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XBOX WON
>>263659975
>>263660081
what is that face supposed to even mean?
What game is that?
>they'll still be releasing minecraft stuff on sony consoles
>>263659975
No, mojang won, only people who still play are leddit, hardcore players whom have already lost their money to it, and 10 yr old kids who play it on their mom's phone
It's really not worth that much money and minecraft already reached it's peak. I have no idea how Microsoft manage to make more money than they lose.
>>263659975
what does this mean for the PS4 version?
>>263660397
It means Microsoft will now profit off minecraft on other platforms.
>>263660364
>It's really not worth that much money and minecraft already reached its peak
>it's not really worth that much money
>already reached its peak
>Minecraft
>not worth much money
>at its peak
Sonyggers everyone
>>263659975
>>>XBone
kek, minecraft was always shit.
They did the right thing making tomb raider exclusive. They should've bought rights to resident evil, battle field or something major.
>>263660225
Street fighter 4
>>263660397
Obviously it's still coming out, but expect only the Xbone version to get updates.
if the Playstation version is lucky, it will get updates a year late.
>>263660594
That word will get you banned around here, just saying. Maybe you can discuss like an adult later.
>>263660594
>Xniggers
Never change.
>>263660594
why do you assume its a sonygger?
Does anybody else feel bad for Mojang employees?
Can you imagine your leaders all ditching you to Microsoft in the name of money?
This depresses me a lot. Those poor people.
>>263659975
the sony tears in this thread.
>>263659975
No. Minecraft will now die just like Rare did.
I remember when they bought Rare for near 400 million. I had a nice laugh.
Now I just cringe.
Dibs on calling Minecraft 2 a steaming pile of turds.
>Minecraft 2
>written in C++ by MS
>has a mod API and actual content
Well, one can always dream. In reality it's probably gonna be an Xbone exclusive and have no mods, only DLC.
>>263660889
i still feel bad that notch started because of OUR interest in his game, and then abandoned us and our legitimate criticisms in favor of the reddit hugbox where nobody will ever tell him he's wrong
>>263660807
>>263660364
You would've been saying the same thing over 10 years ago if you were above 18 and Pokemon RBYG was out.
>Playing minecraft on a console/phone
Fuck off.
>>263660889
all meaningful things done by mankind are done in the name of money. even shit like the LHC that's supposedly "strictly for knowledge" only exists because conglomerates want to seize that knowledge for new ways of profit. why is this still surprising to you?
>>263659975
Couldn't give a rats ass about minecraft.
I just hope Microsoft doesn't fuck with Scrolls before it's released because I'm actually having fun with it.
>>263660594
The game would have to triple the amount of sales it has made in its entire lifespan for Microsoft to break even on their investment, let alone profit.
>>263659975
guess what microsoft did to rare, OP?
:(
>>263661302
You really doubt the ability of children to lap this shit up don't you?
>>263660364
>Microsoft won't be able to make any money on it
Two words:
>Micro.
>Transactions.
>>263660364
>how Microsoft manage to make more money than they lose.
overpriced software
>>263659975
Minecraft only got popular because of gaming bloggers. Now that the cat is out of the bag that they're all frauds... why would anyone want to buy minecraft?
>buy a one hit wonder studio
>good choice
>>263660296
Yeah, at a later date, unoptimized too run better on xbone(fuel the fire), all DLC will either be ONLY xbox or first on xbox.
Anything not xbone360 will be barebone shit.
>>263661579Minecraft got popular because /v/. We made it run viral.
>>263660807
>>>/NeoGAF/
Sony counters by buying Dwarf Fortress maker Toady One for $3 million. He lives the rest of his days in slavery working in a factory in Japan.
>>263661039
Well, it gave him 2 billions, so I'm sure he's not crying too much.
Also, what the fuck. 2 billions, at a point where anybody who would ever want Minecraft on any platform that they own has it? How the fuck is that going to pay itself back? It's not like they shit out success games after games, they only have that one who's a really big thing. That is such a bizarre buy at such a ridiculous price.
Congrats on Notch for winning life and contributing to MS' long line of recent dumb, dumb gaming ideas
I pirated the game, played for like 2 hours. Uninstalled and never looked back.
Why do people think this is a good game anyway?
