Fusioncode said:
Why spend 2.5 billion buying a franchise if you're not going to make it exclusive.
Anyways not really a big fan of Telltale so I'll pass. |
Mineraft is huge mostly outside of consoles, it's a good addition to their libraries but not a system seller for them, but MS hopes it can continue to be, with sequels and spin-offs, a money maker for a long time. As a money maker they'll put it on as many systems as possible and they'll use other franchises as exclusive system sellers. This at least looks like a possible explanation to me.
What puzzles me is actually another thing: Mojang came without its most important brain, Notch sold it because he couldn't stand the pressure anymore and he wants to restart from a smaller company. I wonder whether Mojang without Notch can really be worth all that money... Maybe MS did its maths and reckoned Minecraft alone with the potential that can still be squeezed out of it is worth the investment anyway.
