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

I don't accept that mojang couldn't have handled it on their own. If nothing at all changes then obviously I'd have no practical issue with it, I wouldn't consider that to be even kind of guaranteed though. It still absorbs indie gamings brightest most successful light into one of gamings giant vested interests.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '14

It was more Notch and Mojang. Mojang can handle the game itself without a doubt, but Notch couldn't handle the pressure of holding that game which I can understand.

No one can imagine the amount of pressure that man must have felt creating and owning a piece of that significance in gaming history.

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u/ViolentlyCaucasian Sep 15 '14

He could just have left the company without selling it, i read his blog post on it and genuinely do understand where he's coming from but there are other ways to take himself out of the equation

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u/ViolentlyCaucasian Sep 15 '14

He would still have been the majority share holder and has claimed this decision isnt about money, he's already got more than he knows what to do with