>MOJANG DOESN'T OWN MINECRAFT NOTCH DOES
THEY WANT MOJANG FOR MARKETING VALUE
>MOJANG DOESN'T OWN MINECRAFT NOTCH DOES
THEY WANT MOJANG FOR MARKETING VALUE
>MOJANG DOESN'T OWN MINECRAFT NOTCH DOES
THEY WANT MOJANG FOR MARKETING VALUE
>MOJANG DOESN'T OWN MINECRAFT NOTCH DOES
THEY WANT MOJANG FOR MARKETING VALUE
>MOJANG DOESN'T OWN MINECRAFT NOTCH DOES
THEY WANT MOJANG FOR MARKETING VALUE
>>263661736
Mojang is going to be turned into a publishing branch. Every 13 year old knows about minecraft and thus Mojang. The marketing potential is huge
>>263661510
This is obviously what they're going to do as most people who are interested in the game has bought the game already. Forcing micro-transaction "DLC" blocks, items, monster packs and such will create enormous revenue for M$. Especially when those are Microsoft exclusive for a month or two.
You might not buy their shit, but speak with a ten year old kid and you can bet he'll beg his parents up, down, left and right to acquire those DLCs. They'll make a fortune on that and Minecraft merchandise. Think of it like Lego, it's gonna sell like a motherfucker.
Remember Rare?
>>263661969
Bullshit, everyone and their mother know that Mojang is a 1 hit wonder. Without Minecraft, they are nothing.
>>263661969
Notch is gone
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/15/notch-on-leaving-mojang-its-about-my-sanity
>>263659975
>$2.5 Billion on Mojang
A game company that only has 3 games with only 1 notable game. (Minecraft)
Unless they pull out "Minecraft 2 : Electric Boogaloo", the popularity and community of the game is only going to go down.
Buying the company would be reasonable but not at $2.5 billion.
Though Microsoft has already made micro transactions for the game, so I guess if people keep buying skins and textures then they can profit.
>XBOX WON
It's not like Minecraft is only going to be playable on Microsoft hardware, there is still little reason to buy an Xbone unless you are a helmet wearing 11 year old.
>>263661969
Any source on this? This would be fucking retarded to do.
>>263661914
lel, you act like there isn't an ever-expanding market for minecraft.
little fucking kids will be playing this shit for a decade.
>>263660701
>>263660821
>Paranoia
Never changeAt a silky smooth 20FPS
>>263659975
Isn't maojang a complete flash in the pan anomaly? Notch and maojang have no track record of quality or success besides a beta becoming viral. I'd be hard pressed to attribute much of their work to it'd popularity. Is Microsoft attempting to assassinate minecraft? Attempt to wring the cash out of mine crafts dying corpse? Or, the least likely, attempt to use maojang for creative development ?
>>263661969
>>263662438
>buy Mojang
>Notch leaves with the rights to Minecraft
That would be funny.
i thought it was illegal to buy people?
>Microsoft make Minecraft 2
>kids force their moms to buy anything titled Minecraft 2, no matter what
>Xbone/Winphone/Win8 exclusive
>it's shit and even the most severe Minecraft autists hate the new one
A clusterfuck of tortanic proportions is headed for us.
>>263661957
Same. I guess you have to be autistic to enjoy it. It's also the worst optimized game I've ever tried.
Java? Really?
I have a question.
How much would other companies cost?
Like how much would a buy for Ninja Theory, Insomniac, Sumo Digital, Obsidian Cost?
Couldn't they have bought like 3 of these companies instead?
>>263662625
No, Mojang is of no use to minecraft, they were buying solely the Minecraft name. Microsoft will run this series into the ground. Either that, or Minecraft 2 will be in development hell.
Earlier this year, I worked at a hotel, and I swear I saw at 4 or 5 new kids sitting in the lobby or in the lounge playing Minecraft on their tablets all day every day. That shit is like crack to young children.
>>263661969
> Notch is now gone
So... is there anyone left at Mojang?
>>263659975
$2.5 Billion? Those morons ended up paying half a motherfucking billion more for that shit? Are you for real?
>>263660296
no they will not, we all know how this will play out, ms will play goody goody with sony and apple until the license is up for renewal and then they will say "we did not feel there was a point in keep it on so many platforms when we can have a more streamlined experience on xbox one, 360, and pc" screen cap this post you know it to be true, unless notch gave sony and apple life time licenses they will be delisted when the license expires
So Minecraft 2 announced at E3 2016 right?
>>263659975
So rather than spending $2.5 billion on multiple games for the xbone, ms would rather spend it on buying a shitty game that is already on many platforms and a dev that hasn't released any finished products? Looks like xbox sure has a promising future.
>>263662942
If those companies were worth anything, sure.
>>263659975
> Creative force behind what made it leaves the same day
What a bunk investment
>>263661502
We sell those where I work
The first time I saw them I was awed at the fact people can't just fucking use a wikipedia, specially when most phones can use the internet
I always crush them in my MHE
>>263663786
Honestly a lot of people, including myself, thoguht MS would buy them, and then fire them all.
