Stranger things have happened to companies who don't even offer a tangible "product".

LOL  Yeah, that's gonna be great for the 55+ million user base along with the companies bad PR issue.

Everything MS has done in regards to the X1 has been retarded. If this is their gameplan then I'll be honest, the faster they're out of gaming the better. If they're not going to contribute anything, why should I support them?

Most of the fanbase is kids, they'll eat up whatever new one comes out if it does so in a timely fashion and if there's enough cool new features. 

Most of the fans also paid like what? $7-$20 for the game? Doubt they'll be too choked for a new version several years later at the same price. 

I'm sorry Billion? Like with a B? For one studio that makes one game? What happens when Minecraft is no longer popular? Uuuhhh... I mean, it would make for a good "win" against Sony but is that really woth it? Will the Xbox One even bring that much in profit this generation?

Link?

I think would do more to sink minecraft than it would to help XO or Windows Phone.

"hey, did you hear about Minecraft 2?" 

"No! They're making a new one?!?"

"Yeah it's going to be exclusive to Xbox and windows phone"

"Oh, looks like I'm not getting Minecraft 2."

Makes sense if they are in planing stages to drop xbox console's and make it into a multi device service on pc tablets phones. M2 exclusive to windows 9 devices for 6 months would move units while eventually hitting the world wide markets and selling what ever it is to sale.

Still 2 freaking billion, for what may be a dud in its second iteration. A massive risk for sure.

Now that I've thought about it I have to say this is kind of stupid, If they were going to spend 2 billion why not on someone like Capcom or something? Or better yet buy a couple studios that actually have more than one game under their belt, or even better yet create new studios and buy current studios. I mean seriously MS this has got to be a dumb move on your part if you let this go through. All you'll do is reaffirm people's fears that you don't know what you're doing right now.

I would be surprised at MS buying it for that amount unless everyone was in agreement that it was worth it. Anything in the billions is still a lot even for Microsoft. Someone on here said they can buy Sony. No they couldn't. Regardless of Sony's debt, they are still a multi-billion dollar conglomerate. Besides, it wouldn't go to an American company like Microsoft.