Facebook just acquired Oculus Rift for $2 billion, and Minecraft creator, Markus Persson has cancelled his Minecraft deal because of it.
“Facebook creeps me out.” said Persson in a tweet, that you can see below:
We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out.
— notch (@notch) March 25, 2014
Do you think that Persson should have cancelled the deal?
Source: Markus Persson Twitter
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