>>263662438
>get 2.5$ billion fucking dollars
>nah guys it's totally not the money, I just can't handle the responsibility
>probably going on vacation for the rest of his life
At least don't lie about the fucking reason
Couldn't they buy Crytec or EA or some shit for that kind of money?
Makes me wonder how much money they money hatted for TR2.
>>263663428
>microshit making good decisions fucking ever.
Nope. I think the last good idea they had was windows 7 and I pirated that shit anyways. From a company that releases a good OS every 5 years they sure do know how to suck a mean dick.
>>263664096
Pretty fucking much. All this humble shit makes me sick to my stomach. Like hell that guy will ever make something as popular as autismcraft again.
>>263663428
Minecraft is a good purchase, since there are a lot of filthy casuals interested in that, but not for that much money, holy shit.
Why the fuck were they thinking. For that money you could fund around ~15 AA games.
It's like they are trying to dig their grave even deeper.
>>263662942
>How much would other companies cost?
It really depends on the jurisdiction where both companies are located.
Issues with trade departments and employment protection for workers, pensions, liabilities and assets, legal status of company directors, legal due diligence, insurance, how the company is acquired(merger, business transfer, asset sale, share sale) etc
If Notch gets even 10% of a billion dollars in the next 3 years he'll be a lucky man. The paper work that these sort of deals require take half a decade or more to pass through the legal system that involves international trade.
just think about all the games microsoft could have funded the development of with that money
every franchise you ever loved could have been brought back
a hundred new franchises could be born
Xbox one could have literally hundreds of amazing exclusives made and go down in history as the greatest console of all time cementing microsofts place in the industry
instead autismblocks 2 will be on xbox
>>263664907
>For just 100 million dollars, a new amazing Banjoo game coulda been made
>>263660364
They dont need to make the money back from minecraft purchases alone.
Its to make the xbox brand stronger.
If they start messing with minecraft to make the xboner version the best one then kids around the world will want to have that specific version.
If they buy the boner for that then the trojan horse is planted and you got a new generation of Xbox fans after they managed to alienate the previous ones.
GUYS GUYS!!
what if...just IF microsoft buys minecraft and adds a lot of new shit to it?
>>263660701
*Tips console*
>>263664660
Guess what impresses shareholders more:
150 AAA games or the purchase of the most successful video game currently on the market.
>>263665178
Why would they do that?
>>263664907
Wasn't the Kinect debacle enough to make you realize they don't give a flying fuck about hardcore gamers? They just want filthy casual money, and Autismcraft would had been a great IP for that, if they had payed like a half of what they ended up paying.
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>>263659975
>>263665346
dunno, maybe they are bored
>>263665178
>minecraft user created mods as paid DLC
>Mojang
>2.5 Billion
This can't be real right? Those are some unreal numbers.
>xbone bombing so hard they have to gamble $2.5 billion on a single IP
>>263659975
Oh microsoft, always late to the party.
>give low budget companies like piranha bytes/Larian Studios $100M for them to make the best game of their lives, and make them exclusive
>suddendly 25 new exclusives
OR
>give $2.5B to the most overrated developer ever for 1 game.
>>263660701
>Skillet
Holy shit wat
>>263659975
>Microsoft buys minecraft
MAKE WAY FOR
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>>263665384
They have to cater to "Hardcore gamers" soon just like ninty did they've lost most of the dudebros and casuals
>>263665384
wasnt the kinect debacle enough to show them the casual shit is not worthwhile
autismblocks would have been good if they got it for 500m a couple of years ago before it was available on every other device ever
>>263660701
>Manga lover
>Sony hater
>Microsoft fanboy
Does not compute.
I really want to hear their reasoning behind this shit.
>>263659975
Mojang won.
the fuck are they gonna do with that IP? it's old as shit at this point and Mojang knew it.
>>263659975
How in the fuck is Minecraft worth $2.5 billion? Jesus christ Notch must be swimming in money.
Now I doubt we'll even see that Mod API released.
All abourd the Minetest/Freeminer train!
>>263659975
so Microsoft spent $2.5 billion for Minecraft rights. how the hell will they get back that cash and profit too ? so they will stop making free updates for current Minecraft and just start making Minecraft 2.0 ? and sell DLC every month ?
>>263665191
>>263660701
I want to see a wrestling match between these two to determine the future of console gaming
>>263666078
>billions of dollars invested in xbone development and launch
>bombs so hard even the Wii U is outselling it
>desperately need something that sells consoles no matter the cost
It's the last straw
fuck you guys
if microsoft actually fixes this game then what
its not like minecraft is the pinnacle of game development- it has had no meaningful updates since oct 2010
what if minecraft becomes the game we sought under microsofts desperate attempt to stay relevant
>>263666269
>He doesn't know about tax loopholes and off shoring
>>263661510
>>You don't have enough diamonds? I have quite the polarizing solution for that.
