Microsoft Deal For ‘Minecraft’ Now Reportedly $2.5 Billion, What Is Microsoft’s Angle?

INQ: How big is Mojang’s Minecraft? It’s on the PC, PlayStation, Xbox, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices for starters. It’s sold over 54 million copies total. A report last week indicated that Microsoft wanted to purchase the developer studio and the game for $2 billion. A new report Saturday claims the purchase amount is actually $500,000 higher. Many are wondering why Microsoft would spend that amount of money for a single game franchise.

[christocolus]

There is definitly a lot more to this buyout. This isn't just about xbox it also has something to do with MS pc and mobile plans. Mojang may also have some other ambitious stuff planned and might even be expanding the studio.

Whatever it is i wish both parties the best of luck.

[-Alpha]

Right on.

Minecraft is huge, and it is absolutely a lot bigger than Mario at this moment, especially for the younger audience. Xbox as a brand can seriously benefit from capturing the younger audience with Xbox exclusivity, but the deal is bigger than just Xbox

People are underestimating how big Minecraft is, and as a 23 year old, it's not something people our age are aware of. I work with kids, and I can see just how big Minecraft is. It's creating a generation of positive kids who are playing a positive video game that has positive benefits. Parents love this.

Considering that Minecraft is massive on PC, Xbox, tablets, and phones, these territories are huge for MS. Xbox is just a fraction of this buyout, but Xbox can benefit nicely.

It's also rather incredible that Minecraft has been loved by educators, and that schools are purchasing Minecraft for curriculum related ends. The game has become a cultural phenomenon

And it's not surprising either: there is an incredible amount of wonder, creativity, and problem solving that comes out of placing blocks around, and I really think that Minecraft is big for the target audience. There are millions of kids who are going to grow up and be introduced to gaming by Minecraft first, and I can't say that it's a bad strategy for MS to buy out the studio/IP.

[Hellsvacancy]

Nicely said = well said

My daughter LOVES Minecraft (she's 6) you should see the crazy imaginative worlds she's built, it really makes me smile when she takes guides me through her world

If Minecraft 2 was an XB1 exclusive I would possibly be forced to buy one, i would never hear the end of it

[Clown_Syndr0me]

I dont get how kids play this.
Im 23 also, and I find it so hard. Takes me hours to make anything, and I dont have the stamina lol!
Plus it gets quite complex..

[UltimateMaster]

What's Microsoft take on it?
Trying to be relevant.
Xbox One aren't selling as well as the PS4, so why not make a move on one of the most popular game.
That's the only reason I could think of.
The other would just be for the money.
Cutting Minecraft out of every other system would surely diminish future sales of the studio.

[mrpsychoticstalker]

Well said. It's incredibly that still ignorant people disagrees with you. It's pathetic. This game is everywhere.

[troylazlow]

This is great news! *Grabs popcorn*

[Pogmathoin]

My 7 year old has thought more about this game than any other source..... Builds much quicker than me too.... Its like the kids today are born with this in their genes......

[Gorilla_Killa_X]

The acquisition is not about the XBox brand but a way to try and help boost their mobile market share. Right now Minecraft is not available on Windows phones. But Microsoft will put it there and hopes that it will help sell more Windows phones. BTW, an estimated 40% of all minecraft game copies have been purchased on mobile phones.

[GrandTheftZamboni]

Microsoft is trying to penetrate the market that doesn't care about graphics.

:)

[maniacmayhem]

Exactly,

I have a son and him and his friends all play Minecraft. I go to his school and I see kids wearing Mincraft shirts. This game has become a phenomenon.

I also agree with christocolus, I think Mojang may have something in the works that MS needs to have whether it be Minecraft 2 or something bigger.

[Kidmyst]

I play Minecraft on the PS4 with my 3 year old mostly(in peaceful mode) and he loves it. He does like the creepers though! Fun game and it's like Lego's but in a big world, although I play on survival mode manily for the Trophies. Once I get them all then I'll switch to creative mode to build my Myst style worlds.

[miyamoto]

...and M$ is going to destroy another "RareWare".

[Soc5]

You don'think a lot of gamers will be turned off by the buyout? And slowly abandon it. Since part of the appeal of minecraft is that it's an indie type game that wasn't pushed out by the triple A studios.

[gameDevWannaBe]

2.5 for a one hit wonder studio?

