I think its supposed to be benefit Windows phone not Xbox.

Can't understand why MS didn't use part of those money(they have a lot) to build a better console.  They created an average piece of hardware and then they spend 2.5B $$$ to own  Mojang  ??!!  

Yes they will get money from the Minecraft PlayStation games, but my point was that they cant stop selling the PSN or retail games.

Mojang has probably been developing both the sequel to Minecraft and other interesting games for quite some time, and MS most likely has some insight into the potential of those games. Not to mention, now MS will actually make money of the sales of their games on PC and playstation platforms :).

no they couldn't (not for sale or shareholder want much more as the shares are worth)  and even those they could buy would be probably super unprofitable if you would release their games not as multiplat games in the future so that you would have to change a lot of the structure of the company  (also maybe fire many employees) which means a lot of costs after a purchase. 

there are soo many factors  (also with taxes and so on) and some of you guys think you know it better after 3 mnutes of reading about it. It's just laughable to be honest. 

Not the best purchase they could have made. There was nothing the "Core" gamers would want that could have been bought?
Now I would like to see Nintendo make a solid purchase. I wish Sony could do the same, but it seems they don't have a ton of cash laying around.

I know its hard for people who think gaming is the center of the universe to think outside the box, but here is a tip...Microsoft couldn't give shit about minecraft as a game IP and that is not what they paid 2 billion for.

When they want is people who play Minecraft using microsoft accounts, which leads to microsoft services. Minecraft is everywhere, on every platform and once this deal goes through, in order to play it on any console you will need to log in with a microsoft account. Buying minecraft is a gateway for them to get iOS, Android, PS3, PS4 users to create microsoft accounts and potentially utilize other microsoft services and advertising.

Facebook paid something like 14 billion for WhatsApp for this exact same reason. They have a messenger that is as good if not better yet they blew 14 billion on whatsapp.

This. Everyone on this forum is under the false assumption that MS made this deal to push the Xbox brand when in fact this is all about pushing mobile devices.

Yes.

No more minecraft for Sony. But that alone won't help them beat PS4 at all.

I hope nothing changes regarding this