If you were offered $2.5B for the rights to a game you made but no longer wanted to be a part of.. You would easily take the offer. I see nothing wrong with this guy selling his creation.
Minecraft was a sinking boat anyways. Edit: Really? That's not how I remember it, a lot of Minecraft RUclipsrs started talking about how they were ''burnt out" on Minecraft even before notch sold the game. I guess him selling it didn't help either but it would've died anyways, maybe slower. The reason I know this is because I started playing the game in 2012 and was addicted, my life was nothing but this game. Watched all the good Minecraft RUclipsrs like sundee, sky does Minecraft, yogcasts,ant vemon you name I watched it. A lot of people still do play this game and if I am guessing correctly Minecraft is on the rise again, who knows it might even over take fornight.
"Deserves it"? This has to be one of the worst examples of the grotesqueness of capitalism one could possibly imagine. This man develops a mediocre primitive video game that allows millions of dispossessed people across the world to nerd out and literally waste their lives by living vicariously through a pixellated fantasy world in front of a screen, and somehow he 'deserves' to be rewarded by having more money than many countries entire GDP? This is truly disgusting. He didnt innovate something that has helped to improve lives or change the world in any meaningful way. And as far as the 'charities' he contributes to, he admittedly only does this to alleviate his own personal guilt like a catholic who is free to sin, atone and repeat over and over again. These so called charities do little good works. They exist as tax writeoffs for the wealthy and help rich people to feel better about their greed. Most of the money goes to pay the salaries of 'non profit' executives. He is not the only undeserving billionaire, nor the worst, but stories like this really demonstrate who fucked our world really is and how screwed up our values are in the modern world. It's truly disheartening when you think about it. Most people in the world are working harder than this man has a day in his life and they cant afford to eat. He has a $70 million house as a vacation home. I dont support communism in any way, but this is exactly why communism was able to gain popular support.
Wow, you wasted way too much time writing that comment that no one will ever actually fully read. Trying to convince someone that he is wrong over youtube is one of the biggest ways to waste your time.. plus the original comment is from 2 years ago lol
@@yolkthosenuts Homophobe or transphobic? Cause I've been hearing a lot of controversy because trans people get a hissy fit and calling people transphobic left and right for no reason.
@@yolkthosenuts Also did some quick webbing on the internet. Couldn't find a single racist tweet, and the claims that he is homophobic and transphobic is absolutely ridiculous as he has deleted tweets when the LGBTQ+ community punches up and calling him such names. He's apologized several times but they still punch up again and again. Transphobic is a irrelevant term that was only made to be a shield and dagger to defend themselves whenever people talk science and reality and call them transphobic. If articles and people would provide links to tweets that is actually relevant to the much bigger term 'racism, homophobic and transphobic tweets', then I will look at them and see how things goes on there.
When you say that, you don't know anything about depression. People who are depressed balance everything in there lives and see what they get from it. Yes he has a lot of money, but who can you trust and who doesn't look up to you because you are a billionaire, even your old friends. Being rich doesn't make you not lonely. I hope he will find something in life that gives him meaning again.
Having alot of money may seem good and it can be for some but when everyone knows you are rich it is very difficult to make genuine friends. You never know if they are hanging out with you for the money or for your charakter. and since he is famous he cant hide his online side from anyone to build a genuine friendship before becoming more personal. He obviosly has friends but its probably very difficult to build new ones. "just my opinion dont actually know alot so dont quote me plz"
@@nwxzzz It still declined at the point where Notch sold it. That was one of the best times to sell the game. It wasn't crazy popular at the time and a big resurgence was years away.
@@cykomiko6924 as much as it may sound like a joke it is actually true, my father owns a Swedish fence building company. They have built many of the fences around the Stockholm area and basically all fences around its sea ports. And one of the jobs that came up a few years ago was Markus Perssons summer province. They primarily built the fence around the tennis court but also a few other things.
He’s a racist sexist loser who spends all his time on twitter making snide remarks to people actually living their life instead of joining him as a fedora tipping virgin.
Just fantastic... looking good Notch. So happy for you. My son loves Mindcraft. He is 7 and want to make video games. I showed him your story and we are inspired. You are a cool dude... before and after the money. Congrats!
maybe he wants to make games and he's inspired, please show him how programming works coz i was inspired by programmers too, and i loved games, i wanted to become programmer and when i realised how making games is complicated and spends time, i just don't know
You can't blame notch for selling his creation, the community kept attacking him personally over a game which makes him lose interest on developing that game. And now people are still attacking him cuz selling the game made him successful.
there would be even more incentive to work after "beating the game of life". he's probably realised he doesn't need to do anything anymore and that idea is actually quite scary - so naturally he finds himself a purpose. he's just human
People in the billion club party Billionaire: So Notch how did you become a billionaire? Notch: I made and sold minecraft Billionaire: *Bows down* Master
+Don Francisco He was in the wrong field. When i say work hard i meant work hard towards your dreams, working construction is not a dream/career it's a job that is brutal and i would hate to be in that field of work.
