> They're not gonna make a single dime from the > purchase and will probably murder the studio in a couple of years.
Did you not read the original article? There are plans for toys and movies and/or shows. Not to mention whatever stupid shit they will charge for XBONE downloads.
Granted, they will probably attribute some XB live profits to minecraft to make them feel better, but I seriously doubt if they'd truly get back 2.5 billion for all of that.
Perhaps that's what you mean, but they will get at least millions back from all of that. For us middle class folk, it's still a far cry from not making a single dime.
Just broke my personal record for number of consecutive days without dying!