The Games Cabin writes - "Microsoft's confirmed the deal with Mojang, Minecraft is now the property of Microsoft. Reactions around the world are varying with fans of the hit game worried that Microsoft may not support their chosen console or device, (they will,) and others pondering what Microsoft has in store for the developer and their cherished product.
Then we have industry professionals weighing in on Twitter, some with tweets of amazement, shock and some just plain out trolling."
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
I think it's becoming clear based on matt bootys comments there's no future for any IP that can't sell above 10 million within the launch window. But is also a small game that gives them prestige
/S it's beyond a joke right now
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
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LOL @ kazhirai account
lol at the title.. industry reactions list 3 people and one fake account
Most reactions have been positive from the industry and gamers.
Edit: I've been on Reddit all morning. /r/Gaming /r/Minecraft and several others have fairly positive reactions.
Microsoft got ripped off. This is similar to the Beats deal. Paying lots of money for an ok product at best because it is popular with the younger generation. I would rather have them innovate and compete but, clearly they don' want to do that.
-This is a billion dollar marketing buyout.
How did this get approved, the article is ridiculous.
I'm not a fan of Minecraft, it's just not my thing however I think Microsoft has been clear over it's plans in the short term and we can either take the news at face value or moan and gossip, which does nothing bar increase some users blood pressure.
Either way, who do I speak to about getting the few mintues of my life it took me to read the article back?