MICROSOFT OFFICIALLY BUYS MINECRAFT DEVELOPER MOJANG FOR $2.5 BILLION

The rumors are true: Microsoft is buying Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion. And Mojang founder Markus "Notch" Persson is leaving the company.

Games Industry reports that the press release explains the company "expects the acquisition to be break even in FY15 on a GAAP basis." The acquisition should close later this year.
  

"Gaming is a top activity spanning devices, from PCs and consoles to tablets and mobile, with billions of hours spent each year," said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. "Minecraft is more than a great game franchise - it is an open world platform, driven by a vibrant community we care deeply about, and rich with new opportunities for that community and for Microsoft."
Mojang has confirmed it's being sold to Microsoft for $2.5 billion.

The news was confirmed on the developer's official site, in which it also went into some of the reasons for the decision. As has previously been discussed, a large part of it centers on founder Markus ‘Notch’ Persson growing tired of working for such a big organisation. He and the two other founders, Carl and Jakob are all leaving the company following the deal.

To be honest every Minecraft fans,are like crying now are scared,while others are only scared a little but the owner of Majang still think it will remains big as it was before and hopes to see Minecraft widely available as it is now.Apart form that the game will be continue to available on platforms it is ontoday.Microsoft plans on competing PlayStation,smart move but they can compete if they wont screw it up.

The CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella also think it is a smart move,and also thinks that the company is currently on cross-platform services,and BOOM! Minecraft if the best choice here.Microsoft is also lacking it’s cross-platform credentials in the Windows Phone and Windows 8.1 modern UI,but will soon see it in there.

Apart form all this the creator of Minecraft and Mojang co-founder,Markus”Notch”Persson left maybe they could not stand Microsoft buying Mojang.There’s been a previous argument with Microsoft,Notch had when he said ”stop trying to ruin the PC as an open platform,anyway eventually he still worked for Xbox team to bring Minecraft to Xbox One in September.
He also gave up Minecraft active development some time ago and but still being a creator of such a great game,that he is still in publicly to the game’s development,he said in his personal site.He also said he wants to be a “nerdy computer programmer who likes to have opinions on Twitter” well that’s funny but he can't because he said his notoriety had turned him into a symbol for Minecraft.

“As soon as this deal is finalized, I will leave Mojang and go back to doing Ludum Dares and small web experiments,” Persson said. “If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately.”
Again back to Minecraft,Microsoft expect a ”richer and faster worlds, more powerful development tools, and more opportunities to connect across the Minecraft community” By using its could expertise.

Mojang will receives its regulatory approval before then end of 2014.