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Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang For $2.5 Billion

Posted by samzenpus on from the big-fish dept.

jawtheshark writes The rumors were true. Mojang, the company behind Minecraft, is being sold to Microsoft. Of course, the promise is to keep all products supported as they are. From the article: "Microsoft said it has agreed to buy Mojang AB, the Swedish video game company behind the hit Minecraft game, boosting its mobile efforts and cementing control of another hit title for its Xbox console. Minecraft, which has notched about 50 million copies sold, will be purchased by Microsoft for $2.5 billion, the company said in a statement. The move marks the tech giant's most ambitious video game purchase and the largest acquisition for Satya Nadella, its new chief executive. Minecraft is more than a great game franchise - it is an open world platform, driven by a vibrant community we care deeply about, and rich with new opportunities for that community and for Microsoft,' Nadella said in a statement."

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  1. Re:Ads by Sockatume · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that goarilla was actually just making an atrocious data-mining pun.

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  2. The Minecraft OS by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The thing with minecraft is that it has the ability to be THE interface of a future Xbox, or even Windows
    Heck, Windows 8 already has a blocky, tiled interface already. This would just give it three dimensions.

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  3. Re:Minecraft itself is a phenomenon, but by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 3, Funny

    Minecraft: The Flamethrower! The kids love that one.

  4. Re:That's that then by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 down, 49,999,999 users left to go.
    Lets keep this nerd rage going, and soon they'll have only 49,999,000 users left. That'll show them!

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  5. Re:RIP Minecraft. by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft has finally found a way to mitigate the development cost of Clippie by replacing Minecraft creepers.

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  6. Wrong Game by freudigst · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought they paid $2 billion for Minesweeper.

  7. Re:RIP Minecraft. by Richy_T · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm looking forward to the "Added shark and waterskis" update.

  8. Re:Ads by Raumkraut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because you purchased the name, you can develop Minecraft 2

    And so a whole new generation of gamers will learn the pain and heartache of a loved name from their childhood getting ruined by a poorly-thought-out corporate-developed sequel.

  9. Re:Ads by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Minecraft: the flamethrower. The kids love this one.

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  10. Re:RIP Minecraft. by mrjimorg · · Score: 3, Funny

    DLC - sharks $5, waterskis $5, jumping ramp $5. If you want the sharks to have lazers, then they'll cost $10

  11. Re:Ads by Stele · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or the ever popular Minecraft-themed Bag of Glass.

  12. Re:Ads by HetMes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, I too believe I can make a better estimation of the value of Mojang in 3 seconds than an entire specialized Microsoft department over the course of a few months.

  13. Re:Ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are probably somewhere between 10 and 100 million Minecraft players.

    I can personally testify that I have met more than 10 Minecraft players just myself.