[Gamer1982]

This cant be about selling Xboxes though as, as big as Minecraft is it's still not selling the kind of numbers that would propel Xbox not to mention make MS money back on this investment. Mojang make about 150 million a year thats with the game and the memorabilia. That minecraft hype will die down each year and that profit will lower. It's why developers always release new sequels. You can't really do much with minecraft. Better graphics just won't do.
Making it exclusive to Xbox would just make sure MS loses most of its 2 billion investment which is crazy even for MS. Shareholders would simply not allow it.

[wsoutlaw87]

this game has already sold to everyone that wants it. Games that get that huge do it because everyone wants to check out what everyones talking about. People play it then move on. ms would be crazy to think that mincraft will continue to sell or that minecraft 2 would make back the well over 2.5 billion $ it would take to justify this purchase. They would be stupid to not release it on ios and android, but even if they did make it exclusive to ms devices, everyone would just play on pc.

[BattleAxe]

I think it's also to get kids familiarized with Microsoft products at an early age. There are a huge amount of kids playing Minecraft, just like many of us used to play Super Mario Bros back in the 80's, this is their Super Mario Bros.

[The_KELRaTH]

It's interesting you mention mention Mario in the 80's as there were many game adventure creator games on the Atari 800 etc that were just like Minecraft but back then the blocks were due to hardware limitations :)

[ThanatosDMC]

Lol. Topic creator cant count. $2.5 billion is $2B plus $500M not $500K. If it's only $500K more then it would be $2.0005B.

[mhunterjr]

You're right. This definitely isn't just about xbox. They could have 2.5 billion is enough money to launch several studios, or would have been enough to launch te xb1 at a loss to improve the value proposition. This money definately comimg with something else in mind.

[assdan]

No game mojang makes will ever be as big as minecraft.

[mixelon]

Crazy to think, but no game anyone makes could ever be as big as minecraft.

It's a pretty strange phenomena. :D

[getrektedmate]

Why not invest that 2.5 billion on your first party studios?

[user367272]

You guys know minecraft is not only on console right? It is more significant on the mobile front and this is part of MS plan is to corporate the game for XB1, PC, and mobile users for crossplay and potentially can be a killer app for MS devices including surfaces and of course the xb1. It will be more than just another in-house first party game for one console.

[DarkOcelet]

I cant believe the disagrees you got , i guess people dont want AAA exclusive games aside from minecraft :/

[christocolus]

He is getting disagrees cos he has his facts all wrong. Read my reply to him.

[FITgamer]

...because Microsoft caters to the casual market first.

[christocolus]

Pls.. 6 new inhouse studios were announced just last month. MS still has 2nd party exclusives and will continue to invest in their 1st party but nothing is stopping then from investing into 3rd party and making aquisitions like this. Deals like these will keep expanding their 1st party studios in the end so how is it a bad thing again?

www.thesixthaxis.com/2014/08/ 21/new-microsoft-first-party-st udios-outed/

[DarkOcelet]

Come on Chris do you really think minecraft worth 2.5 billion , with that money we could have 25 AAA new ips or sequels that actually were amazing ( Alan Wake or more 360 exclusives ) , or did you forget the last 3 years of the 360 , it had nothing new . I mean kinect only exclusives which nobody asked for . There is a reason people went to the PS4 this gen because last gen Microsoft really dropped the ball with zero support to new ips , more exclusives . They just went with the thing that brought only money to them . They never cared for us and i am afraid this cycle will continue this gen too .

[bleedsoe9mm]

people act like they spend this 2.5 billion means its not being spent somewhere else , 2.5 billion is a trivial number to ms , if they think they need to spend on new or buy exisisting ip's or buy new studio or create them ms has the resources to do it and without it having much of a effect to their bottom line .

[ShowGun901]

@bleedsoe9mm

money spent in one place is ALWAYS money not spent elsewhere... why do you think, during the last couple years of the 360, we got ONLY kinect shovelware, and no big AAA exclusives? because M$ has infinite money? Also, to investors, 2.5 BILLION is quite a bit of money, which they'd better see again lol! its only a small amount looking through the lenses of a GARAUNTEED RETURN. then its an investment...

if people with your degree of business savy ran M$, they'd be outta business by the end of the year...

