Breaking down what Microsoft's 2.5 billion dollar purchase means for Mojang, Minecraft, and the players.
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
I think it's becoming clear based on matt bootys comments there's no future for any IP that can't sell above 10 million within the launch window. But is also a small game that gives them prestige
/S it's beyond a joke right now
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
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Please add some more developers to Mojang. Updates come out way too slow and plugin API needs to be completed soon!
Of course it will benefit gamers. With the financial stability to pour into Minecraft...the IP can be the Star Wars of videogame and reach heights beyond a typical videogame.
Will not benefit me for I don't care for Minecraft and don't buy MS products.
Back in my day notch abandoned minecraft and its been one guy in a closet working on it ever since.
I'll reserve judgment on who this benefits and how once we actually see something being done. I've never even played Minecraft, but I did download the demo this weekend to see what the hubbub is all about (have yet to play it). Thing is, the game's sold 54 million across all platforms as indicated in the article, but with that many sold, how many more people are planning to buy it? Furthermore, what are they going to do about updates and content for gamers on non-Microsoft platforms? Too early to say, but I guess I'll be keeping up on what Microsoft is planning to do with this acquisition, even if I don't own anything from Mojang.