Microsoft buying an Indie games developer "Mojang" for $2 Billion
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Microsoft buying an Indie games developer "Mojang" for $2 Billion
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/microsoft-buying-mojang-minecraft/
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/microsoft-buying-mojang-minecraft/
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Are you taking into account the worth of the IP? Minecraft is basically the Mario Brothers & Lego of the current generation of kids.
Anyway, after thinking about it, I hope things are set up so everyone at Mojang can walk away from this fairly wealthy; ie stock options or something similar
What do you want with Mojang now ? Theres nothing to take anymore. What are they gonna do now, make Minecraft 2 ? I dont get it. The concurrence already has their minecraft if im not mistaken.
Maybe MS will make them bring out some updates once in a while. If they would just
bring features and content corresponding 1% of their profits, it could be so much more.
I have to think Microsoft is looking at the valve of this as a licence rather than trying to keep it a platform exclusive as its a little late for that.
http://kotaku.com/report-notch-to-leave-mojang-after-microsoft-sale-1632871715?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
I am sure he was thinking off his employees and the greater good but I think anyone would do the same in his position. :poly121:
Probably a bad move on Microsoft's part though. I'd be worried that Mojang is just a one trick pony.
They don't want Mojang, they want Minecraft.
Minecraft 2 with Kinect support and microtransactions? If they'd had that for the Xbone launch they'd be raking it in.
Minecraft still has a lot of life left in it and it's a cultural cornerstone at this point. I don't know if it has 2 BILLION of life left in it, but what do I know...
I wonder why would anybody say no to this
I may be talking out of my arse here, but that's what I've heard :P
Don't know what microsoft wants to do with it though, feels a bit suspect.
EDIT : Tried finding what I was talking about on the web, seriously can't. Think they got an assignment to make a copy of Stockholm's old town so that architects could solve som problems with the weird ground plot shapes. But I can't find it so, mountain of salt.
EDIT2 : Apparently I'm not completely talking out of my arse! Project Blockholm, building houses on 100.000 plots in Stockholm's old town. By my knowledge they've got assignments like that in an unending queue.
they will most likely make most of the money with merchandising for kids, they have their own department in Walmart
I think the minecraft brand is worth a shit-ton though, Microsoft may be overpaying but the cost of IPs nowadays is getting slightly outrageous. If you think amazon payed almost $1 billion for twitch you can see that minecraft is going to be worth a lot.
Yep this seems like a fair assumption haha :P
I'd PROBABLY sell for 1 billion or over, assuming they asked nicely.
I for one would love to see Minecraft 2. The blocky charm of Minecraft was never what did it for me. It was always about the exploration of a unique world, and the ability to create whatever you want. Bring the visuals into the 21st century, expand the scope of the game even more, and you've got a 2 billion dollar IP on your hands.
agreed, even with the blocky art it could be modernized. some of the mods already help a lot with this.
Put those ideas in, work more on already setup RPG system, add more things you could do with redstone. Like electric engine, pistons/pumps etc so you could build cranes, primitive locomotives, cars and so much more. People would go mental for that and its great for education too!
absolute power and money corrupt absolutely
Well, the dude is kind of on a higher level than most of us. When you're worth several million easy it's probably a lot easier to think about whether a buyout like this is right for the company and yourself. This dude isn't 60k in debt and just getting by on freelance like some artists. :V
Lol, Notch tweeted in March that he's turned down offers in the 2 billion range: here's the link
He might be rich and famous, but it's not like all of your problems will suddenly disappear if you get money. There are lesser known devs that also make a lot less money than Notch that get abused by trolls on the internet daily, I can only imagine how many more people would try to attack Notch, especially considering how active he is with his community.
I never played Minecraft, to me that game's just got right idea and right execution which is very hard to get these days, i'm very curious to see what's he up to next.
I'll give a $1 to that cause, you just needs 1/3rd of the planet to help you out.
And that's exactly the big joke in game development these days
Microsoft being the biggest example of them all, with them always following and never leading.
Forward thinking instead of reactionary spending? For shame, Alec...
I can't imagine turning down 2 Billion dollars. Though it's not like Notch is a poor man anyways. I mean what do you do when you're already rich and you can become super rich? Is that like moving from yachts to helicopters? I'm too poor to even envision what this looks like.
Edit* Plus that game has so much room to expand upon itself. Nuts. Somebody already said this, but it's like the new Legos minus the hilarious movie.