Who’s going to tell Markus Persson (Stockholm, 1979) one day Microsoft would acquire your company for something more than 1,930 million ? Perhaps the good of Notch, as he is known on the network as the destination of Mojang he imagined, the company ‘indie’ he co-founded with two other partners, Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser to bring to fruition the development of ‘ Minecraft ‘, a game that combines the construction and survival and one day broke the bank.
In fact it did when the game was just a project. In May 2009 the Swedish study had just opened its doors and needed money to stay afloat, so to Notch came up throwing the title, originally developed for personal computers, before it was finished. Thus, revenues obtained per download then -costaba 9.95 euros and received ‘feedback’ users helping them improve the title. No sooner said than done. 800,000 people put money while the alpha version of the game remained on the page and more than one million people religiously paid the bill when ‘Minecraft’ went into beta, and at a price of 14.95 euros. The result? 23 million euros in two years for Paypal account through which Notch received the money. So dramatic was the growth of the company came to freeze the Paypal developer account, claiming being made suspicious payments or receipts.
50 million copies
Currently, the game has versions for virtually all systems, including phones and tablets with Android and iOS operating systems, and has sold over 50 million copies, something unthinkable for an independent company. Realizing the full potential of the brand, Microsoft has done with the study but the three founders have announced his departure.
“It’s not about money. It’s for my sanity,” Notch said yesterday about it. “Do not I see myself as a real game developer. I make games because it’s fun and I love programming, but I do not play with the intention that they become big hits. Not want to be a symbol, responsible for something gigantic that I do not understand and what you do not want to work.’m not a businessman.’m not a CEO. I’m just a geek programmer who likes to have opinions on Twitter, “said the designer appealing to their independent nature.
Yes, Notch, and Carl Jakob Mojang remain on until the operation, which could be closed by the end of 2014 “In a sense, ‘Minecraft’ now owned by Microsoft is complete. But one more, I belong to you all, and that will never change, “said thanking the last gaming community.
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