Why Markus "Notch" Persson Sold Minecraft and Became A Billionaire | Forbes

Markus Persson, the billionaire creator of Minecraft, tells FORBES why he sold independent gaming company for $2.5 billion to Microsoft in an exclusive interview.
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[@ao623]

Microsoft bought Minecraft for 2.5$ Billion. And i bought Minecraft for only 26.95$ *STONKS*

[@lettuceskin7500]

Indeed friend

[@abhikbhaduri7252]

Original'nt

[@mr.c6324]

Used to be 20$

[@i.oagent7229]

@@mr.c6324 it's still 20 dollars

[@mr.c6324]

@@i.oagent7229 nope

[@haichah]

At least he didn't sell it to EA

[@balintkiss8741]

Cost of reply is 1 like

[@UndeadNaziKilla]

IMAGINE

[@dallasesposito9577]

To make another world you will need the “Extra World DLC” for 14.95

[@miky97it]

Orange End Dragon skin only 5$/month

[@xeno6358]

To update $1.00 To play snapshots$1.00 (Per day)

[@blazed_sins9192]

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.

[@scootertutorialsyt]

Blazedsin Robbins ppl angry are just 12 year olds with no grasp of the world

[@miker0tch_]

@@scootertutorialsyt Wow now thats Rude

[@skalmaa]

@@miker0tch_ not as rude as the 12year old kids shitting on people like notch^^

[@paulemilrk]

Honestly I'd throw my family into that deal as well

[@chris-kb1rp]

Blazedsin Robbins $2.5 I’d take that deal without a hesitating

[@ThomasMarekGotovski]

Putting "why Notch sold Minecraft" and "became a billionaire" together is pretty self explanatory

[@zephyrgarnett8203]

lol

[@gabetownsend1017]

did you watch the video. Sure its most likely the biggest reason but he said one thing about the offer

[@magnuspetersen4706]

I thought the exact same when I read the title lol

[@purpleey]

@a lizard the game lost its popularity BECAUSE he sold it. microsoft really fucked up minecraft

[@punished7030]

@@purpleey and yet its rising again

[@johndonefinftw5447]

Notch is still the owner of minecraft in our hearts

[@kungjohn9196]

+JohnDoneFinFTW no.

[@redsalmon9966]

+JohnDoneFinFTW he iss the creator and god of minecraft

[@nightjolt]

yyeeahhh :'(

[@yosh5211]

nope we hated him just say it.. #TwitterHates

[@nightjolt]

Rasse virtanen fuck off

[@stalinskaya9516]

Self-made billionaire , not daddy's money. Its impossible not to respect this man.

[@fuelks]

He's an incel-ish asshole. I respect his actions, but he's an asshole.

[@BlackMesaEmployee]

@@fuelks how is he incel-ish?

[@anshidar7104]

Elon musk also falls into this category of self made billonare

[@asgeiralbretsen]

Except for the fact that he is really racist, and a bit of an incel.

[@prowlingtiger2226]

Aski how is he racist?

[@palasako8732]

This man gave millions of people so much fun. I love seeing him rich and happy.

[@Thralfuzzball]

Money well made i would say

[@yolkthosenuts]

Palasako He's a legitimate racist and homophobe

[@simonholmqvist5475]

@@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.

[@simonholmqvist5475]

@@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.

[@JS-rm1uw]

@@yolkthosenuts so what?

[@-gestimo-4086]

My father built a fence for this man's private tennis court. Weird flex I know.

[@cykomiko6924]

- Gestimo - fr?

[@-gestimo-4086]

@@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.

[@thunburg2694]

@@-gestimo-4086 thats cool were they oak fences or iron bars

[@jordinne2201]

I would prefer iron bars

[@kewlnes987]

Haha awesome

[@griot1722]

People call him a sellout but what would they do if they were offered 1 billion dollars

[@LiePieCraft]

+Georgo Zuwe actually it was 2.5 billion dollars

[@quentk8886]

@@LiePieCraft pretty sure it was 2.6

[@BlockedUser1]

he just saw it as a get out of attacks free card

[@samuelr.6046]

Minecraft was a sinking boat anyways. Edit: Really? That's not how I remember it, a lot of Minecraft KZbinrs 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 KZbinrs 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.

