Minecraft's "Notch" latest to bash Windows 8

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Minecraft's "Notch" latest to bash Windows 8
John Callaham 10 hours ago 88 Comments
Windows 8 may have just made its RTM deadline, but a number of high profile PC game creators have already voiced their displeasure over Microsoft's latest OS. Valve founder Gabe Newell was quoted last week as saying he felt that Windows 8 is "a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space." Blizzard executive Rob Pardo then followed up on Newell's statements on his Twitter page by saying that in his opinion, Windows 8 would be "not awesome for Blizzard either."

The latest PC game creator to join the Windows 8 bash train is Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of the massively selling indie sandbox game Minecraft. In a Reddit AMA chat to help launch the latest 1.3 version of Minecraft, Notch gave his own comments on Windows 8 and actually had some real reasons for his concerns.

He stated:

If Microsoft decides to lock down Windows 8, it would be very, very bad for Indie games and competition in general. If we can keep open platforms around, there's going to be a lot of very interesting games in ten years, mixed in with the huge AAA games that we all love.
Notch has sold the PC version of Minecraft solely on his website since the game launched in its alpha version in 2009. It has now sold over 6.8 million copies and keeps selling between 10,000 to 13,000 copies per day.

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EmazedPosted:

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-PancakeMix- Atleast some people are realizing how bad Windows 8 is going to be, looks like another Vista in the making.


Ya it is lol


That's why i'm sticking with Windows 7 instead.

ChugJugPosted:

-PancakeMix- Atleast some people are realizing how bad Windows 8 is going to be, looks like another Vista in the making.


Ya it is lol

-Pancake-Posted:

Atleast some people are realizing how bad Windows 8 is going to be, looks like another Vista in the making.

AcedPosted:

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Mazur
Scanty
If they think that'll work, they're crazy.


i know, i prefer playing on xbox because my PC is slow and can't play games well but that's just me and my opinion/problem.


Same story here, my computer is very slow, I can't really play games.


Thats why i got the xbox version, its easier to do everything to

ChugJugPosted:

Wow thats alot of cash buy selling 10k copies a day

MoanPosted:

Mazur
Scanty
If they think that'll work, they're crazy.


i know, i prefer playing on xbox because my PC is slow and can't play games well but that's just me and my opinion/problem.


Same story here, my computer is very slow, I can't really play games.

MazurPosted:

Aced
Mazur
Scanty
If they think that'll work, they're crazy.


i know, i prefer playing on xbox because my PC is slow and can't play games well but that's just me and my opinion/problem.


Same here, i dont even have a gaming computer orlaptop to play games on!


My Mac might work for games but i can't get many since mac's don't run .exe

PeetzuhPosted:

upd8 Microsoft is doing this so people will want to switch to xbox because they will be lagging like crazy... people just shouldn't download or get windows 8, if they still want to game on PC.


Lol, your probably right.

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

Microsoft is doing this so people will want to switch to xbox because they will be lagging like crazy... people just shouldn't download or get windows 8, if they still want to game on PC.

AcedPosted:

Mazur
Scanty
If they think that'll work, they're crazy.


i know, i prefer playing on xbox because my PC is slow and can't play games well but that's just me and my opinion/problem.


Same here, i dont even have a gaming computer orlaptop to play games on!


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