Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer has laid to rest concerns that Microsoft's acquisition of Minecraft developer Mojang will affect people who publish YouTube videos of the game for fun or profit.
The concerns quickly came to light once the deal announcement was made, with prominent YouTubers making it clear that they were concerned that big, bad Microsoft would start hitting them with copyright strikes for publishing content created in Minecraft, be it on Xbox One, Xbox 360, or any other platform.
Spencer clarified in a Tweet earlier this afternoon that nothing will change. Once the deal goes through, YouTubers will be unaffected, so they can keep on doing what they're doing without having to fear the machine.
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Hats off to Phil for the transparency.
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Minecraft is going to be business as usual. After E3 2013, the MS we have now is a new MS. People are so cynical right now, but no way would they buy Mojang for $2.5 Billion and try to alter the indie spirit of the game. Just look at all the changes they have made to their indie policies. For one thing, I know people like to make comparisons to Rare, but there are many differences. Besides MS turning a new leaf as it were.
Rare was bought for $375 Million. They were supposed to turn the game upside down and pump out Perfect Dark Zero as a launch title. The game they made wasn't a hit. Kameo was their original offering, which wasn't a hit. They leveraged Banjo Kazooie as Nuts & Bolts, and it wasn't a hit. I don't blame MS for this. The company was bought my MS and a group of them split off and created another company that went on to make Timesplitters. MS then started using the Rare team to create Kinect stuff and their version of the Mii. With the Xbox One, we are full circle. Finally leveraging KI, and finally acknowleding Conker's existence in Project Spark. So MS realizes they have these franchises, but they need to make a game people want with those franchises, which Rare already proved they are not great at anymore. They leveraged KI by hiring another dev to create it. So what exactly is Rare doing anymore? I would love to see Conker return, BK too. But they need to be done right. Not sure why MS hasn't pushed for this though.
The difference here is that Minecraft is a game people are playing and want to continue to play. It is a huge hit on every platform. MS doesn't need to do anything but let it keep on keeping on, and probably work on getting it on their Windows phones. I think they can probably do a good number on improving resources for updates, and could probably bring Realms in house on Azure servers. Point is, Mojang can't be another Rare. It isn't depending on their next big hit, it's depending on hit that keeps on hitting. This will be a homerun for MS, and for the fans of Minecraft, we don't need to worry.
If they continue to update this game, Minecraft 2 will never be needed. It could be as timeless a phenomenon as Legos but for all ages.
@MinecraftGreek Excellent post! Very good points.
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