[bleedsoe9mm]

@ShowGun901 i like how people are second guessing ms business decisions . mojang and the minecraft ip isn't being picked out of thin air neither is the number they are willing to pay nor is the fact that its international company that gives them an advantage when it comes to tax liability . mojang and to a greater degree minecraft has the ability to effect everything ms does not just for the xbox brand . if you think this acquisition effects what they spend on software for xbox you are completely naive to the way these deals come together . if In the final year of xbox they decided the need to spend money on ip to drive sales it would have been spent , but they didn't need too simple as that .

[wsoutlaw87]

it doesnt matter what studios they opened 2.5 billion is a crazy amount for minecraft and could have been used in other ways. How in hell do they expect to make billions back on minecraft and how long will that take.
@bleed If you think ms has unlimited money you are just being ridiculous. MS has shareholders and everything they do, especially for 2.5b $ needs to be profitable. If they could spend whatever they wanted the xbox one would have some games right now and would have been cheaper with better hardware. The game has sold a ton, but a lot of the sales were at a cheap price, and they sold multiple copies to the same people.

[All_Consoles]

Is mojang not a first party studio if they are bought?

What about the 7 other studios formed by microsoft in the past year alone

[DarkOcelet]

But my question isnt 2 billion just too much for just one game ?

[DOMination-]

Who cares. Its not your money?

[mhunterjr]

This obviously isn't about just about xbox, that's why. If they had 2.5 billion lying around for xbox, surely they WOULD have invested more into the hardware first party.

At the reveal, they said they invested 1billion dollars for the first 12months of xbox 1 software. Now they are throwing 2.5 billion at a single company. Something else is going on here, and it isn't about xbox.

[maniacmayhem]

How do you know that MS hasn't already spent that amount on their first party studios? MS already announced 5 new 1st party studios.

And didn't MS announce they spent over a billion on game development during their reveal? Didn't they announce they invested in an insane amount of servers, not to mention this cloud, DX12, and they are constantly focusing on Xbox One updates. All that means money invested in their gaming division.

This deal with Mojang is just part of MS investing in their 1st party studios especially if they buy Mojang and make them a 1st party studio.

[Fanci]

@The_Infected
Invest 2.5 billion in the hardware to make it top of the line so the Xbox One costs thousands of dollars? Or so they can sell if for $500 and loose tons of money on each console? Makes no sense.

[MajorGecko]

this is why i didnt buy an Xbox One imagine how many AAA new IP's they could have made with 2.5 billion..but its going to MINECRAFT proud to have switched from 360 to ps4 :)

[equal_youth]

this thought can make one really sad :( all this games that could have been...

[Sitdown]

Pretty sure this was not the reason why.....especially since Microsoft has brought on some pretty good developers, purchased Gears, and helped 3rd parties fund titles. Then add in that there is nothing that said Microsoft can't fund new ips in addition to this purchase. And what about this.... This purchase could partly be about funding new ips. Or this purchase brings in new money for new ips.

[SkippyPaccino]

I know...a typical high quality AAA game cost between 50 to 150 millions to make. That means Microsoft could use that money and make 25 AAA exclusive (100 millions each) and Mojang will keep making Xbox ports for free.

This is more a move to keep it away from Android, IOS and PlayStation. (even if they said they wouldn't, we all know minecraft 2 will be 100% exclusive)

[conanlifts]

They could have bought destiny 5 times.

[SuperBlur]

Do we know for sure it is MS that is in talk to buy them?

Like that "Google trying to buy Twitch" when all this time it was Amazon

..

[Mega24]

Actually, all this time was indeed google who was looking to buy Twitch, at the last second, they backed out and Amazon went in for the kill.

[SuperBlur]

oh i had no idea =/

[badz149]

Actually Google was "restricted" from buying Twitch because they already own Youtube and so as not to create a monopoly. Amazon just swooped in after that without having to fight Google.

[OpieWinston]

Minecraft is the new lego.

It's a no brainer deal.

They need to get rid of some of their offshore cash.
They've got a studio selling themselves to become even bigger.
How do you sell phones and tablets? Exclusive features/Games/Comfort/Etc...
Surface is now selling well, they need to keep that momentum going with games like Minecraft from Mojang.

Look at the success of the Lego Movie...Minecraft movies could make some serious money.