My dream is a construction worker and your second comment kinda offended me because it said it’s not a desirable job however many people would love to work in the field of construction. It had a lot of perks such as high salaries and good retirements. Next time you diss construction workers I would like you to please think of people like me who their dream is building buildings
I'm honestly glad Notch sold Minecraft, he deserves to profit from his creation, and everyone at Mojang is happy with the direction Minecraft is going in, and Microsoft has allowed cross play to help create more adventures with other players. Good for Notch.
Notch sold his property when it was in its high game to a company that has the funds to make him rich and push the IP forward. I highly support Notches decision. Now he can go forward to possibly make the next big game!
Well I dont think he can make anything else successful. While whatever he made (especially if he titled it _Minecraft 2_ ) would getany sales and give him a profit, it would only do so cuz of the fame of his first game, not because of itself
"Now he can go forward to possibly make the next big game!" The whole point is that he probably won't, and that the expectation that he will is an extremely stressful burden especially when you know and understand that it's largely up to chance.
Simple game? Most games are made from pre-made game engines like CryEngine (Crysis3, Far Cry 3) or Frost Engine (Battlefield Series) or Unreal Engine (Hitman, etc). They are sort of like templates and really the only thing companies making the game have to do is make up the textures, story line, audio, AI. Big corporations also have LOTS of employees assigned to each department. But Minecraft was programmed from Java from scratch. A language that takes years to master and is hell when something doesn't work. After that it takes another couple years to fully get the game working right. Sorry, I kinda went on a rant haha.
Rich Handsome Minecraft isnt simple!!! you just see it a lego world right? But it is a RANDOM GENERATED GAME!!!! Do you think a game which is not made out of cubes can have a random generated terrain? Why dont you ask why Ubisoft or Rockstar to make a random generated game with good graphics
What's wrong with Notch selling _Minecraft_ to Microsoft for $2,500,000,000? At the hands of Bill Gates, _Minecraft_ is still the same game we all know and love. And Microsoft barely made changes in its development because they know Mojang does a good job at giving what their dear players want! He isn't greedy; he's just not a hero that can handle the hero's job (doing the right thing).
@@kytkinpommiakytkinpommia8254the purchase of mojang was likely handled by the games division of microsoft. not bill gates himself, although he may have approved it. bill gates only oversees the major, usually economic/financial changes to minecraft and mojang. have you seen bill gates at any minecraft press conferences?
to the people who are mad that he sold the game. He has been working on a game for 6-7 years, he deserves a break after all he has done for this generation. And btw, if you were offered 1 billion dollars for a project you made for fun, you know you would say yes to that
He is so honest, doesnt sugarcoat anything he does. " Donate to chatity to feel better about myself" Its not for others. He doesnt try to act like a god, hes human.
Notch made our childhood fun and lets just accept the future. But seriously microsoft also did a good thing to minecraft like the aquatic update which made me and my friends play minecraft again.
Camille Lake That's legit a dream home. It's honestly too big for me to even dream about ever owning something like that. but when you got 70 million to through at a home. I guess you do it.
Plague Doc Agreed. Also there was something else he said in a different interview, about working on games since he was like 12 or 15. Saying something about, doing what everyone "expected him to do." So now he's 30 and divorced, he wanted to do what HE wanted to do -- which was move to LA in a big ass house. And who would blame him, really.
Camille Lake Exactly. he went after his dream and is one of select few who actually can make a living off of it (let alone become filthy rich). It's somethign people seem to forget, people who have billions tend to have worked really hard for their money.
Like even if he spent 1m a month, it would take him 100+ years to be broke! assuming no inflation, or investment! now if he invest it, he could be golden for next 3+ generations, according to a study usually family net worth is depleted after 3 generations! and i doubt anyone could spend 1m a month, you can do just so many things that you just cant spend it all! Unless you buy $1m car every month!
Java is good. I usually play bedrock and once my friend gave me his Java account temporarily for me to check it out. I liked it but I didn't like it as much as bedrock. I don't know why
Java is better because you don’t have to pay for textures or mods but bedrock is also good because it runs smooth and has a cleaner UI so there we are all happy 😃.
Java will always be the classic version, but saying bedrock is 0/10 is ignorant. tbh, while i prefer java, bedrock is far more optimized and actually less buggy. Just don't think that redstone will carrry over. Also just saying the 1.9 combat changes didnt carry over to bedrock so for the vast majority of pvpers who didnt like that update bedrock may actually be better. sorry for the rant
Aww, in light of his recent posts regarding how being rich has cut off his life from being with "normal people", you can see that in this video slightly when he's messing around with his pioneer mixing table you can just feel the sycophants and ass kissers dancing around him encouraging him to do shit like this....there's a sadmess in his eyes. Money don't buy everything kids, his girlfriend from before couldn't deal with his new rich lifestyle and left him for a more "normal" guy. Notch is never again going to be able to just trust that somebody is actually trying to be his friend rather than just suck up to him for more money...that's a pretty damn sad lifestyle when you consider it, he said himself "now that I have everything I have no reason to try any longer and it's hollow and empty"...careful what you wish for kids it may not be the golden cup you thought it would be.
+KevinR1138 Very true. Money doesnt buy happiness. And it gets to a point where if you can literally buy and do anything you want that costs money...theres nothing to work towards. For example if a normal person wants to buy a car, they have to save for years. but once they get the car they have this sense of achievement. he can simply point at 50 cars and walk away and it doesnt hurt his account at all. Its not the same satisfaction.
