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Microsoft bought minecraft

Posted: Wed 17 Sep , 2014 5:22 pm
by Definitelynotjay
For those of you who didn't know, on Monday Microsoft bought Mojang for 2.5 billion bucks. That is a lot of money! Notch, Carl, and Jakob have all quit, but most of Mojang will work for Microsoft. No one is really sure what will happen from here. :cry:

In case you're wondering why Mojang have sold to minecraft, it is allegedly because Notch never wanted Minecraft to become this big, and didn't like the responsibility of a company this large.

Further information here: https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-bei ... microsoft/

Re: Microsoft bought minecraft

Posted: Wed 17 Sep , 2014 8:55 pm
by Pinky
Definitelynotjay wrote:In case you're wondering why Mojang have sold to minecraft, it is allegedly because Notch never wanted Minecraft to become this big, and didn't like the responsibility of a company this large.
I'd probably say the same when someone would give me one billion for a Java program :mrgreen:

Re: Microsoft bought minecraft

Posted: Wed 17 Sep , 2014 9:02 pm
by Definitelynotjay
Pinky wrote:
Definitelynotjay wrote:In case you're wondering why Mojang have sold to minecraft, it is allegedly because Notch never wanted Minecraft to become this big, and didn't like the responsibility of a company this large.
I'd probably say the same when someone would give me one billion for a Java program :mrgreen:
2.5 billion. 1.5 billion is huge difference. :)

Re: Microsoft bought minecraft

Posted: Wed 06 Sep , 2017 10:00 am
by johnniewalk
Thanks for the link and post shared.