On this day 10 years ago, Microsoft acquired #Minecraft developer Mojang for US$2.5 billion.
https://minecraft.wiki/w/Mojang_Studios#History

In a blog post announcing the purchase, Owen Jones wrote: “Everything is going to be OK. <3”
http://web.archive.org/web/20140915131835/https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft/

Ten years later, Mojang now has been part of Microsoft almost twice as long as it has been independent.

It’s interesting to look back at the original announcement video from Xbox as well:
https://youtu.be/lXNWchwDiG8

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    • thawed_caveman@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Dude i remembered six months in advance and still lost my account because the process was a disaster. I haven’t played it since.

        • django
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          2 days ago

          I like minetest, but it is not a exact copy of the minecraft experience and many tutorials for more complicated machinery won’t translate easily to it.

          If i buy a game, which doesn’t need a microsoft account, I would like it to stay that way.