Notch should use liek 500 million to pay a dev team to create the game of his dreams.
>>263666406
>if microsoft actually fixes this game
Heh, you fucking wish.
>>263665178
but
Mojang has been adding new shit to the game constantly
you're acting like they just abandoned it completely
Mods made Minecraft what it is and the community is already dying
If MS wants MC2 to be a success they have to get really close with their customers a thing we know they cant do
How long until the console Minecraft DLC gets ported to PC
Ohhhh boyyyyy
Does this mean minecraft is an American game?
>>263666581
>Mojang has been adding new shit to the game constantly
None of which actually fleshed the stale gameplay that has been almost the exact same shit since alpha.
$2.5 Billion? The things you could do for the poor guys in africa.
>>263666269
They don't care about profiting off this IP. The main point was keeping it off of other platforms and not having the game become open source.
They've been fighting a war on open source licenses in software calling it a cancer for decades now. The idea that the most popular video game loved by hundreds of millions of young adults could become public domain and open source made them shit their pants and buy it outright. They would have gladly spent 20 billion to avert the disaster of having an entire generation become interested in open source software.
>>263666331
Yes, but minecraft? Why would anyone buy it on XBONE?
>everybody probably have it already because it can run on a toaster
>controller
>no easy mods
Do they really expect people to by an XBONE just for that?
Are they going to market it with the usual "now in your living room, big tv, couch" arguments they usually have and expect people to fall for that? I just can't comprehend.
>lost money on xbone sale
>spend extra 2bil on a block game
#winning
>>263666729
Who the fuck plays minecraft for the gameplay? When I play minecraft, I go into creative mode and build shit.
>>263659975
>MS buys one hit wonder studio for 2.5 billions.
Can you imagine Phil Fish jealousy right now ?
Minecraft 2 prepackaged with Windows 9
or exclusive for Windows 9 maybe
>They expect to break even by June 5th
AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
>>263666406
Microsoft can actually act as a great resource for developers. They have a track record of keeping developers on schedule and under budget.
Case in point: Destiny.
Compare Halo to Destiny, for example.
>post-peak Minecraft is officially worth more than Oculus
>there are idiots who still think it was a good business decision
I wonder if that clause about pre-Beta members getting free DLC for life will still apply because I can feel that shit coming.
>Be billionaire
>Live in feminazi shithole where they send men to prison for buying prostitutes
>>263666814
Nothing because those niggers cant do shit on their own and are nothing but money sponges
>>263659975
>fire 18000 employees
>spend 2.5 billion on minecraft
>>263659975
The western industry besides some good devs in Europe is the embodiment of cancer.
>>263666837
Minecraft audience.
They will buy anything.
>>263666926
>I will make Fez 2 if M$ promises to buy it
I hope he'll kill himself from being so jelly
>>263659975
Good, they can keep that autistic shit.
>>263665895
Nah, they totally gave up on them at this point. Nintendo kept publishing games for their core fanbase even during the Wii phase, so it's not the same.
>>263666030
Exactly, casual gaming is worthwhile to make some quick cash while the fad remains, not to invest such a ridiculous amount of money in it.
>>263667176
I forgot about this.
>>263659975
>2.5 billion
Jesus. ANY ONE OF US COULD HAVE MADE THAT SHITTY GAME.
>>263667272
>tfw you didnt
>>263666269
Advertisement and Merchandising mostly. You know those toys/plushies you see for minecraft? Now you can expect tv shows, action figures, more apps related to it, and amovie
There's no fucking way Microsoft will get that money back. Mojang is a one-trick poney, and Minecraft sales will inevitably stagnate.
>>263667235
But, but they already have it. It's not like there's gonna be a sequel or anything. Unless they clump together a bunch of mods and sell it as a special edition or something, then I can see it happening.
How are Microsoft planning to monetise this? I presume they can't pull the game from PS4 or PS3.
Are they going to make a sequel? Would it ever provide more value than Minecraft already does modded? Why didn't they just make a superior clone with their own IP for much cheaper?
>>263666581
>>263666878
Imagine if they worked really hard on the world generation and made proper river or mountain formations, more varied biomes. Something to inspire a broader scope of creativity...
There's so much they didn't do with Minecraft it's embarrassing and Mojang should be ashamed. They never even supported modding properly.
>>263660364
You're kidding me right?