+KevinR1138 Maybe but if you have no friends, no girlfriend and no money, then being rich is pretty good, one trouble left. Depend the situation and depend the people around you i think. Can be a nightmare for some people and a dream for other.
vmz1231 Wow, what a load of halfhearted social dissonance and first year psych & debate team 101. I mean first you try to set up a strawman about the cold "facts" of sociological interactions and that money has no effect whatsoever on one's happiness because seemingly you think that "happiness" or any presumptions we have about social experience are a fallacy or "illusion" of psychological/sociological evolution, then you seem to lambaste capitalism as a negative force seemingly because of this money that you originally said has no effect on one's "happiness". If you're going to create strawman argument's for debate you may want to be consistent with your theme. Simply quoting from a cold non-contextual textbook won't get you to the real answer any more than reading an ingredient list will tell you how to make a snickers bar....more is needed.
My top 10 fav people: 1.Keanu reeves 2.Notch 3.Robert downey 4.Chris evans 5.Chris hemsworth 6.Karen gillan 7.Dwayne johnson 8.Kevin hart 9.Will smith 10.Tom holland
Evakz that’s one of the first ever mechanical keyboards, and considered, for whatever reason, one of the best. IBM Model-M. Costs a couple hundred dollars for a real one. But it’s certainly not a bad keyboard.
It is easy for all of us to say, but it is true that we all would love to be in his shoes and we all think that we could handle it, but until we are in his shoes we just don't know. Money can polarize a person's life and make them want to withdraw from something that was fun to them before. Personal sounding attacks by people that don't know what they are talking about (ie. the EULA with MC mentioned here) are a huge problem because EVERYONE acts bigger online than they do in person. In person they tend to check their self because they know they could get hit in the face for being an asshole. I really feel for Markus here because he just wanted to have fun making a game. He got rich doing so and we all love the game, but all of the problems with success forced him to want out. Society can't just let people live their lives. Everyone wants a piece and wants to have a say in something that they know nothing about. Thanks for the video. It is nice to hear Markus' side of things.
Whatever you think of Notch personally, you have to respect him for the way he changed gaming forever, He started the biggest game of all time 100% on his own, insane to think about.
If you were offered $2.5B for the rights to a game you made but no longer wanted to be a part of.. You would easily take the offer. I see nothing wrong with this guy selling his creation.
Blazedsin Robbins ppl angry are just 12 year olds with no grasp of the world
@@scootertutorialsyt Wow now thats Rude
@@miker0tch_ not as rude as the 12year old kids shitting on people like notch^^
Honestly I'd throw my family into that deal as well
Blazedsin Robbins $2.5 I’d take that deal without a hesitating
Putting "why Notch sold Minecraft" and "became a billionaire" together is pretty self explanatory
lol
did you watch the video. Sure its most likely the biggest reason but he said one thing about the offer
I thought the exact same when I read the title lol
@a lizard the game lost its popularity BECAUSE he sold it. microsoft really fucked up minecraft
The question is “why did notch sell it” not “why did he become a billionaire from selling Minecraft”
At least he didn't sell it to EA
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IMAGINE
To make another world you will need the “Extra World DLC” for 14.95
Orange End Dragon skin only 5$/month
To update $1.00
To play snapshots$1.00
(Per day)
Notch is still the owner of minecraft in our hearts
+JohnDoneFinFTW no.
+JohnDoneFinFTW he iss the creator and god of minecraft
yyeeahhh :'(
nope we hated him just say it.. #TwitterHates
Rasse virtanen fuck off
This guy is basically a grown up kid. He just wanna live and have fun. I like it. Keep going Notch!
Billy Joe Aren't we all grown up kids?
Cameron Bennett so true adults are grown up kids
Billy Joe you should check out his twitter if you want to see him shitposting
No, Hes living the dream, We all want to be able to act like children and live our lives for just fun.
And my comment hit 512 likes, new record for me :D
Microsoft bought Minecraft for 2.5$ Billion.
And i bought Minecraft for only 26.95$
*STONKS*
Indeed friend
Original'nt
Used to be 20$
@@mr.c6324 it's still 20 dollars
@@i.oagent7229 nope
People call him a sellout but what would they do if they were offered 1 billion dollars
+Georgo Zuwe actually it was 2.5 billion dollars
@@LiePieCraft pretty sure it was 2.6
he just saw it as a get out of attacks free card
Minecraft was a sinking boat anyways.
Edit: Really? That's not how I remember it, a lot of Minecraft RUclipsrs started talking about how they were ''burnt out" on Minecraft even before notch sold the game.
I guess him selling it didn't help either but it would've died anyways, maybe slower.
The reason I know this is because I started playing the game in 2012 and was addicted, my life was nothing but this game. Watched all the good Minecraft RUclipsrs like sundee, sky does Minecraft, yogcasts,ant vemon you name I watched it.
A lot of people still do play this game and if I am guessing correctly Minecraft is on the rise again, who knows it might even over take fornight.
CallMe Samuel no, it was a rising game when Notch was still owning it
It's nice to see someone hit it big who actually deserves it. And I like how honest he was about giving charity.
