Microsoft to announce Mojang (Minecraft) buyout on Monday, for $2.5b

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Ashadian said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

This is such a weird development to me. Persson has been hostile in the past to corporate giants and Mojang, if memory serves me correctly, has on more than one occasion rejected outside funding and buyout attempts. On the other side, I'm curious what Microsoft plans to do with Minecraft. Does it plan to make Minecraft spin-offs for Xbox or just cash in on the original game's profits and growing media empire?

Are you crazy? This is $2 billion. You would have to be certified crazy not to snap MS's off for that kind of cash! You would be set for life and your kids and theirs etc

Agreed. Too much cash to turn down.

I don't understand why MS is doing this though, unless they believe Minecraft can be used to successfully propel their XB and smartphone sales enough to make back their investment cost.