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[CO_Andy]

Notch is rich as fuck. Why would he sell the company?

Apparently not rich enough to invest making Psychonauts 2.

 

[Odrion]

This would be a surprising move. Not only does it smell of desperation, but the amount of money they would be paying for a one trick game company

Have you seen Microsoft's other game studios?! They only care about one trick ponies. Halo, Forza, Fable, and now Minecraft.

 

[Y2Kev]

The smart thing for MS to do would be to keep selling and updating the other versions for the short term.

That way they'll keep the audience growing and then they can drop the "Minecraft 2 only on Xbox" bomb.

IMO this has nothing do with Xbox. It's about pc and mobile.

 

[Truespeed]

Can they even pull the digital versions of minecraft from PS3/PS4? Seems strange but if so, it could be huge for MS.

If not, like I expect.. this just seems like a waste of money, that $2billion would be better spent on Capcom or something.

No. You can't take something back that's already been sold. You may remove it from sale and you may discontinue support, but that's about it.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

 

[theSlacker]

This thought stolen from another site:

Just think about how many exclusives Microsoft could fund with 2billion. That would pay for the marketing and development of GTAV 14 times.

 

[Mudcrab]

Board: "My daughter plays minecraft all the time, we should buy it!"

More like:

"Everyone's kid everywhere plays Minecraft all the time while wearing Minecraft t-shirts. We should buy it!"

 

[zomgbbqftw]

Well yes, if they want to maximise their return on investment with no intent to prioritise their Xbox division.

I guess it makes more sense when you consider Mr. Nadella's priorities are reforming the company...but it's hard for me not to see some sort of staggered release to give at least some boost to Xbox.

I can see where you are coming from, but it is the kind of deal which could backfire and cause a massive impairment in the division and force Nadella to call time on their involvement with games. It would be a massive gamble, one that I don't see paying off in time to make any real difference to the outlook of the console market.

Edit: As I said, it likely is external to Xbox and Minecraft will continue to be on every platform imaginable. Any other deal doesn't make sense to me.

 

[LordBaztion]

Is it really Minecraft a game that needs a sequel? isn't it fine with tons of DLC?

 

[Self_Destructive]

Another Notch on Microsoft's belt.

 

[2San]

What about it makes no sense?


1. Minecraft is one of the biggest new IPs in years. It's one of the most talked about games period.
2. Minecraft helps leverage an audience Microsoft has traditionally had trouble gaining - children.
3. Minecraft comes with tons of associated merchandising possibilities.
4. Minecraft comes with very easy crossover potential; Halo skins, Banjo skins, Conker skins, etc.
5. Minecraft 2.0 would not be a sequel that would take a terribly long turnaround time to develop if they were serious about it, so they can start to leverage the deal for future purposes relatively quickly if they wanted to.

I'm not saying it's true, I don't know. I think it's fucked up and illustrates well why Microsoft has earned the scorn of so many gamers. But as a business strategy, I can see the clear reasons why.

Because you are basically paying 2bn+ dollars for 1 IP. I'd argue no IP is worth that much money. Majong as a company adds nothing of value.

 

[Guevara]

IMO this has nothing do with Xbox. It's about pc and mobile.

Cannot be repeated enough. This has nothing to do with the Xbox. If anything, it shows Microsoft moving away from the home console business.

 

[miDnIghtEr20C]

So... I guess this is the master plan of universe domination:

1) Pull game from PSN, drop support screwing all customers who have paid
2) Pull game from Android, drop support screwing all customers who have paid
3) Pull game from iOS, drop support screwing all customers who have paid
4) Pull game from Android, drop support screwing all customers who have paid
5) Pull game from Windows, drop support screwing all customers who have paid
6) Mandatory 24/7 Kinect is required.

That's some nice FUD right there.

 

[Toki767]

Would not be surprised if Microsoft used this as a way to charge for online gaming on PC.

 

[Darksol]

This would be a really stupid purchase, for reasons already explained in this thread.

A small part of me hopes it is true just so I can see the fallout.

