If they really wanted too then sure, they're more than capable of creating in-house solutions for all of their games (like many publishers do), but there's no real need. They obviously feel, at least with certain games, that the cost of licensing Havok is worth skipping doing it themselves. As long as MS continue to allow them to buy the license (which i expect they will), they'll likely continue to make use of it.

Ummm, my "hatred" of Microsoft isn't relevant enough to even have an iota of effect on the games I purchase and play.

Wasn't the deal made and the game published by sony before microsoft purchased minecraft?

I have no words for this...

Sony makes a lot of money from the retail versions as they are the publisher. They also make some money from the digital versions as royalty money.

Besides, I dion't think MS can cash in on Minecraft yet when they haven't made anything on it in comparison to the $2.5 billion they spent on it.

Oh no, now my life is ruined because I'm supporting opposing companies every time I buy a PS4 game. I'll just have to sell my console and buy a Vita, that way I'm not supporting anybody.

Really, in this day and age it's no surprise that these companies are now interrelated within and outside of our industry. The console wars ended years ago.

MS makes money from Sony and vice versa, Sony makes money from iphone, Samsung makes money from Sony. Yeah it's a crazy world we live in. So what's really the point of this thread?

Lol, what about every time you buy any game physically on Microsoft you're handing money to Sony (blu-Ray)

Is there anything of proof in what you say? 50k Dollar, where does it come from? And why did you say "that is all"? What do they actually pay for? How do you know which codecs are used on blu-ray discs?

Ah ok. Thanks (if that is correct).