Exactly, he very much deserves it!
charity = tax write off
maxwell10206 that's usually for millionaires not billionaires, billionaires put their money of shore
"Deserves it"? This has to be one of the worst examples of the grotesqueness of capitalism one could possibly imagine. This man develops a mediocre primitive video game that allows millions of dispossessed people across the world to nerd out and literally waste their lives by living vicariously through a pixellated fantasy world in front of a screen, and somehow he 'deserves' to be rewarded by having more money than many countries entire GDP? This is truly disgusting. He didnt innovate something that has helped to improve lives or change the world in any meaningful way. And as far as the 'charities' he contributes to, he admittedly only does this to alleviate his own personal guilt like a catholic who is free to sin, atone and repeat over and over again. These so called charities do little good works. They exist as tax writeoffs for the wealthy and help rich people to feel better about their greed. Most of the money goes to pay the salaries of 'non profit' executives. He is not the only undeserving billionaire, nor the worst, but stories like this really demonstrate who fucked our world really is and how screwed up our values are in the modern world. It's truly disheartening when you think about it. Most people in the world are working harder than this man has a day in his life and they cant afford to eat. He has a $70 million house as a vacation home. I dont support communism in any way, but this is exactly why communism was able to gain popular support.
Wow, you wasted way too much time writing that comment that no one will ever actually fully read. Trying to convince someone that he is wrong over youtube is one of the biggest ways to waste your time.. plus the original comment is from 2 years ago lol
This man gave millions of people so much fun. I love seeing him rich and happy.
Money well made i would say
Palasako He's a legitimate racist and homophobe
@@yolkthosenuts Homophobe or transphobic? Cause I've been hearing a lot of controversy because trans people get a hissy fit and calling people transphobic left and right for no reason.
@@yolkthosenuts Also did some quick webbing on the internet. Couldn't find a single racist tweet, and the claims that he is homophobic and transphobic is absolutely ridiculous as he has deleted tweets when the LGBTQ+ community punches up and calling him such names. He's apologized several times but they still punch up again and again. Transphobic is a irrelevant term that was only made to be a shield and dagger to defend themselves whenever people talk science and reality and call them transphobic. If articles and people would provide links to tweets that is actually relevant to the much bigger term 'racism, homophobic and transphobic tweets', then I will look at them and see how things goes on there.
@@yolkthosenuts so what?
Self-made billionaire , not daddy's money. Its impossible not to respect this man.
He's an incel-ish asshole. I respect his actions, but he's an asshole.
@@fuelks how is he incel-ish?
Elon musk also falls into this category of self made billonare
Except for the fact that he is really racist, and a bit of an incel.
Aski
how is he racist?
Dudes living, I love it.
He is kinda depressed now, though.
KingSkyLord wait why is he depressed?
KingSkyLord
That's stupid.
When you say that, you don't know anything about depression. People who are depressed balance everything in there lives and see what they get from it. Yes he has a lot of money, but who can you trust and who doesn't look up to you because you are a billionaire, even your old friends. Being rich doesn't make you not lonely. I hope he will find something in life that gives him meaning again.
Having alot of money may seem good and it can be for some but when everyone knows you are rich it is very difficult to make genuine friends.
You never know if they are hanging out with you for the money or for your charakter.
and since he is famous he cant hide his online side from anyone to build a genuine friendship before becoming more personal.
He obviosly has friends but its probably very difficult to build new ones.
"just my opinion dont actually know alot so dont quote me plz"
We shouldn't be angry or sad because Notch left Minecraft.
We should be happy because Notch *Created* Minecraft.
U HAVE TO THINK
*Dr Suess said these words*
We should be happy because Notch left Minecraft. It's a better game now.
Elias Schnetzer how old are you?
Elias Schnetzer Shut up 6 year old you don’t understand
makes game, gets rich, sells company, billionaire, life well spent id say
Stonks
>Makes game
>Game gets popular
>Get rich
>Sell the game before it inevitably declines
>Get even richer
>Life your life rich and party
Galaxi pfttt, minecraft still has it’s popularity. might even be more popular than before
@@nwxzzz It still declined at the point where Notch sold it. That was one of the best times to sell the game. It wasn't crazy popular at the time and a big resurgence was years away.
I got a flashback frim that weird video called life well spent
My father built a fence for this man's private tennis court. Weird flex I know.
- Gestimo - fr?
@@cykomiko6924 as much as it may sound like a joke it is actually true, my father owns a Swedish fence building company. They have built many of the fences around the Stockholm area and basically all fences around its sea ports. And one of the jobs that came up a few years ago was Markus Perssons summer province. They primarily built the fence around the tennis court but also a few other things.
@@-gestimo-4086 thats cool were they oak fences or iron bars
I would prefer iron bars
Haha awesome
theres no other man in the world id rather be a billionaire than the man who made our childhoods.
yea
@just a friendly area 51 alien Notch and Elon musk.
He's still making my adulthood.
treelon musk Jeff Bezos and many others
@@TheNewGeneration-wh4kr nah not Bezos
because at the end of the day everyone would want to be a billionaire
Not really. A couple millions would suffice.
