements.

    But to be honest my son requests items and I dig and dig and dig and dig and get lost then dig some more.
     

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    So he can spend the rest of his life vacation to vacation, with money that could support 300 generations of people. What a guy!

    I hope he donates it all, eats some dicks and then remembers what "struggling" is like.

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    Short term it's a stupid idea because most people are pretty burned out from Minecraft (excluding kids and Let's Players). Long term, they hope to milk the franchise for the next 50 years.
     
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    Everyone has a price, even if they swear blind they don't
     
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    Also, I'll bet my nuts Microsoft will make Minecraft Directx dependent, thus making it only available to Windows, Xbox and the Windows Phone.
     
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    I imagine deciding what island(s) to buy is a hard decision to make :p.
     
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    Grtz to Notch

    Why does one get into the business, to get rich ... I guess he got what he wanted.
    I would be the same, no bad feelings, just jealousy ;)
     

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    dat money...
     
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    I dunno even at £300mil a year (at least that is what someone said they made last year) its still gonna take a decade for them to break even and that's assuming the game continues to hold it's popularity.

    Too be honest doesn't bother me at all I couldn't give a flying fook about Minecraft or what Microsoft plan to do with the 'franchise' but it does seem funny, guy rants about Occulus selling out to Facebook 6 months later same guy sells out to Microsoft.

    Mind you 40% of 2.5billion you can be as big a hypocrite as you want I guess.
     
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    The guy already had more money then he knew what to do with. I would have done the same thing if I were him.
     
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    I highly doubt they will mess with the current game it too much. They are buying it because it is successful, they are not going to radically change it.

    I anticipate all the current talent in the company will wait till their shares can be sold and leave. The company will then become a shell of what it was and keep churning out games using the same gameplay just like what happened with Bungie.
     
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    Everyone has a price, I'm not sure why anyone is surprised about this.
     

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