Some rumors have been flying around about a possible Mojang shut-down, but is there any truth to it? According to Notch, not a chance. Following an interview with GameSpot, Notch said, "Hopefully, we are going to keep making money at Mojang, but if we don't, that's fine. We just have 10 fun years, and then the last year, we'd say to our employees, 'If we don't make any money this year, Mojang is going to be dead. So you might want to look for new jobs.'"
For clarification, Notch isn't saying "10 years from today", that Mojang will only last until 2024. Rather, the plan is said to take effect when or if Mojang ever stops making a profit. The 10-year plan is in place just in case Mojang ever stops making a profit - which currently, is not a problem in the slightest - and that they have "money saved to have ten more years to come up with a new project, without making a single cent in that time."
For some, this may easily translate as a foreboding end to Minecraft and according to the source, may get some to thinking that the 10-year plan means that Mojang is only looking at 10 more years of being a developer of Minecraft. However, that isn't necessarily the case. Considering that Minecraft is one of the biggest games to date - with expansions to the PS4 and Xbox One consoles on their way, among others - it's highly unlikely that this will happen anytime soon. The 10-year plan includes the continuation of Mojang and Minecraft as a whole, and isn't showing any signs of slowing down. With the addition of Minecraft Realms, Mojang is still very much on course to stay in the game, and continue providing support and updates for everyone's favorite sandbox game.
As a celebration, fellow Minecraft developer 4J Studios has just announced the free Minecraft2nd Birthday Skin Pack, re-released, following the releases of the Marvel Spider-Man Skin Pack and the Marvel Avengers Skin Pack earlier. Don't worry, Minecraft isn't going anywhere!
Just read up on this last night. Thank goodness (Lack of better words)! I love the game and would absolutely HATE to see it go... Thanks to all of the people who continue to work on it and better it. Also thanks to all the people who continue to play and support it.
'If we don't make any money this year, Mojang is going to be dead. So you might want to look for new jobs.'''
Now that would be a depressing way to go out...
But anyway, rumors will be rumors, and it's nice to see the truth behind them (didn't actually hear anything about this rumor myself, so yeah...). Anyway, happy developing days for you Mojang, and hopefully we can see some more interesting content in the future...
'If we don't make any money this year, Mojang is going to be dead. So you might want to look for new jobs.'''
Now that would be a depressing way to go out...
But anyway, rumors will be rumors, and it's nice to see the truth behind them (didn't actually hear anything about this rumor myself, so yeah...). Anyway, happy developing days for you Mojang, and hopefully we can see some more interesting content in the future...
No money this year? That's hilarious! Mojang makes millions of dollars per year, not just from Minecraft. Notch is working on 0x10c so, maybe that will make more money and Scrolls in raking in some too. 10 years? More like 15-30 lol xD
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Glad to see that Mojang has a plan if things go south. I hope to see great games come from them for a long time. Mojang will go down into Indie history.
Side note: at what point does an indie company get so powerful it stops being Indie? Is that even possible?
Those rumors about Mojang shutting down are just fake and not smart who ever spread those just to steal money from them.
Minecraft will always be around it's very highly doubtful mojang will shutdown cause how it runs the biggest game in the whole world.
I never heard the rumor before, but I am glad that said foolish rumor is false. (Who came up with it anyway? "Hurr hurr, I hate minecraft so there is no way it is making a profit." Idiots....)
I've never been a part of game that has been constantly supported for 10 years. I hope Mojang can go the distance and keep Minecraft going well into the future.
Good to know Minecraft will be around for many years to come, hopefully for me and my future children to enjoy together.
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What an idiot. As stated above Mojang makes millions of dollars a year; therefore will be atleast 20-40 years before it will go down. Whoever started this has no brain.
Some rumors have been flying around about a possible Mojang shut-down, but is there any truth to it? According to Notch, not a chance. Following an interview with GameSpot, Notch said, "Hopefully, we are going to keep making money at Mojang, but if we don't, that's fine. We just have 10 fun years, and then the last year, we'd say to our employees, 'If we don't make any money this year, Mojang is going to be dead. So you might want to look for new jobs.'"
For clarification, Notch isn't saying "10 years from today", that Mojang will only last until 2024. Rather, the plan is said to take effect when or if Mojang ever stops making a profit. The 10-year plan is in place just in case Mojang ever stops making a profit - which currently, is not a problem in the slightest - and that they have "money saved to have ten more years to come up with a new project, without making a single cent in that time."
For some, this may easily translate as a foreboding end to Minecraft and according to the source, may get some to thinking that the 10-year plan means that Mojang is only looking at 10 more years of being a developer of Minecraft. However, that isn't necessarily the case. Considering that Minecraft is one of the biggest games to date - with expansions to the PS4 and Xbox One consoles on their way, among others - it's highly unlikely that this will happen anytime soon. The 10-year plan includes the continuation of Mojang and Minecraft as a whole, and isn't showing any signs of slowing down. With the addition of Minecraft Realms, Mojang is still very much on course to stay in the game, and continue providing support and updates for everyone's favorite sandbox game.
As a celebration, fellow Minecraft developer 4J Studios has just announced the free Minecraft 2nd Birthday Skin Pack, re-released, following the releases of the Marvel Spider-Man Skin Pack and the Marvel Avengers Skin Pack earlier. Don't worry, Minecraft isn't going anywhere!
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Now that would be a depressing way to go out...
But anyway, rumors will be rumors, and it's nice to see the truth behind them (didn't actually hear anything about this rumor myself, so yeah...). Anyway, happy developing days for you Mojang, and hopefully we can see some more interesting content in the future...
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(Of course it's not true)
And 100 years from now? Will it be gone?
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Side note: at what point does an indie company get so powerful it stops being Indie? Is that even possible?
Minecraft will always be around it's very highly doubtful mojang will shutdown cause how it runs the biggest game in the whole world.
*has heart attack*
*weakly manages to read through*
*health restored*
It will never die out, due to it's popularity.
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