Microsoft pays $2.5bn for Minecraft maker Mojang
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The Laughing Ma
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.
Denial
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.
Denial
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.
anticupidon
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
Barry J
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.
Prince Valiant
I imagine deciding what island(s) to buy is a hard decision to make :P.
CronoGraal
dat money...
The Laughing Ma
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.
Labyrinth
So bye bye to Java and the 1001 exploits it has?
Never understood why it's so popular, it's a boring ugly game, I'd rather play Seaquest all day on the Atari 2600
Corrupt^
Probably the whole idea. The 42% will end the struggle pretty much 🤓
H83
Man, big companies are so desperate and so devoid of ideas that they´ll buy anything remotely succefull for billions even if it´s worth millions!
And some guys get lucky and filthy rich because of it, lucky bastards.
As for what Notch said about Oculus, it just proves he´s another guy that says one thing and does another, like 90% of people.
Robbo9999
Wow, that's a lot of money (£1.5bn)! Considering there were 54 million copies of minecraft sold, then this equate to £28 per copy or player. That seems like a big investment, how much can they hope to earn from each player in the future, at least £28??!! I've never played minecraft, so don't know if this is a sensible investment, nor how they can get their return on investment - I know I'm missing something here - why did they do it?
Solfaur
Well, this might finally get me into minecraft... as I have a Windows Phone (Lumia 1320) and from what I understand they plan to bring this on their mobile gaming department. As for the guy becoming a billionaire, well... good for him I guess, it's his choice and it sure is the easy way. But I'm sure if he kept going that he would have ended even richer in the end, but with far more effort of course.
Ven0m
I don't really get what's the whole fuss about? Check out how much people paid for Snapchat. Is it "better" than Minecraft?
I can congratulate Marcus for making an awesome piece of software and gathering people around it, and Microsoft for getting something that was worth that much. It's a win-win. Players will get more support, and Marcus will be able to focus on programming again without all the burden related to managing a company and so big product. MS... well they'll probably make some money, promote their products, and with so many ongoing research projects who knows what else?
Also, Khronikos - stfu. Oh whoa he left for money how bad is that ohhh let's cry. Stop whining and make a better game, for free, and support it with your whole life while some lousy people discuss how unmoral you are.
Bladeforce - nobody has killed Marcus. He'll be doing fine with more time to focus on programming. I don't consider it biting the dust.
bigfutus
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vbetts
Moderator
Well, Java sucks anyway....
Rich_Guy
http://imgur.com/gallery/H4vqsCs
:P
Labyrinth
Good god
Denial
My issue with Notch is that he openly attacked Oculus and Palmer Luckey for selling to Facebook, then literally made the exact same move with Microsoft six months later.
And at least Palmer had a good reason for selling out, he foresees facebook being able to leverage their money at bettering Oculus as a product. Notch did it because he's "struggling" in the spotlight. Which is fine, if he didn't make a huge stink about Oculus in the first place.
If it was me I would have taken that money too. Then I would have bought everyone at Guru3D brand new 512GB SSD's and bribed Hilbert into giving me a custom title "Denial!!!11!1oneone" I would unban Hunter then reban him because I find it amusing and I'm rich so why not.
Then I would actually move to my location.
XP-200
MS are going to milk this thing like it was a cow at a OCD convention for milking things.
