Microsoft needs Minecraft to boost mobile ambitions
Found on Reuters on Sunday, 14 September 2014
The software company's Windows Phone system has only 2.5 percent of the world's smartphone market, and its Surface tablet barely more, according to tech research firm IDC.
Markus Persson, the game's creator and co-founder of Mojang, said last year that Windows phones are so insignificant in terms of market share that they are not worth developing for.
Microsoft is expected to pay close to $2.5 billion for Mojang, or about 8 times sales last year.
Most likely MS will ruin it. New versions then rely on Windows-only features in an attempt to force users to switch. That will not happen because users will just abandon Minecraft if MS decides to block older versions like they do with Skype. Chances are that Redmond will spy on users just like they do in Skype too.