Minecraft is the new Tetris, it's here to stay as long as they keep tweaking and updating it for modern audiences. I guarantee kids who aren't even born yet will play minecraft at some point, it's THE building/crafting/creating game. It's like saying LEGO reached it's peak 10 years after they created lego. Trust me, Minecraft is here to stay.
>>263667272
>>263667420
All we had to do is steal code from Infiminer.
Fuck this gay Earth.
>>263667001
Minecraft IP is worth money and will sell for many years.
Oculus hasn't proven itself to be a money maker yet and could be made obsolete overnight when a better product comes a long. Which will happen.
>>263661510
>Inb4 MS get a class-action suit from the EU courts, because little Mohammed is using mom's welfarecheck card
>>263667494
>It's not like there's gonna be a sequel or anything.
Of course there's gonna be a sequel, and it'll be bone exclusive. That's the whole point. The problem is the absurdly amount of money they paid for it.
>>263666970
Yes Halo with the copy and paste levels that feels like you're wading through an invisible ocean of mashed potatoes in order to slow down the frame rate.
>>263667639
>microsoft
>"inspire a broader scope of creativity"
are we talking about the same company
>>263667639
>How are Microsoft planning to monetise this?
It's a long term investment.
All those kids that are currently addicted to Minecraft will grow up and Microsoft will be there to make more money out of them.
>>263667715
Lesson learned, it's not new groundbreaking shit that makes the most money it's the copied and simplified shit.
>>263667487
Based on what? The fact that you got tired of it?
There are children yet to have even been CONCEIVED that will be playing minecraft, five or six years from now. This shit will be the next Pokemon.
>>263667463
>movie
Oh god it's going to be a pixelated shitty copy of Lego movie.
>>263667250
We'll see by the 2016 mark that'll be the peak of the PS4/Bone at that point the games SHOULD be coming or have came
>>263659975
Holy shit.
2.5 billion dollars for Minecraft.
>>263663070
The worst thing is that its worth 350 million dollars.
Notch probably gave them a number he thought impossible and when it was too late to take it off the table, MS bought it.
"Well. I guess I'm going to take a permanent vacation"
>>263659975
Isn't Minecraft way past its prime?
>>263659975
They should have bought it before minecraft was sold in a billion copies. Whatever I hope they give minecraft to people who actually care and I can continue playing in on Windows.
They could have just used that money to sell the xbone $100 cheaper than the PS4.
>>263661510
>>263660364
You guys forgot about the whole Minecraft Realms shit. Plenty of people are willing to pay for a little private server on a shitty cloud in Sweden or wherever.
>>263667646
>Minecraft is the new Tetris
And what a huge hit Tetris 2 and 3 were! People kept buying the same game almost every single console generation since it was released!
>>263659975
>they've spend enough money to make 50 AAA games
>just to buy a game that's already on their platform
Literally why. Wouldn't it be better to make 50 exclusive XBONE games if you have 2,5 billion to "invest"?
>>263668029
Kids play it on tablets and laptops, not Xboners.
>>263667870
next pokemon? more like digimon m8
>>263660225
Street fighter 4. Some guy move swapped a bunch of characters. That's what happened when he put a cammy skin on Oni
>>263667843
All those kids will grow up, get into game development and make better games than minecraft.
>>263667825
Those were my hopes for what Mojang would do with it. I don't trust Microsoft to do it either. I don't know what they can bring to the IP.
Why hasn't anyone made a better minecraft than minecraft yet? Imagine if they got the physics of stuff right, for a start. The way water works can't be the best solution.
>>263668139
microsoft board members don't care, minecraft sells like hotcakes and now they own it
thse are the same people who wanna sells xbox to another company
>buy a shitty company for 2.5B
>everyone leaves the company
>Now its just a name
>games don't come out from thin air
>invest 500M more
>implying it will ever bank 3B in profit
>>263668240
Honestly, Mojang was just lazy and considering the modding scene, they probably thought their job was done as far as most of minecraft goes.
>>263668240
>Why hasn't anyone made a better minecraft than minecraft yet?
There are plenty of Minecraft clones out there, some even open-source. It's that they don't have a professional staffLOLmaintaining it and an unlimited budget like Minecraft does.
>>263668121
You are absolutely retarded
Minecraft 2 is coming, it's so fucking obvious.
Obviously not coming to PS4 though
>>263668407
but they never even bothered to make things easier for the modders. People were begging for an API for years.
Fuck I'm just annoyed that Mojang have been valued so much when they were at best negligent, at worst, talentless and incapable.
>>263668556
Well that's it I guess. It thrives on the modding scene. Would a minecraft sequel really work?
Does minecraft really have a decade or more in it?
