When MS bought Minecraft I was thinking what they were thinking, Minecraft was already past its prime, there was no way MS were going to get their money back. Almost anyone who had wanted had already bought and played it and youtubers and twitchers had already dropped it. But quick google search doesnt say anything about MS losses. It's like who cares, what is a few billion of dollars here or there for MS? And Minecraft is not the kind of game that you can make a sequel for, it would be like sequel to tetris, you can release it but it will be just another one of millions of versions of the original.

Last time I checked Minecraft is still selling and the PC version is at 25 million sold and counting.

Oh and they get money from merchandise, promotions, and a movie that will come out.

Mhmm. Everyone said activision was a fool when the company purchased candy crush franchise for 6b$. Look whos laughing now

Minecraft will get side games/ content over time. Not only this, but it can be used to leverage xbox/windows 10 pc. Microsoft always responds to the market and what the market wants. That is why they're rich.

I think the Wii U version alone is proof Minecraft is still going strong. Over 1m physical sales in under a year on a practically dead platform? No way is Minecraft dead

This thread has taken an M Night Shyamalan twist.

Yes, except 24 million of those copies were sold before MS

LOL they are rich because Windows

 Despite the fact they make billions in video games, microsoft office, servers, ect.