GoobyPls so you would give up 2.5 b for a couple millions
GoobyPls Okay so youre declining 1 billion for a couple of millions. I think you need a lesson in economy dude
Why do you have a image of Josip Broz Tito and you are Nazi?
@@warfighter2521 That doesn't mean he is a Nazi idiot 🤦♀️
He's just a regular person... i mean Persson! lel
Wow are you making fun of his name?
"ba dum tss"
+Melowcushon Melowcushon Stop being so mellow, you damn cushion.
+Bren7080 lol XD
... no.
I swear our grandchildren are going to read history books about "Markus Persson", the man who innovated creative freedom in the 21st century.
He’s a racist sexist loser who spends all his time on twitter making snide remarks to people actually living their life instead of joining him as a fedora tipping virgin.
@@jesse7328 How ironic, you yourself sound like that "fedora tipping" guy you speak of.
Symedge it took me 30 seconds to write that, it’s not like notch who spends all day ranting on Twitter
Jesse thats why nobody likes you
@@jesse7328
you yourself sound like a fedora tipping virgin 👀
Notch is honestly one of my favorite people.
jack beason me too
jack beason
jack beason jev
jack beason N-NANI?
Why
Just fantastic... looking good Notch. So happy for you. My son loves Mindcraft. He is 7 and want to make video games. I showed him your story and we are inspired. You are a cool dude... before and after the money. Congrats!
e and d are pretty close on qwerty don’t bite her head off
maybe he wants to make games and he's inspired, please show him how programming works
coz i was inspired by programmers too, and i loved games, i wanted to become programmer
and when i realised how making games is complicated and spends time, i just don't know
Yeah Mindcraft is real game...
@Shade Wood my daughter half year ago, my son few weeks. The java version tough, but have difficulties to let stop.
"You are a cool dude... before and after the money. Congrats!" .....nice said! And seems to be the truth.
You can't blame notch for selling his creation, the community kept attacking him personally over a game which makes him lose interest on developing that game. And now people are still attacking him cuz selling the game made him successful.
Zhander Drake well, he also has a history of transphobic and racist comments, but that’s not a big deal, right? /s
@@toakovika oh so you believe in fabrications created by the media? Cool. I don't need to say anything.
@@toakovika Where's the evidence? and I mean an actual link of him making those comments and not some bogus article that says he did.
@@toakovika Well, he made Minecraft.
So, no big deal to me. Go back to your stinky old hoard you troll
Toa Kovika okkkk so ????? I don’t see what’s wrong with that
I wish you well Notch, whatever you choose to do next. You deserve all your success. Your true to yourself.
Not so true to himself anymore.
@@Sun-Tzu- wym
He deserves every cent
you can't meet him
I'm saying that you can meet him cause he died, don't be rude
he will be missed, he had a drug overdose last week
Buys 70 million dollar house.
Notch: "oh yeah I've been there once"
PLOT TWIST: NOTCH IS ACTUALLY GUSTAVO FROM BIG TIME RUSH
HAHAHAHA
good one 😅👌🏻
coke I thought that I was only one who noticed that.
"UHHH - OHH. OH-Ah-OHHHHHH"
(Big Time Rush thing)
Hi 😂
I respect that he's a billionaire but still makes himself work.
Because he enjoys the work
there would be even more incentive to work after "beating the game of life". he's probably realised he doesn't need to do anything anymore and that idea is actually quite scary - so naturally he finds himself a purpose. he's just human
People in the billion club party
Billionaire: So Notch how did you become a billionaire?
Notch: I made and sold minecraft
Billionaire: *Bows down* Master
what do you mean by bows down master?
Powerenesful he is willing to give notch a *bow* job
@@aryavsaigal8898 i still dont understand
Powerenesful he bows down as in a greeting and then says “master”
@@aryavsaigal8898 you mean the thing shoots arrow by bow?
While I'm watching this I'm eating a burger from McDonalds dollar menu questioning my life decisions...
Dude... like don't be sad. He's only a billionare...
Maybe you will be rich as bill gates someday too ;)
DvirMuja You know what, maybe your right... I'mma eat another burger to celebrate :)
DvirMuja Bill gates has like 70+ Million company, Notch has 2~
He also got 1 billion dollars making the game
DvirMuja there's not a lot you can't do with 2.5 billion, he doesn't really need much more.
Work hard, it pays off.
+Don Francisco He was in the wrong field. When i say work hard i meant work hard towards your dreams, working construction is not a dream/career it's a job that is brutal and i would hate to be in that field of work.
@@SB-hs4yn Not everybody can work toward that.
That's what Chef Pee Pee Said he must stolen that from you
My dream is a construction worker and your second comment kinda offended me because it said it’s not a desirable job however many people would love to work in the field of construction. It had a lot of perks such as high salaries and good retirements. Next time you diss construction workers I would like you to please think of people like me who their dream is building buildings
@@asamakowski8316 I think he was talking about people who do the manual labour in building houses. Architects are paid lots tho
a billion dollars for a simple blocky game, I'd take it.
No, for the whole company.
2.5 billion
People like you are just straight up silly
1.75 billion*
Simple blocky game. Srsly?
Guys his just a normal person. Theres no need to swear and scream when Notch leaves mojang. minecraft is just a regular fun game.
