Was microsoft buying minecraft worth it

Mojang has today announced that the rumoured buyout by Microsoft is going ahead for "a smooth $2.5 billion" (£1.54 billion), while the founders are also leaving the company.

Markus "Notch" Persson, creator of Minecraft and majority shareholder at the Swedish game company, agreed to the deal after the massive success of the world-building sandbox became too much.

"He's decided that he doesn't want the responsibility of owning a company of such global significance," wrote Mojang's Owen Hill in today's confirmation announcement.

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"Over the past few years he's made attempts to work on smaller projects, but the pressure of owning Minecraft became too much for him to handle. The only option was to sell Mojang."

This is a telling tale considering the fate of other Mojang projects over the years, including the mildly disappointing

Scrolls and the canned space sandbox

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Joining Notch in his exodus from the company will be co-founders Carl Manneh and Jakob Porsér, whose futures are yet unknown.

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