[pabb]

I think Notch of Minecraft fame just cemented the folly of this in a Tweet a second ago:

> "We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out."

The guy literally just visited Carmack (whom he admits is his idol) and the Oculus team less than a couple weeks ago, and kept mentioning how excited he was to start working on new VR games. I think this says a mouthful.

[balls187]

How much does Notch have to do with Minecraft these days? I thought it he was working on his space game.

[MrZongle2]

Notch is a founder and owner of Mojang, the company that owns and produces Minecraft.

And his space game has apparently been on hold for months.

[balls187]

Right, but from what I last heard, Jeb has been the maintainer with full creative control of Minecraft.

[pabb]

Notch isn't developing, but it's ultimately his IP. He's made over $100M in licensing deals on the brand alone. I'm sure he's going to be the shotcaller (if not just a providing a massive influence) for any large-scale potential deals involving it.

Even with that aside, he's a massive figure in the game development community. A lot of people respect him and look up to him for making out huge in the Indie game in industry pretty much of his own accord. His opinion is pivotal.

[MrZongle2]

Yes, Jeb seems to be the technical lead on Minecraft these days.

But I believe that Notch and his partners still make all the calls for the company at large. While his declaration seems a bit brusque, I think the Mojang guys have quite a bit of pride in being an independent company that has done well and may wish to clearly make their corporate philosophy known.