 

[Stare-Bear]

And notch starts up a new company, Sony makes a marketing deal with him and his new game turns out to be the next big thing.


And Microsoft shows up with Minecraft 2...

 

[Ambition]

I guess you aren't counting all the money it would make?

Well as a consumer, i'm trying to understand what they could possibly add to Minecraft to warrant me purchasing a sequel.

 

[HighResTomato]

I think Microsoft has given up on the Xbox: new strategy is popular content across all devices (even competitor devices).

If the deal goes through, I expect MS to wind down Xbox operations substantially.

Right... so they are spending $2bn to bring Minecraft to other devices where it is already present.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

It's a joke about an anecdote that a Rare employee once told. Apparently shortly after getting bought out by Microsoft, some MS execs took a tour of the offices; one of them saw a Donkey Kong Country poster on the wall and apparently believed that Microsoft now owned the Donkey Kong license.

Aaaaa....hah...hahaha....hahahahahahahaha!

That's a knee reddening slapper if I ever heard one. I really appreciate your clearing that up.

 

[Krilekk]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

Gotta love these nervous breakdowns over a freaking rumour.

 

[FleetFeet]

Yup it's not funny at all. This could potentially be a huge shot to the jugular by MS to Sony. I'm assuming the people who think it's funny are probably just a little too much in the Sony camp and are feeling a bit insecure right now.

Sony has absolutely no answer to something like this, while MS could go spending billions more and buying even more studios. When the kids for the next 10 years hear that the new Minecraft is only going to be on Xbone, I doubt any of them will be picking up a PS4.

On a serious note... That's a whole lotta money for an IP, even if it is as successful as Minecraft. Kinda LTTP tho, if they do go thru with it.

 

[Moonstone]

Yup. It's the only way a $2bn deal makes sense. Limiting the release to Xbox and Windows would cut off around half of all potential buyers and the fastest growing current gaming platforms (PlayStation, Android and iOS).

It would literally make no sense to buy a company for $2bn then throw away half of the revenue stream and impair the asset in kind.

Imagine, what if Notch leaves Mojang and invests his 2 billion in a ps eclusive Shenmue --->

 

[Amir0x]

These are also really good reasons to buy Rovio but that would also be a bad idea.

There's so many ways Flappy Birds and Minecraft are not comparable. The thing with Flappy Birds is there's only so much to discuss about it, only a certain size to a community about it. In Flappy Bird you flap, and you try not to hit the barriers. But with Minecraft, every map is a palette of someone's creativity. There's entire communities built around discussing its intricacies, entire fanclubs that meet up to discuss how to best approach designs. This is a self-perpetuating community that continues to thrive in a way that is uniquely functional for consoles. Even at its height, Flappy Bird was more about the hilarity of such a simple game exploding like it did. It was just a simple every day addiction, like so many other quickstarter apps.

The reason Minecraft is so rocksolid is because it is a different beast entirely. It keeps in the charts every months, for the longest time now because it is something special in gaming right now.

Why do you think buying Minecraft is a bad idea?

Because you are basically paying 2bn+ dollars for 1 IP. I'd argue no IP is worth that much money. Majong as a company adds nothing of value.

There are plenty of IPs worth that. And MInecraft is a lot more than just the game now. Merchandising is huge.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

A meltdown over minecraft? Come on man

 

[Steverulez]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

Wow.

This post could go down as legend...

We don't even know if its true!

 

[Silky]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

O -O

 

[bidguy]

really ? out of all the studios out there they buy mojang ?

 

[-tetsuo-]

When has anything Microsoft ever done made sense?

Not sure if serious

 

[Kinky John]

I just saw this on my twitter feed and pooped a little. :-0

 

[Throwaway123456789]

There is never a reason simpler than "that's a shitload of money."

Additionally, Notch is a known quantity now. He can take that money, start a new studio, and now he'll still be making unique games AND he has 2 billion dollars. Who wouldn't take that deal? Well, of course there would be some who wouldn't. But there's no greater motivation then hearing you can become a friggin' billionaire. Not sure there needs to be a bigger reason

Mojang has already made almost two billion dollars in revenue since launch. Notch has so much money he can't possibly spend it all. In Sweden he's already a billionaire. I'm not seeing this angle at all.