For Xbox specifically...3 major things sold the 360.
Halo(Multi Billion dollar franchise)
Gears of War(Billion dollar franchise)
Minecraft (Sold 13 million units on 360)

[gootimes]

I don't know, my nephews have already moved on to Terraria... I don't hear as much talk about it from people like I used to. In it's prime people used to be obsessed with it though for sure. I think money could be better spent trying to create the NEW big game through already owned studios, rather than buy ip's to games that used to be the hot thing...

[Mega24]

I've never seen a Surface in the wild, seen many Ipads, and full on laptops from dell and hp that try to be tablets, but never a Surface.

Microsoft isn't that good with hardware, they should stick with software.

[OpieWinston]

What kind of rock do you live under?

I had 3 guys alone in my class who owned Surfaces.

Most people I know find Ipads to be overpriced peaces of trash.

Then again I don't live under a rock.

[TongkatAli]

I live in New York, almost every day I see Ipads on the train, never seen a surface.

[nix]

Opie, you need to be more attentive in class. It's "pieces" not "peaces".

Kids, these days. I tell you.

[f50liv_imposter1]

OpieWinston, what the hell you on. I think everyone knows that Ipads are much more popular and Surfaces are hardly even known. I have never seen someone with a surface and i know plenty who own an ipad including me

[koolaid251]

Sony isn't good with software they should stick to hardware.

[Mega24]

@Opie

I live in a house, to my knowledge its not a rock. Maybe you come from a place of hipsters or something, Ipads can be seen everywhere, they are so popular, my professors used them at my university.

@Koolaid

If you mean software like Sony Vega, then you are very wrong, its one of the best editing software I've used. But if you mean as for their phones, than yeah.

[spacedelete]

MS with that Destiny fragrance jab at Sony about there being something smelly going on but then go and buy a game thats already on almost every system imaginable. pot meet kettle. kettle meet pot.

[KakashiHotake]

2.5 billion seem to be too much to be spending on this deal. I'm really starting to worry about Microsoft. Every move they make nowadays appear to be out of desperation. Their just throwing millions and billions around like it grow on trees. I get it that they're a wealthy company but they didn't get this wealthy by just throwing money away. I hope they know what their doing because given their recent track record and business decisions you would think the company is being ran by children.

[equal_youth]

on spot ^^

[thecowsaysmoo]

You guys still don't get it do you? Although this is going to benefit xbox,mobile and windows pc that isn't the reason why MS is buying Minecraft. They are going to use Minecraft as a way to promote windows servers azure. Think about all the minecraft servers. They can easily force people to switch to windows azure to host the game. That can generate them billions of dollars easily.

@Kakashi

MIcrosoft is ran by people way smarter than us. That is why they are making record breaking profits.

[WeAreLegion]

All the intelligence in the world can't buy you wisdom or sense.

[ThanatosDMC]

Azure is pointless when they all ready have servers ready for minecraft.

[Agent_hitman]

Wow spending 2billion just for this company/IP is completely insane. MS could have just use it to build new studios and new IPs for their xbox , windows and mobile plarform then it would be much better.

Its strange that MS used to do this kind of stuff, buying exclusivity, companies just to expand their influence.. What kind of strategy is that?.

That 2 billion is enough as an initial investment for new studios and projects

[Niv]

500 000 ain't. 500 000 000

[HOLDERofFOOD]

Aye, needs to be edited in the description.

[Gamerbeyond]

microsoft is just using its F U money.

[True_Samurai]

Fun Fact: MS has over 85 Billion dollars overseas. The reason they won't bring it home is because of tax effects. So what's the best way of using that cash? Buying out of the country companies.

http://www.bloomberg.com/ne...

[CerealKiller]

Yes also especially because the $ is appreciating so if they don't spend it now they will have a "paper loss" when they consolidate their financials.

[gootimes]

So MS is just another greedy company that refuses to help improve the economy in the US by sending jobs overseas, AND they don't want to pay taxes to the country they claim to be from... Class of a business if you ask me, just classy. How greedy and scummy can companies get? Seriously.

And people say we should support Micro because they are an American company? But they wont return the favor and support the American people... Just a classy, patriotic, American company. What a joke.

[badz149]

Just like Apple

[ShowGun901]

these are the reasons i REFUSE to get an xbox, not so much because of the xbox itself or the games, M$ is just such a shady company... their business practices just astound me, i cant believe people support them just to play halo...

don't sell out your values just for a game or two people...