>>263667105
Isn't Sweden the world capital of little brown wife importation ?
I also find funny that within months of turning billionare he never became single again.
>>263668727
I don't think they will make a Minecraft 2.
I think Minecraft itself is a thing now, like Lego, or Tetris. People will just play it for many many years to come. They'll just tweak it and update it. They might make special versions like Halo Minecraft or something but Minecraft is going to just be it's own thing.
>>263668727
Speaking of PS4, will M$ get money from the PS4 Minecraft games sold from now on or what?
spoilersthey actually lost.
>>263668773
>Does minecraft really have a decade or more in it?
Without an actual mod plugin support with user-friendly scripting? I doubt it.
Especially since mods now are hard-coded and every game update breaks them.
>>263668187
top kek, it's essentially the number one game on Xbox live, aside from whatever flavor of the week just got released. It's been in the top three for at least a year now.
>>263668316
Yeah, but 50 AAA exclusives would literally win the generation for them. If they have this kind of money, how the hell do they not have any exclusives?
>>263659975
Why would you but a one hour wonder though
>>263668060
There are laws against predatory pricing and dumping. Selling xbones $100 cheaper would result much more money lost in anti trust legal battles, lawsuits and the PR disaster of being considered to be involved monopolistic in practices again.
>>263668696
Right, it's not a one hit wonder but a classic that will stand the test of time. We know this because it's been out for a whole 4 years already. More than enough time to extrapolate how popular it'll be decades into the future. I mean gaming fads are simply unheard of, you have farmville, angry and flappy bird games that are worth billions as IPs years later.
>>263660889
Why would anyone feel bad for them? They're all super rich now.
>>263669252
>implying Notch won't jew them out of billions.
>>263661007
the only good post so far
>>263669252
They'll be unemployed in a year or two. The same thing happened with Nokia not to long ago.
Microsoft is interested in the brand name not the people involved in making it.
>>263669139
Every course of action other than staying the course and fixing what they've seems like a massive risk.
>release a graphically unimpressive game coded in Java with extreme appeal to autists and people with other disabilities
>promise to support it thoroughly by releasing updates every Friday
>stop halfway
>take a vacation every other weekend
>walk away with 2.5 billion smackaroos
This is the future we chose.
>>263669194
Microsoft don't bring new content to the games industry though. They never have. They just purchase content and get folks to make more of it.
>>263669791
Man, why is that couch so sad?
>>263668952
I wonder what would happen if 'Lego 2' was released
>>263670110
So, basically, they're a game publisher?
>>263670140
it would probably flop
people don't like change, Minecraft has such a solid base that people just want little changes here and there, and they'll take it from there with their own creativity and modding.
>>263668209
why is there no webm for this scene.
>>263670110
So? 2,5 billion would buy you quite a few AAA studios, enough to put MS on par with Sony in terms of exclusives.
>>263670225
Yeah, but they toe the EA line from a few years ago. Acquire and incorporate. Churn out the IP.
>>263670579
They would never encourage a AAA studio to create something new though. They would just want more of what's currently big.
>>263670579
>>263670724
But they are creating new AAA studios.
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2014/08/21/new-microsoft-first-party-studios-outed/
>There are people who think Microsoft doesn't have enough cash to do both.
>>263670140
Lego changed over the years.
It's no longer the toy you grew up with.
It'scasualized
So, if they can throw 2.5 billion on notch, why not just buy some other companies and make their games exclusive?
In fact i'm still surprised there are companies that don't belong to either MS, Sony or Nintendo.
>Xbox division is still in the red
>Minecraft has made $240 million in 2012
>Minecraft has made $124 million in 2013
>Microsoft spent 5 times the earnings of Minecraft to buy Mojang
This is honestly the most retarded business decision ever made.
>>263670140
>I wonder what would happen if 'Lego 2' was released
It was called Lego Technic and out of it came Mindstorm and Bionicle.
>>263670305
>it would probably flop
It was a huge success and spawned several other successful brands as mentioned above.
Eh MS has spent worse
hell they lost all their earnings from the 360 05-09 from buying a tech company that was actually a bust for them.
The sad part for me that is that no matter how much they spend they'll never run out and if they truly desperately needed money they'll just call apple for a quick buck.
>>263671023
Because Japanese companies aren't cheap whores. They value their work over money.
They bought Minecraft so they can make Minecraft 2
>>263670821
Fair enough. Anyway I want to back off from smack talking microsoft too much because it's probably not fair. It's just how I see it.
My favourite Microsoft games don't really exist anymore. AoE etc.
>>263670891
How? It builds itself now?
It was always casual. Except for the Technic stuff. That shit's hardcore.
