Mojang Reassures Minecraft Fans about Microsoft Deal

Mojang reassures Minecraft fans about Microsoft deal

The boss of Minecraft-maker Mojang has reassured fans worried about what's going to happen when Microsoft assumes control.

A $2.5bn (PS1.5bn) deal that will see Microsoft acquire Mojang was announced in mid-September.

However, Vu Bui, chief operating officer of Mojang said that there were no plans in the offing to change the game, or to change what players could do with it.

Feedback from players would be crucial to develop the game, he said.

"Nothing's likely to change," stated Mr Bui. "We don't have any plans to change and obviously, I'm not able to talk much about the deal and I don't know everything, but we're here, and the game's in place and everything is the same as it was before."

Open view

Mojang said that he's always been trying to keep the excitement that made the game popular.

"Maintaining that original culture is really difficult," he said. "It's an ideal culture that values the community and allows it to be free to play as they please with the game and to make it their own.

"It is absolutely the intention to continue, as it always been, to keep doing this," he said to the BBC during an BBC interview at London's Olympia exhibition center in which he was delivering an address to the Brand Licensing Europe trade fair.

Mr. best minecraft minigames Bui acknowledged that the deal was "still in the process of being finalized" but said that the intention of Mojang was to continue to work closely with its huge community of players.

Many players of the block-building game have expressed fears about what might happen when Microsoft has the ultimate say.

Markus Persson (aka Notch) is the Minecraft creator. He wrote about the reasons he was approaching Microsoft. He wrote that it was too much for him to manage and was becoming an burden.

He wrote, "I can't take responsibility for something like this," shortly after details of the deal were disclosed.

He said, "It's about my sanity. It's not about money." "It's all about my sanity."

Bui stated that there would be some changes in the near future. However, they will still be based on the input, comments and feedback from fans.

The current system, in which Minecraft developers collaborate long before it is added is expected to be maintained.

He added, "We don't keep our features secret."

This openness would also operate in the same way as Mojang began to reveal the latest titles developers were working on even although the studio wasn't yet ready to talk specifics the details, he said.

Once they were ready, said Mr. Bui, Mojang would let players test the first versions of a game and help the title's creators refine it , and help it become an actual commercial property.

Similar strategies were utilized for Minecraft. Mojang wanted the same method to be used again since it was proven to benefit developers when they worked on a project.

It was not about trying to duplicate the success of Minecraft to create a new game that was as well-liked. Bui stated that it was more about faith in the overall plan.

He said, "We believe that model." "Regardless of the art form you choose, people should definitely invest their time and energy in what they believe in, regardless of whether it will be successful.

"That's an excellent effort," he added.

The same way, he added, Mojang believed that it was a mistake for anyone to attempt to control or influence the Minecraft community and decide what can and can't be done in the game.

He also said it was better to move out of the way.

"People are at their best when you let them do what they want," said Mr Bui. While you need to provide them with some guidelines and guidelines, they are capable of coming up with better ideas than we could.

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