Windows 10: Microsoft migration from mojang

I already had one account on microsoft when i migrated from mojang and now i have two microsoft accounts and i can't accses mincraft on the new minecraft launcher. I can't remove nether of them because i got mincraft on one and my friends and other games on the other

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Microsoft to buy Mojang (Minecraft) for $2.5B

For the record: multithreading in Java is atrocious. If Microsoft does a .NET rewrite, it will be multithreaded from day one. It might even be mod friendly (plugin based) which means mods won't break unless they touch a feature that was specifically changed. Microsoft may even enable backwards compatibility in mods to some extent.

As I pointed out previously, all of Mojang's versions are on JVM (read: virtually the same). The only exception to that rule was the iOS version which was recoded in C++. Console versions were outsourced.

Microsoft almost always has large layoffs after a buyout. I suspect we'll hear of one at Mojang in a month or three. I also wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft announces they're moving what was left of Mojang somewhere else and anyone that refuses to go will get pink slips. That's how Microsoft rolls usually.

 

Microsoft to buy Mojang (Minecraft) for $2.5B

Guys remember Mojang is being bought not just specifically Minecraft. They are just adding the company to its roster so expect more things to start becoming Microsoft Exclusives.

 

Microsoft to buy Mojang (Minecraft) for $2.5B

4J Studios did XB360, PS3, XB1, PS4, and PS Vita editions. Mojang did Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, and Raspberry Pi. Most of those are running on Java. iOS is coded in C++ but the code base is apparently not as fully featured as the Java version.

If Microsoft rushes the job, the Windows Phone version will probably stem from the iOS C++ version. If Microsoft semi-rushes it, they'll use Visual Studio 2005 J++ -> C# converter and plug in XNA code to run on most Microsoft platforms. If Microsoft intends to milk Minecraft for all it is worth including a Xbox One, Windows, Windows RT, and Windows Phone launch, they'll scrap virtually all of the original code and start from an XNA foundation.

Considering Microsoft paid $2.5 billion for it when it was undeniably overvalued looking at the profit potential, one would think Microsoft would only be looking at the last choice there. They need a long-term revenue stream from it and they'll only get that from starting over.

I could totally see Microsoft making a new voxel-engine using the Mojang IP and task several of their studios to make content based on it (Mojang on Minecraft 2 and who knows what else). There's an increasing number of voxel-based games launching and Microsoft has no games/engines to compete.