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

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



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



The single-player version is about a lone individual surviving in a harsh and dangerous world using only their imagination to keep them safe. Their survival is dependent on their ability to create a home and fight monsters using only the tools and weapons they build by using their hands.



It's easy to think of this as a metaphor about Markus "Notch", the game's creator in the event that computer games were subjected to the same analysis as novels. In the past, he's been open about his childhood, how he was "relatively poor" as well as his ability to make his own entertainment and whether he will need to overcome the same "demons" like his father.



Family, friends and the popularity of the things Notch created by his hands helped him prosper in this harsh world But the success has led to some challenges. And ones that are much more difficult to conquer.



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



People are the source of power



This transformation from humble programmer with only responsibility for his own code to leader of an international movement was something he was never happy with. The reason he gave for the reason he's going to leave Mojang "it's about my mental health" - underscores the importance of sanity.



He's aware that Minecraft is now about managing a community - much more than maintaining and developing an infrastructure for code.



And therein lies the potential problem for Microsoft.



It has a long history of managing massive computer infrastructures which serve millions of users. This is evident in Xbox Live and other cloud services. This will be crucial when it starts running the behind-the-scenes systems that keep Minecraft running.



Microsoft will alienate this community when they don't recognize how personal the game is, not just for Notch but for many others who use it. It's where they make new friends, meet new people, and can express themselves.



I've seen this with my own children who play it in different ways. Persiancatrescue.com One is a big fan of modified versions that involve arena battles or capture-the-flag-type competitions. The other is a sculptor who creates intricate houses built around minecart tracks that swoop. He sometimes builds treehouses that span the entire forest. They often go adventuring with friends to search for treasure, avoid creepers, and fight spiders, zombies, and Skeletons.



This is possible because Minecraft allows for freedom and flexibility. Millions of people who like them are able to play it. The game's flexibility allows players to modify it to suit their mood. It achieves this by giving gamers a level of freedom that Microsoft in its business software, has not embraced. This is the reason Microsoft has not been able to satisfy the millions of Minecraft players. These fans don't want Microsoft to limit their ability to modify and create the game in any way they want. They have a deep-rooted belief in the things they create in the game.



Microsoft will be required to perform an extremely difficult jobdue to the importance of this community.



It will have to fight the two main enemies of online gamers - downtime (aka delay) and delay. Microsoft will likely be held accountable for any issues that arise from the game's future release - regardless of whether it is their fault.



Making more radical modifications to the operation of the game, such as restricting the way that players can alter it and charging them for items that are currently free or restricting how they can inform the world about what they have done, could, if handled poorly, turn a big chunk of the community against Microsoft.



This is a bad issue, given that the majority of its users are children and may one day become gamers. Microsoft hopes to impress gamers with its Minecraft management. If it doesn't do it right it could be one of the monsters that people would like to battle and kill.


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