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Minecraft and Microsoft What's next for Microsoft And Minecraft?

Minecraft and Microsoft What's next? By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News



You can play Minecraft-maker Mojang to discover the reasons Microsoft purchased it.



The single-player game is about a person who lives in harsh conditions by relying on their creativity. Their survival depends on their ability to create an apartment and defeat monsters with only the tools and weapons they build with their hands.



It would be easy to think of this as a reference to Markus "Notch" who is the game's creator, if computer games were subjected the same analysis as novels. He's been quoted in the past about growing to be "relatively poor" and also about creating his own entertainment, and whether he'll have to defeat the same "demons" that afflicted his father.



The success of Notch in the harsh world was made possible by his family and friends as well as the success of the things that he created with his hands. However, his success has also brought other obstacles. These are more difficult to overcome.



At Minecon 2012, Notch was unable to walk more than a few steps before he was grabbed again by another fan eager to shake his hand and take a photo of him, or even sign their foam sword.



People are the source of power



The transformation from a humble programmer who was responsible for only his own code to the leader of an international movement was something he was never happy with. His sincere explanation of the reasons he's going to leave Mojang - "it's about my sanity" - underscores that.



He is aware that Minecraft is now more about managing the community rather than about maintaining and creating an infrastructure for codebases.



Microsoft might face a problem here.



With Xbox Live and its other cloud-based services, there is no doubt that it has experience in running a huge computer infrastructure that serves millions of paying customers. It will be essential when it starts running the systems behind the scenes that keep Minecraft going.



However, Microsoft will alienate that community if it fails to realise how personal the game is not only for Notch but for a lot of the players who play it. It's where they make new friends, meet new people, and can be themselves.



I've played it with my children who play it in a variety of ways. One is a big fan of modified versions that involve arena battles or capture-the-flag-type competitions. The other spends hours creating intricate homes in the minecart's swooping tracks. He sometimes builds treehouses that span entire forests. They usually go on adventures with friends to search for treasure, avoid creepers and fight off zombies, spiders, and Skeletons.



This is possible because Minecraft allows the player to be open and free. Millions of people who like them can do it. The malleability of the game lets them change the game to fit their needs. This is because it grants players access to a level of control that Microsoft has not granted in its business software. This is what has worried the millions of Minecraft players. They don't want Microsoft to restrict their rights to modify and create the game as they wish. MINECRAFT SERVERS They feel a strong pride in the games they make.



Microsoft will be required to perform an extremely difficult job, given the importance of this community.



It will have to work hard to battle those sworn enemies of all online gamers such as lag and downtime (aka delay). It is possible that any issue with the game's accessibility in the near future will be blamed on Microsoft regardless of whether it's the company's fault or not.



Making more radical changes to the running of the game like limiting how people can modify it and charging them for items that are free, or imposing restrictions on what they can share with the world about what they've done, might be handled badly, and cause a significant portion of the community against Microsoft.



That would be bad considering that a lot of its players are now children who will grow to be the gamers of the future. Microsoft is trying to impress gamers with its Minecraft management. If it gets it wrong, it could end up becoming one of the monsters people would like to battle and defeat.


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