Re:Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft
by petercooper on Monday September 15, 2014 @09:44AM
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On the other hand, Mojang made $330 million in revenue and $129 million in profit last year. They can probably hold on to those margins
The margin is interesting, because Mojang supposedly paid Notch personally another ~$129m in licensing fees.
If he has managed to sell the company and will still collect such large licensing fees, he's laughing all the way to the bank. If he sells whatever rights he is licensing to Mojang/Microsoft first, however, then their margin will leap up as their expenses are, in reality, a lot less than they seem due to this arrangement.
Re:Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft
by readerrrr on Monday September 15, 2014 @03:51PM
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I'm curious and seems like no one has addressed this. Notch owns the Minecraft ip and it is licensing it to Mojang. Does this mean Mojang( now Microsoft ) will have to keep paying the license?
The margin is interesting, because Mojang supposedly paid Notch personally another ~$129m in licensing fees.
If he has managed to sell the company and will still collect such large licensing fees, he's laughing all the way to the bank. If he sells whatever rights he is licensing to Mojang/Microsoft first, however, then their margin will leap up as their expenses are, in reality, a lot less than they seem due to this arrangement.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-03-19-mojang-made...