Microsoft Nearing Deal To Purchase Minecraft for $2 Billion CNBC Reports

[Zanten]

The Fury said:

Zanten said:

The question that occurs, though, is who else is going to be leaving once the deal goes through? There's only about forty people in Mojang, and so unless Persson is taking ALL the monies with him when he goes, I'd be seriously surprised if all of them don't end up millionaires and free to pretty much do what they please... assuming the hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue, and 100+ million dollars in profit Mojang made last year didn't make them all millionaires already. =P Is Microsoft going to be getting much in the way of the company's brains, or are they just getting the name, IPs, etc?

Just after the deal Persson could turn round to all the employees and say "Right guys, I'm giving you all a $20 million bonus. I don't care if you quit after that and leave this company empty."

Pretty much. x_X I mean, didn't a lot of the veteran brains in Rare behind Conker's Bad Fur Day, Banjo Kazooie, etc, etc, leave before, during or after their acquisition by Microsoft, leaving behind the name, IPs, etc as well? I've heard it mentioned before, but can't say for sure.