[@bastenthemaker2455]

CallMe Samuel no, it was a rising game when Notch was still owning it

[@billyjoe3309]

This guy is basically a grown up kid. He just wanna live and have fun. I like it. Keep going Notch!

[@Sipsie]

Billy Joe Aren't we all grown up kids?

[@drascofficial1810]

Cameron Bennett so true adults are grown up kids

[@bertlammens4392]

Billy Joe you should check out his twitter if you want to see him shitposting

[@towtruckaj]

No, Hes living the dream, We all want to be able to act like children and live our lives for just fun.

[@billyjoe3309]

And my comment hit 512 likes, new record for me :D

[@InfinityPt]

makes game, gets rich, sells company, billionaire, life well spent id say

[@microska2656]

Stonks

[@xxxod]

>Makes game >Game gets popular >Get rich >Sell the game before it inevitably declines >Get even richer >Life your life rich and party

[@nwxzzz]

Galaxi pfttt, minecraft still has it’s popularity. might even be more popular than before

[@xxxod]

@@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.

[@latviaball5129]

I got a flashback frim that weird video called life well spent

[@Physico]

We shouldn't be angry or sad because Notch left Minecraft. We should be happy because Notch *Created* Minecraft.

[@harunoaki5905]

U HAVE TO THINK

[@aryavsaigal8898]

*Dr Suess said these words*

[@EliasSchnetzer]

We should be happy because Notch left Minecraft. It's a better game now.

[@oliver-04]

Elias Schnetzer how old are you?

[@redunoreversecard1108]

Elias Schnetzer Shut up 6 year old you don’t understand

[@ChloeCinema]

It's nice to see someone hit it big who actually deserves it. And I like how honest he was about giving charity.

[@billyjoe3309]

Exactly, he very much deserves it!

[@maxwell10206]

charity = tax write off

[@haleme9244]

maxwell10206 that's usually for millionaires not billionaires, billionaires put their money of shore

[@MrPiff-gn1vf]

"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.

[@15thcenturyraccoonfarmer73]

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

[@johnnyyhash1]

Dudes living, I love it.

[@kingskylord6099]

He is kinda depressed now, though.

[@ibojofamily8472]

KingSkyLord wait why is he depressed?

[@smartzapeple1106]

KingSkyLord That's stupid.

[@jdcabauwnl]

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.

[@SuperJonathanmatthew]

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"

[@fiend4837]

theres no other man in the world id rather be a billionaire than the man who made our childhoods.

[@prod.s23]

yea

[@testedalexthegreat1759]

@just a friendly area 51 alien Notch and Elon musk.

[@strider029]

He's still making my adulthood.

[@TheNewGeneration-wh4kr]

treelon musk Jeff Bezos and many others

[@marcuswilson3375]

@@TheNewGeneration-wh4kr nah not Bezos

[@specifycs]

I swear our grandchildren are going to read history books about "Markus Persson", the man who innovated creative freedom in the 21st century.

[@jesse7328]

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.

[@michaelzane3823]

@@jesse7328 How ironic, you yourself sound like that "fedora tipping" guy you speak of.

[@jesse7328]

Symedge it took me 30 seconds to write that, it’s not like notch who spends all day ranting on Twitter

[@kskssjjss1206]

Jesse thats why nobody likes you

[@ikeadump3265]

@@jesse7328 you yourself sound like a fedora tipping virgin 👀

[@jackbeason8058]

Notch is honestly one of my favorite people.

[@the_ustocreator9193]

jack beason me too

[@osamaobeidat4126]

jack beason

[@VK022]

jack beason jev

[@felixpawlowski9033]

jack beason N-NANI?

[@PepsimanPlayGamer]

Why

[@cokezerocalories]

PLOT TWIST: NOTCH IS ACTUALLY GUSTAVO FROM BIG TIME RUSH

[@ryvieira_]

HAHAHAHA

[@docibal4684]

good one 😅👌🏻

[@WiznessLead]

coke I thought that I was only one who noticed that.

