Microsoft Buys Minecraft For 2 5 Billion Here S Why Youtube Microsoft has purchased mojang, maker of the massively popular sandbox building game, for $2.5 billion, the swedish game developer announced on monday. the company also announced that founders. Now watch: 6 reasons why 'minecraft' is so incredibly popular. more from business insider . spending the weekend with 12,000 minecraft fanatics helped me understand why microsoft paid $2.5 billion.
Minecraft Bought By Microsoft For 2 5 Billion In their press release about the sale, microsoft said they expect to break even on this acquisition by the end of this fiscal year. that's june 2015. in other words, they expect to make back $2.5. Okay, so this thing is popular. but why is it worth $2.5 billion? because it makes money. thanks to its old school strategy of actually requiring people to buy a game before playing it (instead of. By mia shanley and bill rigby. stockholm seattle (reuters) microsoft corp (msft.o) has agreed to acquire the stockholm based developer of the wildly popular minecraft video game for $2.5 billion. Danny cowan. contributing editor. updated mon, sep 15, 2014 · 3 min read. microsoft confirmed its $2.5 billion purchase of minecraft developer mojang today, with microsofts's head of xbox.
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