Microsoft announces mojang buyout - its official

Seems like a non-sequitur. They've only made one game to establish reputation on. 2.5 Billion was hedged on a dev studio with the merit of one single game.

This is the part where I point out that Titanfall was supposed to be a sure bet, as well. Yet again, a studio more or less built from the runoff of the CoD success but ultimately didn't reinvent the FPS as was promised.

Didn't the main dude behind the company leave it too?

That isn't to say they have not established a brand. It's not solely a single game, but more of the profit margin that the game has brought.

My initial dispute was that the comparison in spending was moot.

What's to gain? You buy the name mine craft, which will still be on other consoles. A sequel from different designers? Not a fan of minecraft, but this is like buying a jersey off Michael Jordan's back and playing for the bulls the following day.

lol love how people don't understand business and even still buy into some idiotic idea that Microsoft will kill all versions of minecraft except that which is on pc, xbox...etc
Minecrack makes multimillions a year in game sales alone, then you add in the toys, and other shit people buy?

Come on this is a gold mine.

@GrenadeLauncher: bullshit

The cows are mad microsoft will pull in more money with this deal than Sony as a whole.

Im sure if this was Sony's deal it would be the end of Xbox.Right?

Who cares? Mojang was a one trick pony anyway.

Wow, son, you sure convinced me with that hot counter-argument.

They just purchased 5 studios just recently there was a thread posted here about it.

Wow. RIP in pieces Sony.

Titanfall is way fun. Not sure what your unrealistic expectations are.

Minecraft is too popular. It's unlikely anything will replace it. People have too much time invested in it. MS has a chance to improve it and release a 2nd version of it. They may even make your game saves work across devices so you play it on your phone, then load up what you've done on your xbox etc. who knows. that's a lot of money to pay for minecraft. but it's MS, they got money to burn.

It was a pretty decent game. Held my interest pretty well until Infamous came out but the limited number of players and lack of content made it more like a $40 game imho. 'Twas no Battlefield 2, that's for sure.