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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Even if you disregard that, he fucking sold minecraft to microsoft. He is the biggest offender ever in terms of killing games.

[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago

Lets be honest... if someone walks up to you and offers 2 fucking billion dollars for a block game you made on the whim.... youd take the money.

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

It still blows my mind that someone thought Minecraft was worth two billion dollars. ...in 2014. .......and they seemed to be mostly correct.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Mostly? Pretty sure Microsoft has seen s profit on that purchase.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago

Wasn't he already rich, though? Once you're over, like, $10mm, you don't really need to work anymore.

And then when he took the money, I think he just squandered it on bullshit.

If someone handed me 2 billion dollars I'd probably be building trains and houses, or maybe something for the climate crisis. Not jerking off alone in a house full of candy. He's a shithead failure of a human, if that's all he's done.

[-] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

In the context of SKG, Minecraft seems pretty unkillable to me.

  • Solid single player experience
  • Vibrant ecosystem of people hosting their own servers

If Microsoft disappeared overnight, everyone could still play Minecraft.

I guess there is a login system, but back when I used to play MC, you could play offline with cracked copies.

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