[@datsko6339]

"UHHH - OHH. OH-Ah-OHHHHHH" (Big Time Rush thing)

[@GustavoAlves-ns1uz]

Hi 😂

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

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.

[@toakovika]

Zhander Drake well, he also has a history of transphobic and racist comments, but that’s not a big deal, right? /s

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

@@toakovika oh so you believe in fabrications created by the media? Cool. I don't need to say anything.

[@thesecondantagoniser4008]

@@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.

[@unicornhuntercg]

@@toakovika Well, he made Minecraft. So, no big deal to me. Go back to your stinky old hoard you troll

[@evil7260]

Toa Kovika okkkk so ????? I don’t see what’s wrong with that

[@IStoleYourSandwich]

He's just a regular person... i mean Persson! lel

[@melowcushonmelowcushon8173]

Wow are you making fun of his name?

[@IStoleYourSandwich]

"ba dum tss"

[@bren7080]

+Melowcushon Melowcushon Stop being so mellow, you damn cushion.

[@BubblegumDog_]

+Bren7080 lol XD

[@oneangelgaming9350]

... no.

[@kimshalahibbert8425]

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!

[@smytegaming3569]

e and d are pretty close on qwerty don’t bite her head off

[@vadiks20032]

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

[@ratare40show]

Yeah Mindcraft is real game...

[@vaagfiguur3980]

@Shade Wood my daughter half year ago, my son few weeks. The java version tough, but have difficulties to let stop.

[@vaagfiguur3980]

"You are a cool dude... before and after the money. Congrats!" .....nice said! And seems to be the truth.

[@BRENDAN28]

Buys 70 million dollar house. Notch: "oh yeah I've been there once"

[@pokemonhero7720]

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

[@eness379]

what do you mean by bows down master?

[@aryavsaigal8898]

Powerenesful he is willing to give notch a *bow* job

[@eness379]

@@aryavsaigal8898 i still dont understand

[@aryavsaigal8898]

Powerenesful he bows down as in a greeting and then says “master”

[@eness379]

@@aryavsaigal8898 you mean the thing shoots arrow by bow?

[@RichHandsome]

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 !

[@mrkrabsfeelinit]

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.

[@danny5501]

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.

[@mikiqex]

Danny Make a game (or anything) simple is the most difficult thing :)

[@wizardite]

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

[@Sancarn]

martin stoyanov Actually terrain genration like it was initially implemented is extremely simple. I've done it myself already.

[@TheRyder8000diamonds]

Guys his just a normal person. Theres no need to swear and scream when Notch leaves mojang. minecraft is just a regular fun game.

[@flemmino3969]

All the kids who started the game when it released on Xbox what if Microsoft stop making updates

[@howrydanksman8058]

+ElementDubs okay who the fuck is mojang? notch is mojang.

[@datyson4618]

Mac&Cheez no

[@itsjustanapple5452]

howrydanks man mojang is same as rockstar or activision. Minecraft is not the only game made by mojang

[@rhyss5599]

Was**

[@statiq1941]

I respect that he's a billionaire but still makes himself work.

[@Dwight511]

Because he enjoys the work

[@ireallydontknowwhatmynamei6302]

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

[@josephdean6707]

a billion dollars for a simple blocky game, I'd take it.

[@dankfam6686]

No, for the whole company.

[@Joe-ki7og]

2.5 billion

[@jakewalky73]

People like you are just straight up silly

[@punished7030]

@@jakewalky73 silly for saying they would take the money also?

[@razmuzen1090]

1.75 billion*

[@clover831]

I wish you well Notch, whatever you choose to do next. You deserve all your success. Your true to yourself.

[@Sun-Tzu-]

Not so true to himself anymore.

[@xanterererer]

@@Sun-Tzu- wym

[@wifi2166]

He deserves every cent

[@user-rh1qe6gs5jiu8]

you can't meet him

[@user-rh1qe6gs5jiu8]

I'm saying that you can meet him cause he died, don't be rude

[@user-rh1qe6gs5jiu8]

he will be missed, he had a drug overdose last week

[@nooneaplayasklub1479]

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

[@The_Marine708]

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.

