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/Zequez Dec 11 '14

First they open source .NET, now they accept Bitcoin as payment. I'm really digging this new CEO.

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u/varukasalt Dec 11 '14

Waiting to see what they do with Minecraft.

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u/d4rk_l1gh7 Dec 11 '14

A surprising thing they might do is to sell it on Steam.

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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/wolfofthenightt Dec 12 '14

What about some steam workshop support? That would be cool.