edit: Also I hope this wouldn't kill any momentum to get Minecraft on the Occulus Rift. Something tells me MS wouldn't be so happy to have a first class game experience on a competitor's hardware/platform.
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#12Link to read the article without a subscription: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...
Still blocked for me. I agree with thepumpkin1979: I hit that paywall every single time. Can we have a rule against posting links with paywalls? WSJ and other websites can either disable it for HN or we don't link to these websites at all.
(I just searched for Minecraft Wall Street Journal, and that got me the link.)
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#13I hit that paywall every single time. Can we have a rule against posting links with paywalls? WSJ and other websites can either disable it for HN or we don't link to these websites at all.
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#14Would this mean they'd split the 2 billions by themselves? ... wow. I wonder how do the employees feel about this.
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#16This is interesting given that Mojang doesn't actually own the Minecraft IP, they license it from Notch who owns it (I believe) exclusively, that's how he's able to pull in hundreds of millions per year while Mojang makes a much smaller amount. Notch previously said he's had an offer in the $2bn region and turned it down[1] so this seems /weird/, that said anything is possible! [1] https://twitter.com/notch/status/44…
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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#20"e Jakob Porsér and Mr. Manneh, the CEO. The trio remains the company's only shareholders and board members." Would this mean they'd split the 2 billions by themselves? ... wow. I wonder how do the employees feel about this.
[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/markus-notch-persso...