 

[miDnIghtEr20C]

Massive waste of money if true, Minecraft is huge but its not going to last forever and its probably already hit its peak. Going off of that, the idea of Minecraft and it taking off was pretty much luck, Mojang as a developer isn't really that good, updates and additions take ages and they've released mostly junk after Minecraft, the only thing I remember is that game where you control a horse with terrible physics.

Hit it's peak so long ago that it brought down PSN the other day upon release right? Come on guys. People need to stop downplaying Minecraft. The game is huge. And it's fun. Proves that games being fun are still first on the list of what's most important.

 

[JackAubrey]

"MS Desperation?" Please. This is clearly an interesting topic, Does it really need childish stuff like that.

Big corporation doing what big corps do. Business.

Let's talk about whether that's good business.

 

[d00d3n]

Approached last month?

https://twitter.com/notch/statuses/500214489136910336

I am also wondering about this. If I remember correctly, notch poured lots of money into oculus as a kickstarter donor (like 20k dollars or so?). It seemed like his anger over the facebook acquisition was partly over feeling snubbed compared with those who actually invested money in the company and got paid. So now it is time for notch to get paid ...

 

[tuna_love]

There's so many ways Flappy Birds and Minecraft are not comparable. The thing with Flappy Birds is there's only so much to discuss about it, only a certain size to a community about it. In Flappy Bird you flap, and you try not to hit the barriers. But with Minecraft, every map is a palette of someone's creativity. There's entire communities built around discussing its intricacies, entire fanclubs that meet up to discuss how to best approach designs. This is a self-perpetuating community that continues to thrive in a way that is uniquely functional for consoles. Even at its height, Flappy Bird was more about the hilarity of such a simple game exploding like it did. It was just a simple every day addiction, like so many other quickstarter apps.

The reason Minecraft is so rocksolid is because it is a different beast entirely. It keeps in the charts every months, for the longest time now because it is something special in gaming right now.

Why do you think buying Minecraft is a bad idea?



There are plenty of IPs worth that. And MInecraft is a lot more than just the game now. Merchandising is huge.

Angry birds

 

[LurkerPrime]

I wonder what the operating budget of ND, SP, SSM, QD, ES, and GG is combined on a 1 game per studio, 4 year dev cycle.

This seems foolish when you put it in those terms. Now think most of those studios have one in the pipe as they're finishing something else.

Why is MS so reactive and such a negative force on the industry (buying out competition, buying out exclusivity, blocking competition)? Why can't they be proactive and additive?

Is it they don't know how, or they think they can't win that way?

Large companies have low mobility. Being reactive is the very best thing they can do, doubly so if they can leverage their size in a positive way.

The good side of this Mojang business is... it puts a lot of money in the hands of some very creative people. Who knows what they might do with it? (For instance, Notch helped fund Age of Wonders 3's development... which I consider A Very Good Thing.)

 

[SgtCobra]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

Whoa

 

[Mrbob]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

Damn bro, you mad. Deal hasn't even happened yet. Time to retire I'm an expert for this.

 

[Megadragon15]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

This is amazing in the amount of vitriol that is contained in it.

 

[Amir0x]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

lmfao. I hope I missed some post and this is a parody of that post

 

[Tangeroo]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

Mojang just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Swedish culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Sweden, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the swedish public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Minecraft for either system, nor will they purchase any of Mojang's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Mojang has alienated an entire market with this move.

Mojang, publicly apologize and cancel Minecraft for Xbone or you can kiss your business goodbye.

 

[Pound_lb003]

I wonder what the operating budget of ND, SP, SSM, QD, ES, and GG is combined on a 1 game per studio, 4 year dev cycle.

This seems foolish when you put it in those terms. Now think most of those studios have one in the pipe as they're finishing something else.

Why is MS so reactive and such a negative force on the industry (buying out competition, buying out exclusivity, blocking competition)? Why can't they be proactive and additive?

