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How about instead of buying Mojang, spend that 2 billion on exlusives for your console MS?

That would make people actually want to buy an Xbox so it won't happen.

 

[Bomber Bob]

some furniture

didn't mojang won the prize for best office forniture in sweden or something?

that's pretty huge for ms right now

 

[nephilimdj]

I could understand if notch sold the IP, but weird if its the company. Scrolls and his other side projects would be dead,

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Microsoft might buy the company where lighting struck one time.

I've been buying lotto tickets from the gas station where a guy once won $2.5 million dollars. Why am I not rich?

Ok, that's not apples to apples, but I think this would be a bad move for all parties.

 

[Delta Assault]

I don't see the logic in this really.

Yeah, me either. Buying out Minecraft is not going to win them this console generation.

On the other hand, if they'd gone and priced the Xbone w Kinect at $350 to Sony's $400 at launch, they probably would be winning this console generation, while it'd cost them probably less than 2 billion dollars.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Remember that chequebook warfare article?

Spoiler

so true

 

[mrhej]

I hope this happens because this would be hilarious.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Minecraft
...HaloCraft...

....Gears of War-Craft...


.....FableCraft..........
...........ForzaCraft.....
....................OldRAREIPCraft................


This would be a terrible, terrible deal for MS. Mojang literally only has MineCraft.

 

[astrogamer]

Excluding physical goods, Minecraft has earned Mojang about $1.23 billion based that 54 million number from like a month ago and that counter on their site.

 

[David___]

You could make 7.5 GTA 5s for that amount of money.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Goddamn! Notch could sell this and retire forever! Not work another day in his life! Christ!

 

[DopeyFish]

For 2 billion I would be thinking more about something along the lines of Take-Two.

...or capcom and konami

Then you get IP to leverage! And maybe someone can actually make a megaman game!

 

[BY2K]

I suspect the SECOND they buy this company, Minecraft 2 will be announced with Halo themes, Sunset Overdrive themes, Forza themes.

They're going to multi year this biznatch

"If we can't make it, we'll buy it." - Microsoft.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

certainly didn't see this coming.

 

[ramuh]

I'd rather have Lost Odyssey 2...

I would retire if I was Notch if the sale goes through.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Who the hell are WSJ?

Will wait for somewhere reputable like Kotaku or Polygon.

 

[Zee-Row]

What happens to Minecraft on PS4 if this is true? Does it stop getting supported or pulled?

 

[krypt0nian]

Just think. How many actual exclusives that would move the needle could $2billion buy? Then ask yourself who the fuck is running things at xbox.

 

[Amir0x]

I hope they do it. God, this is rich.

I don't know why some people think this would be so funny.

This is Microsoft securing one of the biggest new IPs in forever. They can announce Minecraft 2 and give it the type of flourishes that can cross over from their own games. Halo skins and Forza skins. New features that add to the creative flexibility. Crossovers with Project Spark. Who knows!

I think that's fucked up because that's yet another series that was everywhere and for good reason, and this strategy from Microsoft keeps depriving legions of gamers of franchises like that. But I don't think it's "funny" in the sense that it's a bad idea.

Maybe it is a bad idea, but considering how Minecraft won't stop selling copies, a Minecraft 2.0 could potentially be psycho large.

I'd watch the PlayStation store. If Minecraft disappears, you know the deal has gone through.

lol. That's not how this sort of deal works

 

[Xando]

Minecraft is vastly more profitable though.

It would have been if they bought it 3 years ago.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Minecraft could be Microsoft's Mario. Really, really smart move from their part if true.

 

[Kusagari]

...or capcom and konami

Then you get IP to leverage! And maybe someone can actually make a megaman game!

The Mincraft name is worth more than everything Capcom and Konami have combined.

 

[TrutaS]

Isn't he always claiming to be anti-corporate? Is this why he started to reconsider Oculus being bought by Facebook (gained perspective on what it's like to be offered money by the big players)?

 

[JMDSO]

What happens to Minecraft on PS4 if this is true? Does it stop getting supported or pulled?

Everything non MS gets mothballed.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Goddamn! Notch could sell this and retire forever! Not work another day in his life! Christ!

Um..you can do that with 2 million...

 

[Milestoned]

Who the hell are WSJ?

Will wait for somewhere reputable like Kotaku or Polygon.

notsureif.jpg

 

[zomgbbqftw]

Yep. Minecraft 2, exclusive to Xbox One.

That's a pretty sure fire way to destroy the value of their nice shiny $2bn purchase.

 

[nelchaar]

I don't see what Notch has to gain from this. He is already printing money with Minecraft, and has all the autonomy he can dream of to do whatever he wants.

2 Billion could also buy a bunch of IPs, hell, a bunch of studios as well.

 

[Guevara]

This rumor suggests to me Microsoft might deprecate their console business.

You don't buy the most popular videogame of our time to cordon it off on your semi-popular home console.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

I'd watch the PlayStation store. If Minecraft disappears, you know the deal has gone through.

Unless MS is willing to breach a contract they won't do that. Previous contracts will be maintained and probably NOT renewed but what's done is done.

 

[Maintenance]

Think positively guys, maybe they will put Conker in the game.

As a NPC.

 

[DopeyFish]

The Mincraft name is worth more than everything Capcom and Konami have combined.

Street Fighter?

 

[test_account]

Seems like a big waste of money indeed. Are there any numbers of how much profit Minecraft has generated?

 

[Neuromancer]

Can MS delete my copy of Minecraft off my PS4?!

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Who the hell are WSJ?

Will wait for somewhere reputable like Kotaku or Polygon.

Wall Street Journal, which is a pretty reputable thing iirc

 

[Aquamarine]

Who the hell are WSJ?

Will wait for somewhere reputable like Kotaku or Polygon.

It's not like Dow Jones & Company is anybody important or anything! Screw their fancy newspaper...I want my news from Polygon and my sales numbers from VG Chartz!

 

[syko de4d]

Maybe they will do Minecraft2. No idea how a sequel would look, but they could use it to boost Xbox one, Windows Phone and new Windows at the same time.

 

[StoopKid]

Just think. How many actual exclusives that would move the needle could $2billion buy? Then ask yourself who the fuck is running things at xbox.

You could probably get a metal gear and a gta exclusive for that price.

 

[Nintendojitsu]

Microsoft buys Mojang, charges a licensing fee for Minecraft on competing platforms. PROFIT

 

[Timeaisis]

Mojang is still a private company, right? In that this decision is 100% up to Notch, correct?

 

[Loris146]

Bah .

 

[newjeruse]

This rumor suggests to me Microsoft might deprecate their console business.

You don't buy the most popular videogame of our time to cordon it off on your semi-popular home console.

Sure you do.

 

[Seanspeed]

Not gonna lie, I'd be extremely excited at the idea of a Minecraft 2.

 

[blastprocessor]

Pointless purchase, why waste this money when they can use it to create numerous triple A titles.

 

[Amir0x]

Unless MS is willing to breach a contract they won't do that. Previous contracts will be maintained and probably NOT renewed but what's done is done.

yup. They can't now go back and time and stop Minecraft from coming out on PS ecosystem

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Damn this is pretty big

 

[Impeccable]

Interesting.

 

[Guevara]

Sure you do.

$2B to save the Xbox? No one likes it that much. Not Nadella, not the investors, hell not even Ballmer.

 

[Tevos]

Christ. I STILL don't see how this makes ANY sense.

We need to know more about this if it's true. This would easily be one of the most over-valued IPs/companies that MS has purchased in a long time.

 

[burger_shot56]

they need to buy remedy, not ... this