All the kids who started the game when it released on Xbox what if Microsoft stop making updates
+ElementDubs okay who the fuck is mojang?
notch is mojang.
Mac&Cheez no
howrydanks man mojang is same as rockstar or activision. Minecraft is not the only game made by mojang
Was**
I'm honestly glad Notch sold Minecraft, he deserves to profit from his creation, and everyone at Mojang is happy with the direction Minecraft is going in, and Microsoft has allowed cross play to help create more adventures with other players.
Good for Notch.
Microsoft added micro-transactions to a block game. I mean i dont think notch would do something like that
@@beerplays9105 Yeah but it gotta return investment somehow. Java edition still micro transaction free. They made bedrock to be separate from java
@@beerplays9105That's Rea for pocket edition
It’s kinda sad how his fans were the one who made him quit with all the stress.. but I mean he is living pretty lavish
Notch sold his property when it was in its high game to a company that has the funds to make him rich and push the IP forward. I highly support Notches decision. Now he can go forward to possibly make the next big game!
Ian Dittmar He said he probably won't release anything he makes.
Well I dont think he can make anything else successful. While whatever he made (especially if he titled it _Minecraft 2_ ) would getany sales and give him a profit, it would only do so cuz of the fame of his first game, not because of itself
@@user-wq9mw2xz3j He sold the rights of Minecraft to Microsoft, thus he cannot make any other minecraft game
"Now he can go forward to possibly make the next big game!"
The whole point is that he probably won't, and that the expectation that he will is an extremely stressful burden especially when you know and understand that it's largely up to chance.
Who knew you can make billions on a very simple game !!
....never ever let other people tell you you can't make money on what you love to do !
Simple game? Most games are made from pre-made game engines like CryEngine (Crysis3, Far Cry 3) or Frost Engine (Battlefield Series) or Unreal Engine (Hitman, etc). They are sort of like templates and really the only thing companies making the game have to do is make up the textures, story line, audio, AI. Big corporations also have LOTS of employees assigned to each department. But Minecraft was programmed from Java from scratch. A language that takes years to master and is hell when something doesn't work. After that it takes another couple years to fully get the game working right. Sorry, I kinda went on a rant haha.
He didn't say the process in which the game is developed is simple, he just said the game itself was simple. And it is.
Danny Make a game (or anything) simple is the most difficult thing :)
Rich Handsome Minecraft isnt simple!!! you just see it a lego world right? But it is a RANDOM GENERATED GAME!!!! Do you think a game which is not made out of cubes can have a random generated terrain? Why dont you ask why Ubisoft or Rockstar to make a random generated game with good graphics
martin stoyanov Actually terrain genration like it was initially implemented is extremely simple. I've done it myself already.
He sold Minecraft so in a few years he could host meme review *cough cough*
Some Guy Kai very cool and epic
pewdipeie minecraft
Meme review is dead
SomeGuyKai god ew a pewdiepie fan
What's wrong with Notch selling _Minecraft_ to Microsoft for $2,500,000,000? At the hands of Bill Gates, _Minecraft_ is still the same game we all know and love. And Microsoft barely made changes in its development because they know Mojang does a good job at giving what their dear players want! He isn't greedy; he's just not a hero that can handle the hero's job (doing the right thing).
bill gates doesn't work on minecraft like at all
@@RedSSSandwich but basically owns it xd
@@kytkinpommiakytkinpommia8254the purchase of mojang was likely handled by the games division of microsoft. not bill gates himself, although he may have approved it. bill gates only oversees the major, usually economic/financial changes to minecraft and mojang. have you seen bill gates at any minecraft press conferences?
@@kytkinpommiakytkinpommia8254 incorrect, bill gates doesnt even own microsoft anymore, smh he doesnt even have the biggest individual stock holdings
This guy didn't know what was going to happen.
lol the comments are hilarious
"i hate notch becuz he sold minecraft"
The Art of Mayonnaise where are these comments
SepiaTone it was a year ago so now the popular comments are different now
Oh no, now people hate him for MUCH different reasons.
Peachy why?
i.beat.my.slaves homophobia, racism, bit of sexism and whatever else
Only OG Minecraft players remember when Deadmau5 used to play Minecraft
Only OG Minecraft players rememeber where food arent stackble
Jar Jar bro I played on the same server.
Jar Jar mau5ville
When you couldn't place stairs upside down.
Markus Persson: The man behind our Childhood
*persson (instead of man)
He's also behind the rest of my life. Im never gonna stop playing Minecraft
Lolllllll yes if he did not make minecraft now I'm dead of boring
Notch.... The Man who sold the Wo- I mean Minecraft.
I’m gonna buy Minecraft with JahCoin
YaBoiGoat Jahcoiners rise up
stfu i have 7 jahllers
YaBoiGoat Gtfo buy it with EtikaCoins
Unsoundrook ☠️
Schlattcoin
to the people who are mad that he sold the game. He has been working on a game for 6-7 years, he deserves a break after all he has done for this generation. And btw, if you were offered 1 billion dollars for a project you made for fun, you know you would say yes to that
dude slaved away at a project for years and wanted to get paid. completely understandable.
He is so honest, doesnt sugarcoat anything he does. " Donate to chatity to feel better about myself" Its not for others. He doesnt try to act like a god, hes human.
