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[The Big Sauce]

2.5 billion could have bought them a shit tonne of exclusivity deals/games/dev studios.

 

[E92_]

 

[Premiers04]

So the founders are leaving the company and MS still paid 2.5 billion..........

Merchandise and DLC must be making a killing for them to drop that kind of coin.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Shows how worried Microsoft is about this generation, they're buying everything they can get their hands on.

 

[Ed_Gein]

So the founders are leaving the company and MS still paid 2.5 billion..........

Merchandise and DLC must be making a killing for them to drop that kind of coin.

Any chance they'll find possibilites via micro-transactions, DLC etc??

 

[GoldenHodge]

Shows how worried Microsoft is about this generation, they're buying everything they can get their hands on.

I'm surprised they haven't bought Capcom, would help them sell consoles in Japan.

 

[beta_condition]

So the founders are leaving the company and MS still paid 2.5 billion..........

Merchandise and DLC must be making a killing for them to drop that kind of coin.

Mojnag only made 134 million last year

 

[E92_]

Shows how worried Microsoft is about this generation, they're buying everything they can get their hands on.

So worried that they're keeping it on every platform.


This is bigger that just Xbox imo.

 

[beta_condition]

So worried that they're keeping it on every platform.


This is bigger that just Xbox imo.

I wouldn't be surprised if contracts in place before the deal happened are preventing Microsoft from cutting off other platforms

 

[E92_]

I wouldn't be surprised if contracts in place before the deal happened are preventing Microsoft from cutting off other platforms

Possibly, but would they still have to support it?


If there is a Minecraft 2 I wouldn't be surprised to see it exclusive to MS platforms (Xbox, windows, windows phone, etc.), but that's as far as I see it going in terms of exclusivity. I guess it depends if they bought it to make money or to push their devices.

 

[beta_condition]

Possibly, but would they still have to support it?


If there is a Minecraft 2 I wouldn't be surprised to see it exclusive to MS platforms (Xbox, windows, windows phone, etc.), but that's as far as I see it going in terms of exclusivity. I guess it depends if they bought it to make money or to push their devices.

I doubt you will see any more free updates at all for minecraft and slowly see the transition to minecraft 2 which will be xbox,mobile and pc exclusive.

 

[pantskyle]

That's a lot of coin for a game with crappy graphics...

 

[nameless]

Mojnag only made 134 million last year

That's 5x more than what the $2.5b will earn on interest.

This decision is based on more than just the games immediate profits.

 

[nameless]

Shows how worried Microsoft is about this generation, they're buying everything they can get their hands on.

Not really, Mojang were looking for a buyer and MS saw an opportunity.

People need to understand that MS are still one of the biggest companies in the world, their console division is a small part of the business and buying a company like this would be looking beyond games and far beyond a single generation.

 

[E92_]

It looks like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is heading to Xbox 360, possibly in a remastered form and perhaps rather soon, if the emergence of the game's achievement list is an indication. It's the 10th anniversary of the Xbox and PlayStation 2 title this month, so the timing seems apt.

The achievement list has arrived on this very site - you can view it here - and points to some of the game's unique features like working out at the gym. You could also eat burgers and chicken to make protagonist CJ fat and slow, which was fun but kinda pointless.

Rockstar has yet to officially announced Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for Xbox 360, and other platforms could also be in the pipeline. Of course, the game had been available on the Xbox Live Marketplace as an Xbox Original, but never remastered and with achievements.

We'll have more on the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas re-release as we get it.

http://www.xboxachievements.com/new...-is-Coming-to-Xbox-360-with-Achievements.html


http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/achievements/

 

[Spirit Level]

Give us a ****ing Vice City remaster

 

[Ed_Gein]

Give us a ****ing Vice City remaster

It will probably never get one. Vice City seems to have the cult following but SA i guess has a much broader appeal.

 

[The Big Sauce]

If you add achievements/trophies I'll make it my mission to Platinum any of the PS2 era GTA titles.

 

[Quivorir]

Has also been pulled from both the PS Store and Xbox one. Surely it means its coming to at least PS3/360. Means I might have to actually turn my PS3 on

 

[8bittotheFuture]

If you add achievements/trophies I'll make it my mission to Platinum any of the PS2 era GTA titles.

Yeah, me too.

I had began playing through the GTA series on iPhone, but I guess I'll hold off if they are going to re-release with trophies.

 

[pantskyle]

Yeah, me too.

I had began playing through the GTA series on iPhone, but I guess I'll hold off if they are going to re-release with trophies.

I can only imagine that to be painful playing on a phone.

 

[8bittotheFuture]

I can only imagine that to be painful playing on a phone.

Haha yeah, its not ideal, but you get used to it.

Would prefer to play it on my Vita, but the convenience of having it on a device I have on me at all times is a winner.

 

[E92_]

Rumors of an Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas began to circulate yesterday with the leak of new achievements for the game, and now Rockstar has confirmed that GTA: San Andreas is getting its own re-release on Microsoft's last-gen system.

Astute gamers may have noticed that the Xbox Originals version of the game available in the Xbox Marketplace has gone missing. Rockstar explained the removal as a sort of out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new. While the original version will never be available again on the Marketplace, Rockstar has gone ahead and made it available as a purchasable game through the Games on Demand service starting October 26.

The company promises that this isn't a mere change in how gamers can purchase the game. The graphics have been improved, supporting 720p resolution, improved draw distances, and as the achievement list leak already revealed, full achievement support.

In addition to the revealed list, there are an additional 11 secret achievements to unlock in San Andreas.

http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/10/23/gta-san-andreas-really-is-coming-to-xbox-360

 

[The Big Sauce]

http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/10/23/gta-san-andreas-really-is-coming-to-xbox-360

http://kotaku.com/better-version-of-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-hits-xb-1649965524

It's coming. Presumably a PS3 version is coming as well.

PS4 pls Rockstar

 

[The Big Sauce]

Losing that quick draw