[jeannineinsd]

Thoughts on this? I have a couple of Minecraft fans at my house, who aren't quite sure how this will effect the game.

[dfwgator]

Does this mean it will finally run on Windows 8?

[Nervous Tick]

>> driven by a vibrant community we care deeply about

This is what is important today.

Society is SOOO screwed.

[Jonty30]

I can’t see Microsoft having bought the game that they could have just simply licensed unless they saw son other application to it.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Thoughts on this? I have a couple of Minecraft fans at my house, who aren't quite sure how this will effect the game.

Get ready for ads interrupting the activity.

And you call them fans? You mean they only are on Minecraft a little? When our little "fans" are not playing Minecraft they are watching YouTube videos about Minecraft.

I have to say though it is amazing how much work goes into building those worlds but I do wish they was stop the target practice on cute little pigs.

[ctdonath2]

FYI: seems it’s a cash purchase, and one person owns the majority - just some guy who wrote a nifty little sandbox game, and had no billion-dollar aspirations.

[Safrguns]

They will ruin it faster than Mojang is.

Been playing it now for 2+ yrs.

Greatest game ever.

I run a server if anyone is interested.

[Hostage]

Microsoft shouldn’t harm it, I hope. I believe this is just a purchase of a marketing channel for them for now.

I have a young fan of it in the house, purchased for Android. I am still a bit puzzled about its educational value but have noticed its popularity among 1st to 3rd grade kids.

It is more constructive as opposed to the destructiveness of Angry Birds. Kids build things with it and then set explosive charges to blast caves and surfaces and such, all for the purpose of creating something like a mine. But there is a great deal more.

I think it has a lot of potential for Microsoft to tap into these younger kids and help build their problem solving skills; at least I hope.

I reviewed Satya Nadella’s background and am impressed. Traditional family type of person. He was hired from the ranks, worked his way up. Good to see the old fashioned way of promotion and advancement is still alive in our USA.

I have also seen Microsoft’s Surface 3 Pro and am really impressed. For years I haven’t been positive about anything from Microsoft but maybe now they are turning a corner. I do wish though their XBox line would focus more on education and training rather than combat and sports.

[BRK]

I wonder if they will add Herobrine back? That's my only question.

If you want to have a weird experience in minecraft, download the "web display" mod and once you get it all set up (and good luck with that!), watch a Netflix zombie movie on the side of your house, in minecraft.