Markus "Notch" Persson, Others Leaving Mojang

[exfileme]

As expected, Minecraft's creator is leaving once Microsoft acquires Mojang.

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[ABagOfFritos]

"Persson also said that if he develops a project that gains Minecraft-like traction, he will abandon it."
- Okay there, Kurt Cobain
"I'm a person, and I'm right there struggling with you."
- Okay there, guy with billions of dollars to his name

 

[Guest]

Well, I hope Microsoft won't screw up the game. To be honest I don't think they will, they may make it even better actually.

 

[jungleboogiemonster]

I'm sure Notch will take a lot of grief for selling to Microsoft, but I can't blame him. Not everyone wants to be a CEO. He sounds like a programmer who became immensely successful with no intent of doing so and just wants to get back to what he really is.

 

[COLGeek]

Money talks. Taking a "moral position" walks. Simple.

 

[canadianvice]

You know what, benign objectives like sanity or the more likely "make tons of money" it's not a problem. Notch got what he needed out of the arrangement and I say good on him. I like stories of people who make it big on their own merits.

Minecraft is still a pretty cool guy, since eh makes good games and stuff.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Right, if it was from stress he would of left years ago. Only reason he is going now is because he has made enough money he can go sit on a beach and do absolutely nothing important with his time for the rest of his life.

 

[IndignantSkeptic]

Knowing Microsoft, they will use their new power over Minecraft to probably pull or cripple the versions of the game that are not on their systems.

 

[Innocent_Bystander]

Only reason he is going now is because he has made enough money he can go sit on a beach and do absolutely nothing important with his time for the rest of his life.

And what exactly is wrong with that? He earned it. I say well done, he deserves his beach time.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Only reason he is going now is because he has made enough money he can go sit on a beach and do absolutely nothing important with his time for the rest of his life.

And what exactly is wrong with that? He earned it. I say well done, he deserves his beach time.

The only thing wrong with it is the part where he is saying it is for one reason but really for another. I personally hate the game, don't much care for him, but guy made a few hundred million dollars and wants to go enjoy the next few decades living off the interest I don't have a problem with it, just he should be honest.

 

[siman0]

This can go three ways. Microsoft will destroy minecraft by making it a Microsoft only game. (high possibly) Or microsoft could make the game based in C so it can be easily ran. (high possibly) Or both of the lasted stated comments. (higher possibility)

 

[sewalk]

Knowing Microsoft, they will use their new power over Minecraft to probably pull or cripple the versions of the game that are not on their systems.

While I am far from any kind of 'fan' of Microsoft (all my PCs run Linux with Windows only appearing occasionally in a VM), I'm also the last to jump on the bashwagon. Hotmail is still a quite useful email provider, despite seventeen years of Microsoft ownership and the spam filters on it work as good or better when compared to Google, Yahoo, or Cox (my ISP). It has been my primary email account for almost nineteen years in spite of all the innumerable predictions that Microsoft would "destroy [it]".

 

[SirTrollsALot]

2-1/2 Billion?... No wonder this world is screwed...

 

[Mac266]

RIP Traditional Minecraft. I grieve for thee.

 

[husker]

Only reason he is going now is because he has made enough money he can go sit on a beach and do absolutely nothing important with his time for the rest of his life.

And what exactly is wrong with that? He earned it. I say well done, he deserves his beach time.

The only thing wrong with it is the part where he is saying it is for one reason but really for another. I personally hate the game, don't much care for him, but guy made a few hundred million dollars and wants to go enjoy the next few decades living off the interest I don't have a problem with it, just he should be honest.

You are claiming to know what is in someone else's mind, what motivates him, and why he makes the decisions he makes. You then use that in a discussion as if it is a fact in order to prove a point. With those powers you should have a few billion of your own by now.

 

[voltagetoe]

They could integrate Minecraft straight into windows ? Takes so little disc space that... heh heh

 

[stridervm]

He cashed out. That's wise.

 

[MumblinBerk]

Microsoft has a substantial investment in gaming already; not just today, but looking forward. How many game-hours are spent on MineCraft in a month, world-wide? Perhaps it's worth 2.5b to Microsoft, just to kill it off.

"They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast...."

 

[ubercake]

So they are already making tons of cash and then Microsoft comes in and says we'll ensure the well being of your offspring for generations to come.

You can:

1) Quit and follow some ideal.

or

2) Work and become filthy rich.

What do you do?