>>263659975
I´m happy that owners of the shitbox finally have a game to play on it.
Just be happy for those casuals for ones, will you /v/?
>>263671212
Capcom values neither.
>>263671097
It never replaced Lego though lol you're kidding me right. Are you literally fucking retarded?
>>263660701
>Average Apple hater
>>263671096
>>Microsoft spent 5 times the earnings of Minecraft to buy Mojang
It's actually not too unreasonable. The will make their money back in at least 5 years or so (From the movie, and LEGOs and merch)
Although, MS is retarded and says THEY WILL BREAK EVEN FROM THIS DEAL BY JUNE 5TH 2015.
That's retarded.
>>263671096
Those are the people that seriously expected to sell over 400 million XBones. They ARE literally retarded.
>>263671247
It doesn't hurt to step on them anymore.
It's Mojang as a whole not Minecraft.
Probably going to do some shit with them for win8 or one of their mobile platforms, that isn't a game.
>>263671097
That's not a lego 2, it didn't release as a replacement for lego, it was nothing more than a spinoff and was never expected to be more successful than lego itself which it never did OBVIOUSLY.
They could do some Minecraft spinoffs but none would be more successful than Minecraft itself, and Minecraft will always remain as it's base that players will always return to, that's my prediction at least.
What ever happened to all the Minecraft rip offs?
Like the one on Xbox 360, where the guy claimed he made the game before Minecraft was out or some shit, but was lying out his ass.
>>263659975
seriously though, before this I assumed the Minecraft fad must be drawing to a close.
it's all about 'horror' games now in this youtube driven gaming market.
microsoft are about 2 years too late for such a massive aquisition. no way they can make $2.5 billion back from minecraft unless they have some plan to make Minecraft Xtreme which becomes the absolute best selling piece of media the world has ever seen.
>>263659975
so much for notch taking a stand "on principle" for minecraft to never come to win8
lol
I wish you guys would just celebrate the continuing downfall of terrible console makers
why get exasperated, just enjoy it
the more losers that fall down, the more obvious it becomes that true PC games, not console ports, are the future of gaming
>>263671247
Highly specialized parts that make for better looking models but are less useful to create something of your own design with.
>Microsoft purchases one trick pony company
good job, now time to milk mnecraft for all that it's worth, because nothing else comes from that company
>>263671461
Nigger, learn to offshore. Microsoft is technically based in Ireland while Mojang is in Sweden. Microsoft's using off-shore money to pay it.
Through various tax loopholes and accounting jewery, they should have made it back by next year. It's practically a free deal.
>microsoft + minecraft
>winning
Didn't the person who made the music for Minecraft only get like 10,000 dollars or some shit?
I bet he must be mad as fuck.
>>263671247
Number of pieces are constantly decreasing and the pieces themselves are becoming larger.
>LEGO, a company teetering precariously on the premise that kids want to be creative, has been struggling with exactly that conundrum for just over a decade. As recently as 1990, the standard box of LEGO bricks contained anywhere from 500 to 1000 pieces. Through sales research, focus groups and peer review, LEGO now believes such a set is way, way too complex. Let's dial it back a bit: not only do children not have the patience to gather together all the required parts for a castle, or boat, or car -- there isn't enough space in their tiny, ridiculous brains to previsualize long-term plans, imagine new forms, or create the requisite custom shapes.
>As a response to this trend, LEGO decreased the number of pieces in each box. Instead of grappling with a full one-hundred pieces to build that Kentucky Fried Chicken or Starbucks Coffee, now you only need ten. And look: these pre-fab green umbrella straws snap directly into the miniature espresso machine -- you don't even gotta build 'em. LEGO bricks have gotten bigger, as well: the size of each block in a set has increased steadily over time in direct proportion to your child's inability to manipulate his backwards, clumsy-ass ham hands. Who needs hours of unnecessarily complicated finger work when you're trying to develop your motor skills?
http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/kid-marketing/
>>263671394
>>263671592
It didn't replace Lego because the market didn't react as they expected. It was their intention though.
>>263671096
By that rate they'll make it back in 10 years. Plus merchandise and other potential shit. Also cockblocking Sony.
That's how businesses usually work. They never expect immediate investment return. It's a long term investment.
Doesn't mean they aren't retarded though
>>263670821
Could be AAA, could be small crap, could even be a Kinect studio. Can't really say anything before they show the games.
>>263666945
>minecraft 2
>on pc
Hahaha what a nice joke anon.
>>263672107
>By that rate
>Implying
>>263671461
But profits have been going down. They're running out of people who will buy minecraft because everyone and their aunt owns it already. Those were also the profits from a small indie studio, Microsoft will likely triple the staff at Mojang as well as have a fleet of lawyers fighting to remove minecraft clones from every platform. Buying Mojang is like buying Myspace.
