At the beginning of 2020, many set their goals for the coming year or even the decade ahead. Obviously, this also applies to Markus Persson, also known as Notch, one of the creators of the increasingly popular Minecraft and the founder of the Mojang development studio. In a recent Notch asked his dedicated community of 4 million subscribers whether people would theoretically want him to develop free little games on his own, or create a new studio for well-established commercial games?
When asked by followers what would make him happy, Notch , which feels caged, but seems to have already leaned towards one of the options. Even the founder of the Pirate Party of Sweden, Rick Falkvinge How much was this question "theoretical"?
The Notch community is divided in opinion: many would like to get more free experimental projects like the original Minecraft (however, it is unlikely that you will be able to step into the same water twice). Others compare his departure from Mojang to that of another well-known game maker, Hideo Kojima, believing that the game maker's original vision could be expanded with the help of talented employees.
Markus Persson left Mojang immediately after Microsoft acquired the studio in 2014. Since then, Notch has often had conflicts with high-profile members of the video game industry on Twitter. Recently, Microsoft has taken active steps to disassociate itself from Markus Persson - up to the removal of Notch from the Minecraft homepage (although he left him in the credits), and also refused to invite the author to the event dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Minecraft.
In 2019, Microsoft discovered a new source of success and hopes to build on the project throughout 2020 with the help of . In addition, after PS4 players got cross-platform play. Today, Minecraft is available on almost any platform, with almost 500 million people playing it. It will be interesting to know if Notch decides to change something in his work or if it was really just a purely theoretical question.
Source: 3dnews.ru