[@beerplays9105]

Microsoft added micro-transactions to a block game. I mean i dont think notch would do something like that

[@honkhonk8009]

@@beerplays9105 Yeah but it gotta return investment somehow. Java edition still micro transaction free. They made bedrock to be separate from java

[@RockinRocketScience]

​@@beerplays9105That's Rea for pocket edition

[@TheKetsup]

While I'm watching this I'm eating a burger from McDonalds dollar menu questioning my life decisions...

[@DvirMuja]

Dude... like don't be sad. He's only a billionare... Maybe you will be rich as bill gates someday too ;)

[@TheKetsup]

DvirMuja You know what, maybe your right... I'mma eat another burger to celebrate :)

[@xXHacksAndTipsXx]

DvirMuja Bill gates has like 70+ Million company, Notch has 2~

[@flemmino3969]

He also got 1 billion dollars making the game

[@alexdowd02]

DvirMuja there's not a lot you can't do with 2.5 billion, he doesn't really need much more.

[@iandittmar9547]

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!

[@314rft]

Ian Dittmar He said he probably won't release anything he makes.

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

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

[@Orkenstei]

@@user-wq9mw2xz3j He sold the rights of Minecraft to Microsoft, thus he cannot make any other minecraft game

[@KingBobXVI]

"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.

[@gnarlyarly9943]

Only OG Minecraft players remember when Deadmau5 used to play Minecraft

[@endangeredpuff-shroom6191]

Only OG Minecraft players rememeber where food arent stackble

[@gnarlyarly9943]

Jar Jar bro I played on the same server.

[@gnarlyarly9943]

Jar Jar mau5ville

[@Reelphresh]

When you couldn't place stairs upside down.

[@kaiden3374]

He sold Minecraft so in a few years he could host meme review *cough cough*

[@notajedimaster2489]

Some Guy Kai very cool and epic

[@markomarkovic8710]

pewdipeie minecraft

[@Masternaldo]

Meme review is dead

[@bp42s56]

SomeGuyKai god ew a pewdiepie fan

[@SB-hs4yn]

Work hard, it pays off.

[@SB-hs4yn]

+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.

[@ahuman4013]

@@SB-hs4yn Not everybody can work toward that.

[@Archy16]

That's what Chef Pee Pee Said he must stolen that from you

[@asamakowski8316]

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

[@frostpyrogaming5250]

@@asamakowski8316 I think he was talking about people who do the manual labour in building houses. Architects are paid lots tho

[@7781kathy]

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).

[@RedSSSandwich]

bill gates doesn't work on minecraft like at all

[@kytkinpommiakytkinpommia8254]

@@RedSSSandwich but basically owns it xd

[@RedSSSandwich]

@@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?

[@kero2962]

@@kytkinpommiakytkinpommia8254 incorrect, bill gates doesnt even own microsoft anymore, smh he doesnt even have the biggest individual stock holdings

[@marvinjoosten8295]

This guy didn't know what was going to happen.

[@nostalgiagaming560]

Man, I remember a long time ago. I started minecraft at Pre-classic, but Alpha was and is my favorite.

[@kikirocy5390]

Markus Persson: The man behind our Childhood

[@xtrri2090]

*persson (instead of man)

[@timorouw5555]

He's also behind the rest of my life. Im never gonna stop playing Minecraft

[@waamaagaming1287]

Lolllllll yes if he did not make minecraft now I'm dead of boring

[@theartofmayonnaise4397]

lol the comments are hilarious "i hate notch becuz he sold minecraft"

[@wilfmerson]

The Art of Mayonnaise where are these comments

[@tempjohn3510]

SepiaTone it was a year ago so now the popular comments are different now

[@peachy1217]

Oh no, now people hate him for MUCH different reasons.

[@i.beat.my.slaves444]

Peachy why?

[@diarmuidslattery]

i.beat.my.slaves homophobia, racism, bit of sexism and whatever else

[@AMSASH]

He’s still playing Minecraft with people like Dream, so he still loves the game

[@hmm7415]

It's fake.....

[@nicolassteckert7149]

@@hmm7415 you are fake

[@hmm7415]

*gasp* how did you know?