[bleedsoe9mm]

this is why 2.5 billion is nothing to them especially for a company that helps all of microsoft not just the xbox division

[CerealKiller]

I think 2.5B is insane for a one hit wonder developer especially when the deal won't include the rights to the said game. They could have bought any independent developer for that amount. That amount gives Mojang a much higher valuation than Take-Two, who owns some of the most talented development studios in the industry and the most valuable IPs.
As said before this is more about Microsoft's mobile push than Xbox consoles and the fact that this was a overseas acquisition was a huge contributing factor.

[t0mmyb0y]

Is this another "Microsoft invests in stupid shit" deal. They go all out on what they think is a good idea (CoD timed exclusive map packs). Maybe they should invest in some indie studios.

[voodoochild346]

Xbox fanboys don't think indies count as games so they would contradict their fanbase.

[hello12]

Microsoft has started hiring for 5 new first party studios. We don't know exactly what games they'll be making though?

http://abload.de/img/lxp9es...

2.5 billion does sound like a lot of money to me, but i doubt Microsoft would be spending that kind of money without having done their due-diligence first.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

ms is a very short-sighted company. 2.5 billion dollars that could have been spent internally on first party studios or more r&d. but nope. just throw money as usual~

[ScorpiusX]

Well maybe this time they may get back some return , last 6 billion buy was a waste. (Before nokia)

[Tedakin]

I think the angle is minecraft is fucking huge and they want to own it.

[Jaqen_Hghar]

Minecraft was exclusive to 360 for awhile but didn't help a whole hell of a lot. Unless of course MS were to eliminate all other platforms for the second it won't really make a difference and that would probably piss people off and they would just stick with the first one (see Wii Sports Resort as a casual game that people don't really want a sequel to)

[porkChop]

My problem with this is that Notch criticized Oculus for selling their soul to FB for $2B, now only a few months later he's selling Mojang/Minecraft to Microsoft for $2.5B? Such a hypocrite. Where are his "principles" now?

[ThanatosDMC]

Well, we dont know the exact details. You gotta remember that Notch stands strongly for indies. He was very verbal against EA when they tried to put their dirty hands on indie gaming.

For all we know MS might be trying to forcefully buy them out which might explain why the price of the company might be skyrocketing.

[porkChop]

Mojang is a private company, they aren't publicly traded, so there's no way to do a hostile takeover. If Mojang is being sold to Microsoft it's because Notch is choosing to do so.

[54LK]

500,000,000 and 500,000 Is very different. So is it 2.05 billion or 2.5?

[CerealKiller]

Its $2.5 billion according to Reuters. Whoever wrote the description doesn't know math obviously.

[_LarZen_]

Looking in my crystal ball..this is what I see.

Minecraft is the new Minesweeper that comes with every Windows version. There will be a micro-transaction store in the game.

New content is exclusive to X360,XBO and Windows.

There will be a cartoon series.

A new MMORGP game set in the Minecraft universe. Think Landmark.

Various Minecraft spin-off games.

Minecraft the movie.

Phew....so much information from this old crystal ball.

[kryteris]

just make something better, this is wasteful.

[BlackPhillip666]

Biggest problem i have is this i don't mind the buyout im more about the package end off the day. I own the game on mutable consoles tablets & PC and i like anyone else here knows the vast differences mod's bring to the minecraft experience.

I was truly hoping for some extras with the next gen game more than just an enhanced draw distance. Hell the normal Minecraft on PC has horse's -_-. I would have liked to have seen stuff from Tekkit and FTB added to the game.

I know these are mods and there fore not in off the original minecraft package but they expand upon the experience so much and add so much more to do and build and mine for.

I hope with this buyout comes big improvements over all to what is for offer on the console version instead off the bare bones off the game. Hell I'm sick off not being able to set way points. "Set home" Warp spawn etc.

It seriously restricts what you can and can not do your map ends up spotted with towers off dirt all over the show to try and reconigise crap lol :D.

Add to that i want me some quantum armor are power armor and some mk3 Condensers some glowstones and im happy :D.

[cyhm3112]

I think people are very naive if they think Microsoft will spend nearly as much for xbox as for their other divisions, like mobile. Mobile is their first priority right now. This minecraft deal just prove that. They will easily spend billions of dollars on other divisions, but xbox is not their core business as the CEO has said. They won't spend a lot on exclusive games. just my .02.

[ScorpiusX]

Minecraft Xbox one console exclusive in China. Just a thought.

