Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later[^][v]#497,329
I don't even care about Minecraft, and this is slightly shocking to me!
Though I can understand his reasoning. Being as famous as that seems to bring a lot of idiocy and controversy as standard.
dw !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#497,333
I don't understand what MS wants with Mojang, especially if it doesn't include Notch and basically everyone has Minecraft already.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#497,335
@previous (dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
It's a strong, well-loved brand. And control of Mojang means control of Minecraft.
Metæ joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,348
MS is a few years late to the party, as always.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,351
i was pretty surprised to hear they bought mojang. wtf do they want with minecraft. and didn't they spend like a billion dollars on it or something stupid? how the fuck are they going to make their money back? surely everyone who wants it has it by now.
maybe they want to make minecraft 2 or some shit
dw !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 12 years ago, 21 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,354
@497,335 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
They made a single game and most of that game was made by one person who left the company. I don't think MS can do that much with Minecraft. Like, what hasn't been done? How can they still profit from it?
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,358
@previous (dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
Casuals aren't aware if that stuff, they see Mojang and just think they're the guys who made Minecraft. Therefore, they are better than some unknown indie dev that had only made one game. Brand recognition.
They are still making DLC for the Xbox Minecraft, and there's a whole generation of kids who are just now getting into Minecraft. And, of course, there's merchandise to sell. It's a little short-sighted to just say that everybody already has the game, so the IP isn't worry buying.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,359
> Casuals aren't aware if that stuff, they see Mojang and just think they're the guys who made Minecraft. Therefore, they are better than some unknown indie dev that had only made one game. Brand recognition.
yes but i was saying that there isn't a lot of proven talent at mojang for microsoft to make use of. > They are still making DLC for the Xbox Minecraft, and there's a whole generation of kids who are just now getting into Minecraft. And, of course, there's merchandise to sell. It's a little short-sighted to just say that everybody already has the game, so the IP isn't worry buying.
merchandise licenses arent worth 2.5 billion. The game isn't selling that much anymore.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,391
@previous (C) > yes but i was saying that there isn't a lot of proven talent at mojang for microsoft to make use of.
? They all made Minecraft. Jens has been in charge of it for a while.
> The game isn't selling that much anymore.
Wrong.
> Annual revenue from "Minecraft," which was 2.07 billion Swedish kronor ($290 million) last year
> > yes but i was saying that there isn't a lot of proven talent at mojang for microsoft to make use of. > ? They all made Minecraft. Jens has been in charge of it for a while.
they worked on it but they didn't come up with it, which is the important part if you want new IP. It's like EA buying BioWare without Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. (also i had to look up those names) > > The game isn't selling that much anymore. > Wrong. > > > Annual revenue from "Minecraft," which was 2.07 billion Swedish kronor ($290 million) last year > >http://m.europe.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-agrees-to-acquire-creator-of-minecraft-1410786190?mobile=y
That number isn't going to increase though and that is a very small fraction of the 2.5 billion.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,401
@previous (Dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
bluh bluh im dw and im a contrarian dickbutt thanks
Dw !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,402
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
i just dont understand why ms is doing this!!
Catherine Grace !TGirlYJKXM joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,411
Well, shit; I was hoping they weren't going to sell.
Now I'm cared about the modding community and possible subscriptions.
On plus side though, maybe this might encourage the employees of Mojang to ensure absolute quality control for future updates.
I'm still kind of scared.
r04r (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 23 seconds later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,413
@497,402 (Dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
To buy access to a ton of kids who are playing something akin to second life.
Anonymous F replied with this 12 years ago, 54 seconds later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#497,415