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Microsoft is buying Mojang
mathfreak2:
--- Quote from: chipw on September 19, 2014, 12:18:23 PM ---I've been playing on computers since Windows 3.11. I've seen MS buy many many companies over the years and although they may not have "ruined" the software they acquired, they did change every last thing about them over time. Some stuff, they just did away with because of the competition while using parts of the trashed software in their own.
Trust me, they didn't pay 2.5 billion for Minecraft with the hopes of making it back with Minecraft. That paid that much for the game engine technology to use in other games. It will be a family of games that make the money back for them using Mojang's game engine.
Don't forget, they didn't just buy Minecraft. They bought Mojang and all of their games.
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Remember what Chip said. It may not necessarily be about Minecraft at all except for the technology behind it.
ApolloMew:
--- Quote from: dcm121kd35 on October 01, 2014, 06:34:26 AM ---I agree with Sky, Microsoft wouldn't buy Mojang just to decrease the amount of players, and their experience by making it so that you have to pay for say, to access a new update. That would make no sense.
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Explain that to a lot of game developers :/
PixelProne:
lel well "c" is next to "d" so theres no guarantee im talking about Microsoft oor Minecraft :P (no jk I meant Microsoft, thanks for pointing out my spelling error (or something) XD)
Chronomad:
Inb4 p2win or p2play. Sorry guys, notorious Microsoft hater here. It's all about revenue with these guys. I'm holding out hope but I'm not confident in their ability to keep the dream alive. Besides. MC has already lost it's sparkle to a lot of people *Cough*me*cough*
Miss_Ghouls:
Honestly, i don't think the game will ever be pay-to-play like some of the bigger MMO's. I CAN see them making some kind of special DLC (Think the Aether or skylands kind of things) but i think there will still be updates to the game happening that adds new things for us. (Maybe they'll continue listening to the players, and add in furniture. We're getting close with the new fences & doors, and colored glass!)
I can also see them making new player models, like the deadmau5 skin (he has the custom head shape with the mickey-mouse-like ears). I can see them adding things like teddy bear ears, animal tails, cat ears, etc -- and then making them a micro-buy. (Pay $5 to have a custom body shape/new head!).
I can DEFINITELY see them offering some kind of personal server deal though. Instead of trying to find someone to host your server, you could pay a monthly package & have them host your server for you. (the more slots you want, the more it'll cost, just like normal).
No one has ever profited from changing a game from f2p, to p2p. the other way around? certainly. But i don't see them charging us a monthly fee to play a game that's so widely used -- even in schools.
I don't doubt one bit that they'll find a way to nickel & dime us for content, that's what businesses do (especially gaming ones), but i think they'd be stupid to try and charge us for things we use so often like skin-changing, online access, or updates. <3
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