Henry 2,374 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Microsoft -the parent company of the Xbox and Windows brands -- is apparently "in serious discussions" to purchase Mojang, according to The Wall Street Journal. Mojang, of course, is best-known for its massively popular Minecraft series. WSJ cites "a person with knowledge of the matter" in their story, and says the valuation of Mojang could be more than $2 billion. Microsoft and Mojang both declined to comment to WSJ; we've reached out to Mojang for additional comment. Mojang, founded by developer Markus Persson in 2009, has two still-unreleased games in development -- Cobalt and Scrolls -- as well as Minecraft, which it's still endlessly iterating on with updates and ports. Microsoft's investment to purchase Mojang, if true, would give the company complete control over not only the studio's upcoming games, but it's all-important, insanely lucrative Minecraft series. As of June, the game has sold over 54 million copies, and has actually sold best on consoles, which bodes well for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Source : http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/09/microsoft-in-serious-discussions-to-purchase-minecraft-dev-mojang?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingOnMe 7,250 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 They shouldn't waste their money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 58,947 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Notch and Jebb won't let it happen. He knows that he can make more than that if he keeps the business. I can't be free if my hands are tied... 🧟♀️👰🏻 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cometoogg 0 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 they always have the worst ideas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlaeUrAnus 15,555 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Trying to boost sales for their poor excuse of a console. In my messy era. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladey Gagz 2,512 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman 5,982 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Nooooooooooooooooo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koreku 2,387 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 the desperation for minecraft exclusively on xbox is real You don't deserve a point of view if the only thing you see is you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,247 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Something is wrong when 2 billion doesn't seem like that much to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azor Ahai 18,861 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 They should have done that when the game was at peak. Its fading now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterVSAnimal 0 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 the desperation for minecraft exclusively on xbox is real This. Just like how they have a contract with COD to release map packs a month earlier on Xbox than PS4. This is all a sad attempt to be better than the PS4. And that isn't gonna happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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