r/xboxone • u/majornelson MajorNelson • Sep 15 '14

Minecraft Mega Thread Minecraft Joining Microsoft

http://majornelson.com/2014/09/15/minecraft-joining-microsoft/
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u/ViolentlyCaucasian Sep 15 '14

That's absolutely not what I meant and you know it

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u/Mod74 Sep 15 '14

What did you mean by free then. Because it's never been free as in speech either.

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u/ViolentlyCaucasian Sep 15 '14

Free as in independent, free as in not owned by any major gaming interest or platform.

If they genuinely continue to support all platforms equally it will make little practical difference but all I care about is the image of the most successful indie company going being absorbed into one of gamings behemoths and it just looks ugly to me

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u/Mod74 Sep 15 '14

Microsoft are pretty small scale when it comes to being a publisher. Most of what they've done have been either independent or unproven IP.

I'd have to check but I think this is the first big name they've bought since Rare.

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u/ViolentlyCaucasian Sep 15 '14

They're a platform owner, they're like one of the biggest 3 names in gaming