[@TrigenStuff]

@@hmm7415 not at all :D Check is twitter

[@circuit10]

@@hmm7415 It's not fake

[@alexstefctn971]

Poor guy.. Now he is lonely and depressed. Hope he will find his peace.

[@evrenozcan]

He sounds like we ve been friends for 40 years, good to see some genuine people out there still standing

[@tribaltree5381]

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

[@KevinR1138]

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.

[@Plague_Doc22]

+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.

[@Karifouu]

+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.

[@drifter402]

+KevinR1138 This happens to every lottery winner also. You don't want to get that much money that quickly.

[@Gabu_]

Boohoohoo, money might not buy happiness, but it's a close second - all you have to do is embrace your ego.

[@KevinR1138]

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.

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Surprised by the overwhelming amount of wholesome comments. I love it

[@ploof592]

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.

[@sonatagraal3047]

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.

[@breid98]

dude slaved away at a project for years and wanted to get paid. completely understandable.

[@Austyn_Young7]

Thank you Markus for the memories ☺️❤️😢

[@joesherry6732]

You asked the question and also answered it in the title of the video

[@Twoface0233]

I’m gonna buy Minecraft with JahCoin

[@Hesselaer]

YaBoiGoat Jahcoiners rise up

[@itssnikoo_]

stfu i have 7 jahllers

[@rookeva8688]

YaBoiGoat Gtfo buy it with EtikaCoins

[@shaheer_04]

Unsoundrook ☠️

[@tobirei482]

Schlattcoin

[@elirix2589]

I remember playing minecraft in 2011...

[@booradley3221]

Bruh 2019 and now I get this recommended

[@OctaviaaivatcO]

lets just hope we dont get ads.

[@Become-Eggplant]

Notch.... The Man who sold the Wo- I mean Minecraft.

[@yukejow1370]

This breaks my heart.

[@Mattwest1985]

He’s such an amazing man! We need more people like you in this world Notch.

[@clark5426]

When he sold the game and the company, I’ve always pictured about him and Jeb having an argument like from a drama of an biographical movie.

[@hejcarlhej]

"Right now I'm just buying houses in L.A and partying" ;) ;)

[@ufuk8470]

haha i changed my comment you ll never know

[@mrsture5984]

FBI bro that’s the funniest comment I have ever seen. Well earned like

[@dagreenblock7516]

@@mrsture5984 ok bro

[@Kurzux]

FBI His on a mad one fam

[@lovablesauce8992]

be cuz hes big smoke

[@killtonyclips2334]

Why is this the funniest thing i'v seen in the past 3 years

[@nickpat8551]

4:01 guessing he hasnt changed keyboards in a bit

[@Miiikeeej]

Legendary IBM model M, a lot of ppl still prefer this.

[@dontcaretbh1335]

the updates are actually pretty good rn they only need a cave update

[@yeast4529]

Can’t wait for the Notch movie starring Jack Black

[@BarneyMersich]

Your references are out of control bro, everybody knows that!

[@whitewolf8427]

To the haters of Minecraft: BRUH!! YOUR JUST SUPER JELLY (JEALOUS)!!! To Notch: I feel bad for you ;^;

[@yerren6861]

You can see him he likes doing what he does and making new games, heard he joins game jams like Ludum Dare. He likes what he does, i wish i can do the same.

[@danteb3737]

Im from Stockholm and its insane to be from the same city as notch

[@EggZema_]

Why

[@crlake]

Whoa dude, your house in LA is banging!

[@Plague_Doc22]

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.

[@crlake]

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.

[@Plague_Doc22]

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.

[@papyrus672]

Notch you made the best game in the world 🙏🙏🙏

[@AngelGomez-qz8iq]

We love you Notch :,) you help us craft our childhood memories together.

[@zomb7138]

Notch doesn't realize the memories he had created with Mc. Truly amazing.

[@katzomatzo7448]

I mean if someone offers me 1B Dollars+ I GLADLY would accept it, you don’t have to work for your entire life anymore.

[@lennysmileyface]

8 generations of your family never have to work bruh

[@neutronstar6739]

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.