Is it they don't know how, or they think they can't win that way?

Maybe your not looking at the bigger picture.

Mojang, or more importantly Minecraft wouldn't be an acquisiton for Xbox. It'd be an acquisition important for all platforms and services the company operates.

 

[Duxxy3]

IMO this has nothing do with Xbox. It's about pc and mobile.

I wouldn't say nothing, because Minecraft sold a ton on the 360, but PC and Mobile are certainly the biggest reason why they would buy Mojang (oh, and merchandising).

 

[Faustek]

So is this today's "fake" news to balance out Apple's stock climb?

 

[Lynn616]

No no guys. Phil is for the gamers! He told me himself on twitter!

No Minecraft 2 insight unless someone does buy them. See, for the gamers.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

There's so many ways Flappy Birds and Minecraft are not comparable. The thing with Flappy Birds is there's only so much to discuss about it, only a certain size to a community about it. In Flappy Bird you flap, and you try not to hit the barriers. But with Minecraft, every map is a palette of someone's creativity. There's entire communities built around discussing its intricacies, entire fanclubs that meet up to discuss how to best approach designs. This is a self-perpetuating community that continues to thrive in a way that is uniquely functional for consoles. Even at its height, Flappy Bird was more about the hilarity of such a simple game exploding like it did. It was just a simple every day addiction, like so many other quickstarter apps.

The reason Minecraft is so rocksolid is because it is a different beast entirely. It keeps in the charts every months, for the longest time now because it is something special in gaming right now.

Why do you think buying Minecraft is a bad idea?



There are plenty of IPs worth that. And MInecraft is a lot more than just the game now. Merchandising is huge.

You meant Angry Birds I'm guessing, right?

 

[abadguy]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

Well shit, this thread maybe starting to deliver. Never thought i would see a post like this over Minecraft of all things...

 

[killer rin]

They'll finally get minecraft on the windows store.

It wont happen, but my god do I want it to happen. The tears would be amazing

 

[Leafhopper]

Hey Mojang, go die on a cactus you worthless POS company.

Way to wait until the game was finally released on Vita before sellig out like this and stopping to support the platform. Scared that your years of failing to put out a new game might have just bit you in the ass huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you sat on your thumb for literally YEARS waiting to port a 360 game to other platforms. That's going to hold up, right?Fucking sub-PS2 assets upscaled onto the PS4? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when Bethesda decided to settle out of court because their lawyers, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that MS crashes and burn your company into the fucking sea, only to make you make Kinect games for the rest of your days.

That's assuming you asshats don't run your company into the ground on your very own, which you probably will because you give fuck all about releasing new games, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made you what you are.

As the owner of a PS4 and a Vita please go get eaten by a creeper.

This will be a great copypasta.

Mojang just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Swedish culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Sweden, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the swedish public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Minecraft for either system, nor will they purchase any of Mojang's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Mojang has alienated an entire market with this move.

Mojang, publicly apologize and cancel Minecraft for Xbone or you can kiss your business goodbye.

Surprised I didn't see this earlier.

 

[ohlawd]

Angry birds

yessir

lmao at people falling for a parody post

 

[outunderthestars]

No brainer.

Microsoft could leverage this ip in ways Notch and co. can't.

A movie. A kids cartoon. Books, clothing, toys, etc. that's one aspect. A minecraft section in universal studios.

Then a minecraft upgrade (not 2.0 yet) exclusive to pc, Xbox, windows phone. Pretty big get. Still available to a wide audience but it helps Microsoft platforms the most. Current minecraft will continue to sell of course.

Then you drop the bomb with minecraft 2.0 available for those three platforms as well. Minecraft becomes synonymous with Microsoft like Mario is with Nintendo. Just treat the ip right and you got a gold mine. Microsoft's new CEO is no fool. Chances are they will do this right.

Go back two years ago. Change "Minecraft" to "Angry Birds" for evidence that kids attention spans and fads are fickle. MS is hopping aboard the Minecraft train as it nears its final destination.