Minecraft dev hopes other studios follow suit
Minecraftcreator Markuss “Notch” Persson hasdone it again, this time slagging off Windows 8 after refusing to certifyMinecraftfor sale on Microsoft’s latest OS. The developer accused Microsoft of trying to ruin an open platform, and expressed hope that other developers would shun the OS in turn.
“Got an email from Microsoft, wanting to help ‘certify’Minecraftfor Win 8. I told them to stop trying to ruin the PC as an open platform,”Tweetedthe influential game maker. “I’d rather haveMinecraftnot run on Win 8 at all than to play along. Maybe we can convince a few people not to switch to Win 8 that way.”
Of course, Microsoft certification is not compulsory.Minecraftwill still be playable on Windows 8, it just won’t have MS’ big fat stamp of approval. Can youlivewith yourselves, playing a game that Microsoft has not approved? How will we know it’s not got anthrax in it? We don’t. We don’t know anymore.
In any case, that’s bothGabenand Notch that hate Windows 8. Do you guys hate it?