[@benedictly1571]

you don't have to work a day, but that would be a selfish thing to do, which are what billionaires are anyway

[@cs0345]

@@lennysmileyface If its actually invested no ancestor would ever have to work again

[@mahmoudmajed5485]

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!

[@matteoispotato8758]

Dj notch: starts playing minecraft theme song

[@CharFil]

Years later, he looks happy :) Thanks for making my childhood ❤️

[@kins2257]

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.

[@JustinF69]

2019 : Minecraft gets more popular then fortnite Notch : *instant regret*

[@WeeDZart]

Why, he still gotem green pappers and em booty's

[@PedritoElMaldito]

I don't think you understand how much money 2 billion is

[@decentrob8126]

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

[@aryavsaigal8898]

Lans Music notch is god, don’t disrespect god

[@alvr3461]

@@aryavsaigal8898 He's still a human tho. A very rich human exactly.

[@aadi2260]

He just tried to stop Pay2win and still people got mad about it :/

[@Kevinnxxn]

KZbin recommended me this vid after 4 years!!!

[@marcuspvxea]

"I wanted to move on to work on projects and do things that make me happy and on it i got a billion dollar offer" Sounds like he really got a good timing

[@Gabstermi]

Notch will always be our king of mimecraft forever in our hearts

[@007KrausBean]

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.

[@NapoleonDynamiteer]

PASSION. People learn the tools and tips for developing your very own passion into businesses, the rest is wikipedia.

[@baguette7351]

It's sad that people hate him so much because of just a few tweets, he have different opinions on a few things but that doesn't make him deserve all the hate he got, and when he's not even invited to Minecraft 10th birthday it must've been so heartbreaking, a game you've develop for years and made everybody's childhood awesome but you're not even invited to it's birthday, that's the biggest betrayal ever.

[@noscopespider]

STOP READING MY MIND. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME CRY.

[@ayv-]

Unfortunately Notch is one of those people that care what people say online :/

[@samymuller9722]

Some times I hate mine craft and sometimes I love it ... And sometimes it's stealing my time

[@angeryangery1147]

For giving us so much Joy, Fun and Friends, you deserved to be a billionaire. Have a good life my homie.

[@slothsad1378]

This is the man that made my childhood the best you can get...

[@immortalsun]

I thought this was a new video. KZbin’s algorithm sure is interesting.

[@gabor7524]

Dimentive as long as it keeps on giving me this vid’s🤷🏼‍♂️

[@henrilemoine3953]

The answer is literaly in the title.

[@r4dbro]

The important thing is they did not sell it to ea adn their company along with microsoft is still updating minecraft till this day

[@beyond_5dtemp]

Notch sounds like such a nice person to be friends with.

[@cole241]

I wonder what mc would look like with notch still working on it

[@eggs851]

He probably give up

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

@@eggs851 yeah, the community will just attack him for it...

[@rasaido2799]

Markus "Notch" Persson Is The Legend Of Minecraft

[@benjaminwilson3114]

thankyou notch for making me, my friends and millions of other people have fun growing up

[@mulethedonkey2579]

like how the EULA lets servers sell cosmetics. *It is of course a very good business decision, servers run on money and are likely a huge backbone of the playerbase with all the players they get, since minecraft is in a huge part a platform and thats what draws a large amount of people to the game*

[@RagingInsomniac]

Glad I grew up with this notch instead of the phone notch

[@LRexx]

2015: Why Notch sold Minecraft 2019: *tHe SnOw Is SnOwIeR tHaN bEfOrE*

[@MasonTC]

Putting aside his controversies and mistakes, we all thank and love Notch for creating one of the best and memorable games EVER MADE.

[@boomstickYT]

The controversies were stupid lol he didn’t deserves any hate

[@bareknucklebarry5711]

he just looks like a father, a happy one at that.

[@NorteXGame]

Let's make it clear. Minecraft Java Edition 10/10 Minecraft Bedrock 0/10

[@bluewolf7664]

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

[@snailman5065]

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 😃.

[@Max-0076]

Java is only decent PvP version

[@tomatoking]

@@snailman5065 even for bedrock you can still get free textures

[@iwakuraWired44]

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