http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0H72EV20140912?irpc=932

Looks like it's practically a done deal.

Does this mean MS has the biggest selling IP in the gaming industry now? :P

yes ur right.

Wow. 2,5 BN dollars for Mojang. I don't think they'll make money from that deal in at least a decade.

Aaaand theyre gone....

I literally just bought Minecraft PS4 just incase they pulled it when the deal is announced

Im really curious to see where they take the IP in the future.

Carl2291 said: I literally just bought Minecraft PS4 just incase they pulled it when the deal is announced Im really curious to see where they take the IP in the future.

If they wanted to pull Minecraft on PS4/3 tuesday, I'm sure they could. Depends on the deal MS make with Mojang but effectively, what can Sony do?

We've certainly had games taken down before due to buyouts (Midway, THQ ect).

Playstation will not be a huge driver of Minecraft sales imo, so they should pull it and advertise it as XB1/360/PC/Mobile exclusive.

Carl2291 said: I literally just bought Minecraft PS4 just incase they pulled it when the deal is announced Im really curious to see where they take the IP in the future.

dont think they will pull the digital

but i can see there will be no retail version for ps4 maybe

so they will make the most profits from digital on ps4

and get hardware sale boosts by pysical copys on xb1

Very happy about this deal.
The more they spend on that game, the less will be leftover to moneyhat those games that are of interest to me.

But now it leaves me wondering --- if they have so much money to waste on one old game, why not give Square Enix a few million more and make Tomb Raider fully exclusive exclusive? Surely they could have afforded $50 million?

When is PS4 retail coming? Cos I noticed an XB1 version isn't?! That should be rectified now.

Not really, MS will clearly spend what they want to and it isn't a case of "this or that". It already says in the link, this isn't for Xbox it's for Mobile.