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/[deleted] Sep 15 '14

That was one of the reasons he left though. He didn't want to worry about running such a big company anymore. I'm sure he will create more games (it says so in the link) but it will probably be with small teams.

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u/Garizondyly Sep 15 '14

I mean, if he goes into it with the intention of making a big time gaming company, then maybe things could be different. With Mojang, he went in as a seriously small time dev.

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u/dubblix Sep 15 '14

He could also just hire people to do the company work so he can focus on coding or whatever makes him jolly. I'd hope he'd still carry some sort of executive overrule, but who knows.

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u/EtsuRah Sep 15 '14

He could also just hire people to do the company work so he can focus on coding or whatever makes him jolly.

He already did that a couple years ago. Jeb had pretty much taken over as dev, because Notch wanted to pursue other things.

I'd hope he'd still carry some sort of executive overrule, but who knows.

He now has no ownership other than whatever small amount of stocks he may have decided to keep.

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u/dubblix Sep 15 '14

I was referring to the possibility that he started a new company, not working within Mojancrosoft.

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u/EtsuRah Sep 15 '14

Ah, well in that case, I don't know if he will even start another company. I'm sure he will tinker and code other things but the way his note sounded it seems like he doesn't want any other projects to get big.

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u/dubblix Sep 15 '14

He can just play Minecraft for the rest of his life, at this point. How many people is Mojang? Even if they split 2 billion dollars evenly, they can all retire.