[Tapani]

What is the angle? They bought exclusivity to one of the most profitable gaming franchises in gaming history. That's what the angle is about.

What is good and bad for gaming, is entirely a different story. I personally do not respect buying out your way to victory, but hey, business is business (sadly to us gamers).

[bettergetdave]

Welcome to MS! We don't really make anything or have original ideas we just throw money at people that do!

[RosweeSon]

Not a single mention for Microsoft's actual angle? I thought we all knew it was 180 ;)

[PiNkFaIrYbOi]

This whole deal just sounds so weird and doesn't really make any sense at all.

[DealWithIt]

Mojang: "$2.5B going once.....going twice....."

MS: "$3B....and make it XB exclusive"

Mojang: "$3B going once.....going twice....."

MS: "$3.5B, with added 'pay-per-block' revenue"

...and it keeps going on

[Yetter]

Minecraft on every copy of windows sold

[kamakaz3md]

Angle? More like how are they going to catch-up...

[neomahi]

Every empire must eventually fall. History has proven this. SEGA had fallen, and Sony are struggling even though their PlayStation division is doing well. Microsoft already made a poor business choice with the Xbox One. This is their next big mistake. If you've ever heard of a one hit wonder, this is it! There's no denying Minecraft was HUGE! But so was Rare at one point. Nintendo knew exactly what they were doing when they let Rare go, especially to MICROSOFT! Microsoft thought they had something but, they don't. Rare was acquired for a hefty sum but, Rare hasn't delivered anything but failure. Now, Sony actually is sitting in a really tight spot with Gaikai as their PlayStation Now isn't going to work. It's outdated software in a service that's far too expensive. However, that service shows longevity if Sony can get it right, which is why everyone isn't busting their chops over the acquision right now, just the service at present. That's a lot of money Microsoft and we know that you're stupid enough to follow through and pick it up on Monday. Everyone told you you were screwed with Xbox One but, you didn't listen until it was too late. WE'RE TELLING YOU THE SAME NOW! If reports are true and you're acquiring it for that much, then you haven't learned a single damn thing. 2.5 million or $25 million would make sense but billions? Are you trying to put Microsoft in financial trouble? Because you're well on your way. Go ahead and do it. We're waiting at the finish line to say: "I told you so." A bunch of morons running Microsoft. This is NOT a smart decision even if you claim you've looked at it from every angle. It's on paper. Rare look good at the time because you saw success. Nintendo knew better. They knew they'd worked with and pushed them as far as they could go and knew when to shed them. Rare's key developers left with their money and once Rare began for Microsoft, they got lazy. Game Over.

[Kingoftherodeo]

while i still don't understand why people play this game. if Microsoft does buy it then what? will they pull the plug on ps3 and ps4 users? or will they continue to sell it and force sony to pay them? either way i see lots of salty psn users if this happens

[SnakeCQC]

This is the insanity that ms has become they lay people off so the ms os is shit but spend insane amounts on stuff like this.

[Kevdater]

How many Xbox exclusive games are rated e none Microsoft is going to destroy minecraft like they did rare

[Father__Merrin]

I see no point in this, I can guarantee the acquiring of minecrasft WILL NOT increase game County on xbox1 mither will it help sales...

I wonder what the real reason is

[Ryan741]

Its good to see Microsoft so pro active in the gaming market rather than just running to the press with sales numbers.

[S2Killinit]

What exactly are they buying the studio for? Why is it worth 2.5 BILLION dollars? The only thing that comes to mind is exclusive minecraft 2. But i mean why? I would assume that pretty soon the whole market will be flooded with minecraft clones. True that they wont initially have the name recognition of minecraft. But they will be essentially the same or similar game experience.

[masterfox]

lol instead of creating or supporting other developers for new IPs, why we don't buy existing ones and make it our own ? way to play dirty MS, still theres one little problem, its hardware(xbone)!!, buying existing IPs won't make your hardware superior, the only thing your doing MS is limiting developers on creating stuff ;), also people don't buy a console or a PC to play Minecraft lol, all sales of that game were from already establish console/PC gamers not from new hardware buyers specifically to play Minecraft.

[taijutsu363]

Angle? Its probably to say "Wanna play Minecraft? Come to Xbox for all your creeper needs."

They may even call it Microcraft 2???!

[urwifeminder]

Nice move popular franchise bring it to mobile platforms anything with MS os .