He’s still playing Minecraft with people like Dream, so he still loves the game
It's fake.....
@@hmm7415 you are fake
*gasp* how did you know?
@@hmm7415 not at all :D Check is twitter
@@hmm7415 It's not fake
Notch made our childhood fun and lets just accept the future.
But seriously microsoft also did a good thing to minecraft like the aquatic update which made me and my friends play minecraft again.
Thank you Markus for the memories ☺️❤️😢
Notch you made the best game in the world 🙏🙏🙏
I remember playing minecraft in 2011...
This breaks my heart.
Can’t wait for the Notch movie starring Jack Black
Your references are out of control bro, everybody knows that!
Poor guy..
Now he is lonely and depressed.
Hope he will find his peace.
"Right now I'm just buying houses in L.A and partying" ;) ;)
He just tried to stop Pay2win and still people got mad about it :/
The cancel culture from twitter ruined his life. He deserved better
Whoa dude, your house in LA is banging!
Camille Lake That's legit a dream home. It's honestly too big for me to even dream about ever owning something like that. but when you got 70 million to through at a home. I guess you do it.
Plague Doc Agreed. Also there was something else he said in a different interview, about working on games since he was like 12 or 15. Saying something about, doing what everyone "expected him to do."
So now he's 30 and divorced, he wanted to do what HE wanted to do -- which was move to LA in a big ass house. And who would blame him, really.
Camille Lake Exactly. he went after his dream and is one of select few who actually can make a living off of it (let alone become filthy rich). It's somethign people seem to forget, people who have billions tend to have worked really hard for their money.
To the haters of Minecraft: BRUH!! YOUR JUST SUPER JELLY (JEALOUS)!!!
To Notch: I feel bad for you ;^;
Putting aside his controversies and mistakes, we all thank and love Notch for creating one of the best and memorable games EVER MADE.
The controversies were stupid lol he didn’t deserves any hate
2019 : Minecraft gets more popular then fortnite
Notch : *instant regret*
Why, he still gotem green pappers and em booty's
I don't think you understand how much money 2 billion is
It was the most popular game when he sold it, so why would he care that it becomes the most popular again? Also, he is filthy rich
Lans Music notch is god, don’t disrespect god
@@aryavsaigal8898 He's still a human tho. A very rich human exactly.
I mean if someone offers me 1B Dollars+ I GLADLY would accept it, you don’t have to work for your entire life anymore.
8 generations of your family never have to work bruh
Yeah, someone buying my work for billions seems like a dream. I got excited when someone wants to buy my app for $20, let alone 2 billion.
you don't have to work a day, but that would be a selfish thing to do, which are what billionaires are anyway
@@lennysmileyface If its actually invested no ancestor would ever have to work again
Like even if he spent 1m a month, it would take him 100+ years to be broke! assuming no inflation, or investment! now if he invest it, he could be golden for next 3+ generations, according to a study usually family net worth is depleted after 3 generations! and i doubt anyone could spend 1m a month, you can do just so many things that you just cant spend it all! Unless you buy $1m car every month!
You asked the question and also answered it in the title of the video
4:01 guessing he hasnt changed keyboards in a bit
Legendary IBM model M, a lot of ppl still prefer this.
Unfortunately Notch is one of those people that care what people say online :/
Notch doesn't realize the memories he had created with Mc. Truly amazing.
Notch will always be our king of mimecraft forever in our hearts
I thought this was a new video. RUclips’s algorithm sure is interesting.
Dimentive as long as it keeps on giving me this vid’s🤷🏼♂️
Man, I remember a long time ago. I started minecraft at Pre-classic, but Alpha was and is my favorite.
Let's make it clear.
Minecraft Java Edition 10/10
Minecraft Bedrock 0/10
Java is good. I usually play bedrock and once my friend gave me his Java account temporarily for me to check it out. I liked it but I didn't like it as much as bedrock. I don't know why
Java is better because you don’t have to pay for textures or mods but bedrock is also good because it runs smooth and has a cleaner UI so there we are all happy 😃.
Java is only decent PvP version
@@snailman5065 even for bedrock you can still get free textures
Java will always be the classic version, but saying bedrock is 0/10 is ignorant. tbh, while i prefer java, bedrock is far more optimized and actually less buggy. Just don't think that redstone will carrry over. Also just saying the 1.9 combat changes didnt carry over to bedrock so for the vast majority of pvpers who didnt like that update bedrock may actually be better. sorry for the rant
Aww, in light of his recent posts regarding how being rich has cut off his life from being with "normal people", you can see that in this video slightly when he's messing around with his pioneer mixing table you can just feel the sycophants and ass kissers dancing around him encouraging him to do shit like this....there's a sadmess in his eyes.
Money don't buy everything kids, his girlfriend from before couldn't deal with his new rich lifestyle and left him for a more "normal" guy. Notch is never again going to be able to just trust that somebody is actually trying to be his friend rather than just suck up to him for more money...that's a pretty damn sad lifestyle when you consider it, he said himself "now that I have everything I have no reason to try any longer and it's hollow and empty"...careful what you wish for kids it may not be the golden cup you thought it would be.
