Sunday, September 14, 2014

Fans outraged over ‘Minecraft’ affair – Aftonbladet

There are many indications that the Swedish game studio Mojang intends to sell the company and “Minecraft” privileges can to Microsoft.

It has made many fans upset.

– I hope you do not sell us out fans. Microsoft will mean the end of “Minecraft,” notes the signature Todd Heckert.

Mojang founder Markus Persson has always defended the company independently and repeatedly turned down offers from third parties. That’s why many players and “Minecraft” TM fans seen Persson as a role model in the game world.

But, now that major publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg argues that it is only a matter of time before Microsoft buys the Swedish game studio, many people express their disappointment against Persson.

“Do not sell out”

– I hope you do not sell us out fans. Microsoft will mean the end of “Minecraft,” claims the signature Todd Heckert on Twitter.

– This is how the indie values ​​go out the window when money lures, writes Cathy-Anne O’Brien .

– Please, Microsoft, do not destroy “Minecraft” as you did with “Banjo-Kazooie” writes Aftonbladet reader Johan Ninja and aimed at corporate takeover of game studio Rare.

But it’s not just the fans who are skeptical. On IGN warns Editor Justin Davis to Microsoft could stop updating the Playstation versions of “Minecraft”, and force people to use Windows to access the PC version.



“Have my driving lessons too”

PC Gamers Evan Lahti believes that Persson jeopardize “Minecraft’s” future by selling Mojang to Microsoft, claiming that the technology giant will inevitably want to exploit the game.

Markus Persson himself has not said a peep about the alleged affair. On his blog he put recently up a post where he talks about his latest project: level design rendering with specifications from the first “Doom.”

– I love my “Doom” -renderare, despite its quirks and flaws, but I can not spend all my time with it. I have my driving lessons too.

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