Minecraft's "Notch" latest to bash Windows 8

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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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MawderzPosted:

Herp thats a lot of money


Over 200,000 a day they make

SovietRussiaPosted:

Amp_
Frog
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.


I know! Imagine how much money he's made over the three years this has been happening! :o


Wow.:o That is just a crazy amount of money.


I've got plenty of good ideas. Hopefully I will ammount to something in my lifetime.

MoanPosted:

Frog
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.


I know! Imagine how much money he's made over the three years this has been happening! :o


Wow.:o That is just a crazy amount of money.

HerpPosted:

thats a lot of money

FrogPosted:

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.


I know! Imagine how much money he's made over the three years this has been happening! :o

SovietRussiaPosted:

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.

MawderzPosted:

Frog
Kex
412 Selling that much wow!Im yet to buy it though,don`t want to waste $20 on it.


'Waste'? One does not simply 'Waste' money when buying Minecraft.


Yeah Minecraft is a good game! If you were to play online with friends I don't think you would say that [=


I play y myself most times, all my friends are noobs at minecraft and will mess things up :p but it is fun though.

FrogPosted:

Kex
412 Selling that much wow!Im yet to buy it though,don`t want to waste $20 on it.


'Waste'? One does not simply 'Waste' money when buying Minecraft.


Yeah Minecraft is a good game! If you were to play online with friends I don't think you would say that [=

MawderzPosted:

412 Selling that much wow!Im yet to buy it though,don`t want to waste $20 on it.


'Waste'? One does not simply 'Waste' money when buying Minecraft.

FrogPosted:

Minecraft sells over 10,000 copies a day!? :o I'm gonna be one of those 10,000 soon (:


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