Questionable buyout for that price, will be interesting to see what they do with Minecraft though.

It would make sense to delete them off the store, but anyone who has bought it would still be able to download it again through their download history. That is how delisted games worked last gen.

Idk why people act as if this 2.5 billion could have instantly went to games or studios had MS not spent it here. This is much more than a videogame investment. LOL @ buying Crapcom or something instead.

If they make this Windows exclusive, who knows whether it makes the move worth it or not. Most people don't realize the franchise nets hundreds of millions in merchandising every year either.

Lol no it doesn't. Mojang, with all it's sources of income (ie. Minecraft, Minecraft merchandise, scrolls and cobalt, the two other mojang game) Made 130 million combined last year. Not close to hundreds of millions from merchandising alone.

I don't get it because I don't play Minecraft so this seems like a joke. This is not a system seller surely. Isn't Mojang a 50 person company?

48 iirc

Seece said: Carl2291 said: I literally just bought Minecraft PS4 just incase they pulled it when the deal is announced Im really curious to see where they take the IP in the future. If they wanted to pull Minecraft on PS4/3 tuesday, I'm sure they could. Depends on the deal MS make with Mojang but effectively, what can Sony do? We've certainly had games taken down before due to buyouts (Midway, THQ ect). Playstation will not be a huge driver of Minecraft sales imo, so they should pull it and advertise it as XB1/360/PC/Mobile exclusive.

I think what we'll see is MS pulling the game from digital store fronts, haulting production of any discs and then creating an Xbone Mincraft bundle. I think the bundle will be Mincraft themed on the box with a HUGE "Only available for Xbox One" logo slapped on.

I don't think they're paying 2.5 billion for Minecraft but rather the sequel. We'll probably hear about it at E3. They know every kid in the world is now going to buy an Xbone for Christmas. It's a total win imo.

That's profit, and that's after a huge payout they make every year for the Minecraft IP.

A company isn't going to profit every penny from what something brings in. Look at Destiny. 500 million in sales day one or whatever. Activision didn't deposit a half a billion dollar check. Most of that is not profit.

I assumed you were talking about profit as that's what is going to make MSs money back. The net income doesn't help them on that front.

This is completely against everything the Notch I knew said he was for. This isn't about Xbox, Sony, and Nintendo (it's more about mobile, as the article says), no, this is about the ultimate indie developer giving in to the ultimate sellout. I will NEVER touch Minecraft again, or anything from Mojang.