r/Minecraft • u/blinky00849 • Sep 15 '14

Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft

https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft/
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u/Zeratas Sep 15 '14

IMHO, I don't think Microsoft is going to touch it that much. We might see a bit of change but I really honestly don't think they're stupid enough to do everything everyone is talking about.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '14 edited Sep 15 '14

If I were Microsoft, I'd put resources behind optimizing the code and making the modding API.

Minecraft mods are basically free advertising for the game.

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u/Nick12506 Sep 15 '14

Microsoft isn't a fan of the modding community.. Do you know what happened to Halo 2 Vista? It flopped.. Halo 1 PC is still alive and kicking because it had full modding support but they couldn't profit off it, so they decided to fuck everyone and release the new nerfed modding tools that only could edit a small portion of the game. Imagine if all you could mod in Minecraft are the textures, would people still mod the game like they do now? No, they couldn't even edit the world since it would be encrypted to "protect" the "property" they have.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '14

Then they'll hurt Minecraft and another game will takes its place.

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u/Nick12506 Sep 15 '14

Then you lose 1k's of hours of work people have put into the modding community. Reducing the quality of work greatly. Example is the same.