+KevinR1138 Very true. Money doesnt buy happiness. And it gets to a point where if you can literally buy and do anything you want that costs money...theres nothing to work towards. For example if a normal person wants to buy a car, they have to save for years. but once they get the car they have this sense of achievement. he can simply point at 50 cars and walk away and it doesnt hurt his account at all. Its not the same satisfaction.
+KevinR1138 Maybe but if you have no friends, no girlfriend and no money, then being rich is pretty good, one trouble left. Depend the situation and depend the people around you i think. Can be a nightmare for some people and a dream for other.
+KevinR1138 This happens to every lottery winner also. You don't want to get that much money that quickly.
Boohoohoo, money might not buy happiness, but it's a close second - all you have to do is embrace your ego.
vmz1231
Wow, what a load of halfhearted social dissonance and first year psych & debate team 101. I mean first you try to set up a strawman about the cold "facts" of sociological interactions and that money has no effect whatsoever on one's happiness because seemingly you think that "happiness" or any presumptions we have about social experience are a fallacy or "illusion" of psychological/sociological evolution, then you seem to lambaste capitalism as a negative force seemingly because of this money that you originally said has no effect on one's "happiness".
If you're going to create strawman argument's for debate you may want to be consistent with your theme.
Simply quoting from a cold non-contextual textbook won't get you to the real answer any more than reading an ingredient list will tell you how to make a snickers bar....more is needed.
*still respects Markus Persson like a true mad lad*
Some times I hate mine craft and sometimes I love it ... And sometimes it's stealing my time
Dj notch: starts playing minecraft theme song
He’s such an amazing man! We need more people like you in this world Notch.
haha i changed my comment you ll never know
FBI bro that’s the funniest comment I have ever seen. Well earned like
@@mrsture5984 ok bro
FBI His on a mad one fam
be cuz hes big smoke
Why is this the funniest thing i'v seen in the past 3 years
My top 10 fav people:
1.Keanu reeves
2.Notch
3.Robert downey
4.Chris evans
5.Chris hemsworth
6.Karen gillan
7.Dwayne johnson
8.Kevin hart
9.Will smith
10.Tom holland
Barnos 69 I don’t even know about half of those people
@@baqiral-quraishi8120 who do you not know?
Barnos 69 Karen
@@baqiral-quraishi8120 she is nebula from guardians of the galaxy or avengers endgame
Barnos 69 oh
Notch sounds like such a nice person to be friends with.
Hes a billionaire... But that keyboard though... 4:00
Evakz that’s one of the first ever mechanical keyboards, and considered, for whatever reason, one of the best. IBM Model-M. Costs a couple hundred dollars for a real one. But it’s certainly not a bad keyboard.
2015 : no need
2016 : nah
2017 : maybe later
2018 : Next year
2019 : Yes
Unoriginal joke found on every single vid that's a few years old : Yes
Im from Stockholm and its insane to be from the same city as notch
Why
It is easy for all of us to say, but it is true that we all would love to be in his shoes and we all think that we could handle it, but until we are in his shoes we just don't know. Money can polarize a person's life and make them want to withdraw from something that was fun to them before. Personal sounding attacks by people that don't know what they are talking about (ie. the EULA with MC mentioned here) are a huge problem because EVERYONE acts bigger online than they do in person. In person they tend to check their self because they know they could get hit in the face for being an asshole.
I really feel for Markus here because he just wanted to have fun making a game. He got rich doing so and we all love the game, but all of the problems with success forced him to want out. Society can't just let people live their lives. Everyone wants a piece and wants to have a say in something that they know nothing about.
Thanks for the video. It is nice to hear Markus' side of things.
Markus "Notch" Persson Is The Legend Of Minecraft
Even if he sold Minecraft, he's still the creator of the game, and I love him for that. Thank you for making my childhood, Notch.
Glad I grew up with this notch instead of the phone notch
I understand that it's his money and that he can do anything he wants with it, but...why doesn't he fund Psychonauts 2 now?
Double Fine was asking for 18 million!... But yeah the same thought crossed my mind.
TheKetsup that's 52 million less than his house.
lets just hope we dont get ads.
I wonder what mc would look like with notch still working on it
He probably give up
@@eggs851 yeah, the community will just attack him for it...
The answer is literaly in the title.
the title literally answers itself
How can it answer itself if it didn't ask anything?
Nobody:
RUclips: DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS MAN SOLD MINECRAFT FOUR YEARS AGO ?
2015: Why Notch sold Minecraft
2019: *tHe SnOw Is SnOwIeR tHaN bEfOrE*
Minecraft is one of the most popular and beautiful games in the world.
Thank him for making Minecraft.
RUclips 2015: no
RUclips 2019: YES
Notch NO NO DONT STOP MAKING EM ;-; ;-; ;-; ;-;
Whatever you think of Notch personally, you have to respect him for the way he changed gaming forever, He started the biggest game of all time 100% on his own, insane to think about.
*my man never credited steve for his participation for him becoming a billionare*
-steve death noise-
edit 1: Oof
ehKool OOF
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Man made a game of imagination.
Forever changed all of gaming community.
This is god id say.
We love you Notch :,) you help us craft our childhood memories together.
Your My Idol Notch!!!!!
who else misses notch beign the owner of minecraft? i feel nostalgic );