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foxtail on 12 September 2014
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MoHasanie said:
Soundwave said:

But logically I doubt it. You don't buy the 3rd or 4th largest gaming IP in the world at the moment to then sell off the game division.

It would be like Disney buying Star Wars and then announcing they are getting out of the live action movie business.

But Disney doesn't want to get out of the movie business. I think this situation (if true) is more like renovating a house so that you can sell it for a higher price. Investors wouldn't be impressed if they saw Xbox's current profit margins and losses over the years. This would help make it look much more attractive.  

I think it all depends on if MS is still willing to sell Minecraft games on their competitors iOS and android devices.

As of April 2014 the sales breakdown in millions looked something like this:

  • 21 M [42%] - Mobile (Pocket Edition) 
  • 15 M [30%] - PC/Mac
  • 12 M [24%] - Xbox 360
  • 1.5M [03%] - PS3
  • 49.5 Total as of April (54M as of June 28th)
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    Mojang is also a smaller 40 person company with a team of 11 game developers including Notch himself.  It's clear that the Minecraft IP is the main incentive for the purchase, but it's unclear what exactly they plan do with it in the future.