Mojang acquistata da Microsoft: le reazioni degli sviluppatori

Una notizia molto commentata nelle ultime ore.

News di Gilles Nicoli Contributor

Aggiornato il 16 Settembre 2014

L'acquisizione di Mojang da parte di Microsoft non ha ricevuto solo commenti da parte degli analisti di mercato, ma anche reazioni da parte di tutta la comunità videoludica, a partire dagli stessi sviluppatori.

Gamespot ha fatto un ottimo lavoro raccogliendo moltissimi tweet: qui vi facciamo una piccola selezione. Partiamo da Markus "Notch" Persson e alcuni interni di Mojang.

Respectfully, I'm not going to be doing any interviews.
— notch (@notch) September 15, 2014

Everyone is still here. We have to see what Microsoft brings to the table. Talks with them soon I hope? :D
— Erik Broes (@_grum) September 15, 2014

Lots of people asking what this means for me personally. Thank you all for your concern <3 I will remain at Mojang for now & see how it goes
— Nathan Adams (@Dinnerbone) September 15, 2014

Chiudiamo questa breve rassegna con altri quattro tweet scritti da Robert Boyd (di Zeboyd Games), Mike Bithell (sviluppatore di Thomas Was Alone), Chris Remo (di Campo Santo) e Chet Faliszek (di Valve):

To anyone thinking $2.5 bil for Minecraft was too much, think of it this way - this is as close to buying the Pokemon IP as you can get.
— Robert Boyd - Soldier 3rd Class (@werezompire) September 15, 2014

Minecraft will be seen among history's most foundational games. An entire generation of games and designers will be different because of it.
— Chris Remo (@chrisremo) September 15, 2014

A $2.5 billion money hat composed of $100 USD bills would roughly weigh 55,000 pounds.
— Chet Faliszek at Blue Sky not Here (@chetfaliszek) September 15, 2014