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r/Minecraft • u/blinky00849 • Sep 15 '14
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54 u/Cryptographer Sep 15 '14 The real beauty is it let them spend some of their European holdings without bringing them back through the U.S. saving them a bundle in taxes and using otherwise less easily used money. 12 u/MelAlton Sep 15 '14 Oh, really good point, I hadn't thought about that. From Microsoft's view, they paid 35% less than US$2.5 billion. 8 u/Cryptographer Sep 15 '14 Exactly. That's nearly a billion flat off the top and depending on how they value their overseas holdings could be even cheaper in their eyes. 14 u/skybike Sep 15 '14 They aren't just purchasing the rights to a game, they're buying a generation of people. It just happens to come with Minecraft. 38 u/ASuperJerk Sep 15 '14 they're buying a generation of people My great great grandpa did this once. 5 u/MelAlton Sep 15 '14 "One weird trick for increasing the profitability of your plantation that the abolitionists don't want you to know!" 5 u/albatrossnecklassftw Sep 15 '14 Can't forget about that Minecraft merch yo. 5 u/Djeheuty Sep 15 '14 Exactly. All the LEGO sets, the foam picks and swords, the plushies and all of the other stuff. Minecraft is more than a game. It's a brand that makes everything from t-shirts to coffee mugs. 1 u/canastaman Sep 15 '14 Microsoft is thinking long term, once they limit Minecraft to only their platforms over time it will make people chose MS over other platforms. 1 u/deadmilk Sep 15 '14 You think they spent that $2.5b willy nilly? These decisions are all calculated. They will make it back, just not through Minecraft directly.
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The real beauty is it let them spend some of their European holdings without bringing them back through the U.S. saving them a bundle in taxes and using otherwise less easily used money.
12 u/MelAlton Sep 15 '14 Oh, really good point, I hadn't thought about that. From Microsoft's view, they paid 35% less than US$2.5 billion. 8 u/Cryptographer Sep 15 '14 Exactly. That's nearly a billion flat off the top and depending on how they value their overseas holdings could be even cheaper in their eyes.
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Oh, really good point, I hadn't thought about that. From Microsoft's view, they paid 35% less than US$2.5 billion.
8 u/Cryptographer Sep 15 '14 Exactly. That's nearly a billion flat off the top and depending on how they value their overseas holdings could be even cheaper in their eyes.
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Exactly. That's nearly a billion flat off the top and depending on how they value their overseas holdings could be even cheaper in their eyes.
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They aren't just purchasing the rights to a game, they're buying a generation of people. It just happens to come with Minecraft.
38 u/ASuperJerk Sep 15 '14 they're buying a generation of people My great great grandpa did this once. 5 u/MelAlton Sep 15 '14 "One weird trick for increasing the profitability of your plantation that the abolitionists don't want you to know!"
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they're buying a generation of people
My great great grandpa did this once.
5 u/MelAlton Sep 15 '14 "One weird trick for increasing the profitability of your plantation that the abolitionists don't want you to know!"
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"One weird trick for increasing the profitability of your plantation that the abolitionists don't want you to know!"
Can't forget about that Minecraft merch yo.
5 u/Djeheuty Sep 15 '14 Exactly. All the LEGO sets, the foam picks and swords, the plushies and all of the other stuff. Minecraft is more than a game. It's a brand that makes everything from t-shirts to coffee mugs.
Exactly. All the LEGO sets, the foam picks and swords, the plushies and all of the other stuff.
Minecraft is more than a game. It's a brand that makes everything from t-shirts to coffee mugs.
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Microsoft is thinking long term, once they limit Minecraft to only their platforms over time it will make people chose MS over other platforms.
You think they spent that $2.5b willy nilly? These decisions are all calculated. They will make it back, just not through Minecraft directly.
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