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Robby Altair
#1 - 2014-09-10 15:24:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Robby Altair
Yes. It looks like it might just be MS-Creeper. Going for somewhere above $2,000,000,000.

Minecraft Is Expected to Be Acquired by Microsoft( September 9, 2014)

Revenue from Minecraft was $360 million last year, up 38% from the previous year.

Ref(Edit):
Microsoft set to buy Minecraft's developer Mojang, say reports
Microsoft Near $2 Billion Deal for Minecraft Maker

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Jur Tissant
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2014-09-10 15:49:05 UTC
I read an article about Notch's PC setup. His startup company is apparently worth more than $2 billion and he still uses an IBM Model M keyboard from the 90s.

Anyways, as long as there are clear-cut restrictions allowing Mojang to keep charge of development it might be OK but the last thing I'd like to see are content patches released exclusively on XBL.
Robby Altair
#3 - 2014-09-10 18:28:29 UTC
Jur Tissant wrote:
I read an article about Notch's PC setup. His startup company is apparently worth more than $2 billion and he still uses an IBM Model M keyboard from the 90s.


That picture of the IBM Model M keyboard gave me a ping of nostalgia for the old EDP Department. One stack of keyboards post-noted fixed, and another stack of keyboards post-noted broke.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#4 - 2014-09-12 03:48:40 UTC
The guy is going to be set for life.
Jur Tissant
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-09-12 11:07:11 UTC
Anyways, $2 billion is quite a chunk of change even for a giant like Microsoft. The fact that they're willing to spend so much means they think they can make at least $2,000,000,000.01 off of it. I can only imagine what monstrous schemes they have for doing so: paid updates and DRM come to mind.