>>263672079
It wasn't their intention though.
>an entire fucking week into this already
BUT ALMOST EVERYBODY ALREADY OWNS DA GAME WHY BUY IT NOW
MERCHANDISING WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT, MOJANG ONLY MAKES MONEY OFF GAME SALES WHAT IS BRAND RECOGNITION?
>>263671750
Pretty much what I thought. I really do wonder how they're supposed to get their money's worth.
Does this mean that Minecraft is somehow going to get worse? After M$ bought Rare and killed it, I've lost all faith in them buying devs
>>263672071
For some no name video game music artist I'e be pretty happy with that.
The music isnt really that good anyway. I could see if he did all the sound for the game to get more but those shitty little songs dont warrant a huge amount of money.
>>263672357
Yeah but is microsoft really in a position to capitalise on that?
2.5b isn't chump change.
>>263659975
not even the autistic money well that is minecraft will save the Xbone.
>>263672107
If the 2014 figures follow the pattern then profits will likely be around $65-70 million. There aren't many people left who don't already own the game.
>>263671096
It will be more funny if they fuck it up Mojang like they fucked up RARE
>>263672079
>way too complex
>children not have the patience or imagination
Holy shit I'm glad I was born when I did. I think lego IS responsible for the development of my imagination as a kid.
Of course kids won't have imagination if you keep denying it to them. I don't want to have kids now.
>>263672357
Yeah, its a really bad accusation unless they use minecraft's code on other projects.
Anybody who wants the game already owns it
>>263672639
Except Rare had a ton of awesome IPs, while Mojang only has 1.
What is with Microsoft buying shit for more than it is worth? They bought Skype for a stupid amount of money and they haven't profited from it. Now they buy a one-hit-wonder games company just for an IP which came to light 5 years ago. Everyone who wanted to play Minecraft has already bought and played the shit out of this, so unless they bother to recode the game from the ground up in C++ so it actually runs better and doesn't use rival Oracle technology (fat chance), nothing good is going to come out of this.
>>263672639
I get the feeling that all of Mojang would ragequit before that happened.
>>263672639
I honestly believe MS bought Rare SOLELY for the DK franchise. Explains why they don't give a shit about Conker/Banjo/PD and didn't even touch KI until like 13 yrs later
>>263672826
Pretty sure it's the company legacy from the Gates era, where buying all of your competitors was a good business practice.
They just dropped 2.5 billion to get 1 game on their system. 1 game that is already on everything else. This will only make sense if they are already deep into development on Minecraft 2 and its only going to be on Microsoft platforms. The fucking surface will get minecraft 2 before steam os.
>>263672831
>all of Mojang would ragequit
But Notch already left
>>263670132
It has seen too many ugly asses.
>>263672751
>Moves realms to Azure
>Adds Screenshot and Video record functions that go direct to OneDrive
>Dosh rolls in from using Minecraft as a gateway to all their other services.
>>263672826
Skype came into profit last year man. Keep up.
What's going to happen to that card game?
>>263673160
How can they ever replace a dedicated worker like Notch?
>>263673117
They dropped 2.5 billions for the rights of minecraft, rights that they are gonna use over and over in all sort of games with the minecraft name attached to it.
>>263671750
My guess is they're planning to make Minecraft the new LEGO and push it for decades. The only problem is better more hip Minecraft is bound to appear any year now. I mean it's not like it's hard to make a Minecraft clone that's better in every way. LEGO isn't LEGO because of name recognition. It's LEGO because it's the best thing on the market.
>>263659975
>pay 2.5billion with a b for an autism simulator
>win
>flagship corporate product for electronic entertainment
>center it around 4 year old software
>>263672831
The founders of mojang are leaving.
>>263673097
In the Gates era they bailed Apple out of bankruptcy.
And a games company is not a competitor to a software company which mostly deals with enterprise software and games hardware. They probably just wanted to fill a hole somewhere. Like having a console with no games, for instance.
>>263673504
>center it around 4 year old software centered around 4 year olds.
>>263673621
But Sony didn't buy them, anon
>Implying Sony have the money to keep the lights on past this winter
I guess that works a bit better when you throw in merchandising and related spinoffs they could make like movies and tv shows and other types of games (they did the same with Lego). Good point man. I bet they took the money they had earmarked for Xbox Entertainment Studios and spent it on this and that may have been a smart move all told.
>>263671936
>Through various tax loopholes and accounting jewery, they should have made it back by next year. It's practically a free deal.
What?
