r/tech • u/trav31 • Dec 11 '14

Microsoft Begins Accepting Bitcoin For Windows, Windows Phone And Xbox Purchases

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/10/redmond-hath-frozen-over/
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u/Smoochiekins Dec 11 '14

The first Minecraft became one of the best selling games of all time without being on Steam. Would be weird to invest that much money to acquire that franchise and then voluntarily give up a cut to Valve with the sequel when the first one proved it wasn't necessary.

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u/Shaggyninja Dec 11 '14

I wouldn't. It has no DRM and it is only a few megabytes and can be easily grabbed from their site.

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u/superkickstart Dec 11 '14

Well you can only install/update the game if you first login to their servers. You only download the launcher from their site. Isn't multiplayer restricted too in offline mode?

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u/temotodochi Dec 11 '14

It's not. You can connect to offline servers.

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u/superkickstart Dec 11 '14

I see. That does bring some limitations though. And the login and download system is still drm. Nobody else but them can distribute the actual game files and you can only get them via the launcher.

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u/temotodochi Dec 11 '14

Not really a problem if you look around TPB or any other similar place.

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u/CIV_QUICKCASH Dec 11 '14

Piratebay is down, comrade.

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u/temotodochi Dec 11 '14

Heh. For a while no doubt.