Minecraft's "Notch" latest to bash Windows 8
Minecraft's "Notch" latest to bash Windows 8
John Callaham 10 hours ago 88 Comments
Windows 8 may have just made its RTM deadline, but a number of high profile PC game creators have already voiced their displeasure over Microsoft's latest OS. Valve founder Gabe Newell was quoted last week as saying he felt that Windows 8 is "a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space." Blizzard executive Rob Pardo then followed up on Newell's statements on his Twitter page by saying that in his opinion, Windows 8 would be "not awesome for Blizzard either."
The latest PC game creator to join the Windows 8 bash train is Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of the massively selling indie sandbox game Minecraft. In a Reddit AMA chat to help launch the latest 1.3 version of Minecraft, Notch gave his own comments on Windows 8 and actually had some real reasons for his concerns.
He stated:
If Microsoft decides to lock down Windows 8, it would be very, very bad for Indie games and competition in general. If we can keep open platforms around, there's going to be a lot of very interesting games in ten years, mixed in with the huge AAA games that we all love.
Notch has sold the PC version of Minecraft solely on his website since the game launched in its alpha version in 2009. It has now sold over 6.8 million copies and keeps selling between 10,000 to 13,000 copies per day.
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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/minecrafts-notch-latest-to-bash-windows-8
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SovietRussiaPosted:
KexCartmanisPhatKexSmurfsKexiMazur I really don't want Windows 8, especially now that it's not as game-friendly then previous OS's.
Same, im sticking with windows 7
Yeah same here. I don't want Windows 8.
Haha not many people want it :P
thats because they keep copying the idea over and over again.
Yh they never change >.>
I might have to try it out before I post anymore comments about windows 8. It doesn't look the best but i still want to try it out.
MawderzPosted:
CartmanisPhatKexSmurfsKexiMazur I really don't want Windows 8, especially now that it's not as game-friendly then previous OS's.
Same, im sticking with windows 7
Yeah same here. I don't want Windows 8.
Haha not many people want it :P
thats because they keep copying the same idea over and over again.
Yh they never change >.>
Android_Posted:
KexSmurfsKexiMazur I really don't want Windows 8, especially now that it's not as game-friendly then previous OS's.
Same, im sticking with windows 7
Yeah same here. I don't want Windows 8.
Haha not many people want it :P
thats because they keep copying the same idea over and over again.
MawderzPosted:
SmurfsKexiMazur I really don't want Windows 8, especially now that it's not as game-friendly then previous OS's.
Same, im sticking with windows 7
Yeah same here. I don't want Windows 8.
Haha not many people want it :P
DICE-Posted:
I am happy about Windows 8, it caused Valve to finally make Steam for Linux and now AMD, Nvidia, and Intel are all making drivers for Linux. Plus Valve stated that L4D2 runs faster on Linux as compared to Windows.
SmurfsPosted:
KexiMazur I really don't want Windows 8, especially now that it's not as game-friendly then previous OS's.
Same, im sticking with windows 7
Yeah same here. I don't want Windows 8.
MawderzPosted:
iMazur I really don't want Windows 8, especially now that it's not as game-friendly then previous OS's.
Same, im sticking with windows 7
MazurPosted:
I really don't want Windows 8, especially now that it's not as game-friendly then previous OS's.
OdinPosted:
SovietRussia It's a shame tha windows 8 isn't as game friendly compared to it's early OS versions. This article tells you why you need to go into the gaming buisness. He sells 12k copies of minecraft a day at 20 bucks a pop. Thats insane.
its 25 US dollars per copy so hes making more than 200k a day.
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