Minecraft creator "kinda" feels like a sell-out, but made the right choice

News by Brenna Hillier Contributor

Published on Feb. 18, 2015

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has earned a peaceful retirement.

After selling Minecraft developer Mojang to Microsoft, Notch apparently feels a little bit guilty.

Speaking to fans on Twitter, he agreed that he "kinda" feels like he sold out.

@Mr_RuizV I kinda feel like I am, but I still feel like I made the right choice. I guess some things always come at a cost.

— Markus Persson (@notch) February 13, 2015

Prior to making the sale Notch had already handed development of Minecraft over to his team, and had given up on creating new games. The pressure of living up to Minecraft seemed to weigh heavily on him.

@Mr_RuizV The one trick pony thing was hard to deal with. Matching the insane success of Minecraft would be impossible. I'm ok with it now

— Markus Persson (@notch) February 13, 2015

Now Notch spends his days building prototypes for his own intellectual pleasure, not for money or the scrutiny of others.

@Mr_RuizV and the fun is back! Programming is annoying and frustrating, but SO MUCH FUN

— Markus Persson (@notch) February 13, 2015

@Mr_RuizV and then when most prototypes are horribly unplayable, nobody judges me :D

— Markus Persson (@notch) February 13, 2015

Here at VG247 we hope Notch is enjoying his post-Minecraft life; changing the entire games industry once is enough for one lifetime.

Thanks, Gamespot.

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