Minecraft just got bought by Microsoft in the past week, and this 10 year-old has something to say about it.
In what may be the first letter to Microsoft from a 10 year-old that doesn’t involve “losing to some f***ing n00bs on Blood Gulch because hax”, Sabrina Lane recently sent a message to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, pleading with her to not to ruin the game.
Phil Spencer’s a chill guy for sure, but I don’t think anyone expected him to personally respond to Lane’s innocent pleas.
September 15, 2014
Dear Sabrina,
I saw your letter to Satya last week and since we announced today that Microsoft is buying Minecraft, I wanted to send you a reply.
Thank you for taking the time to explain all the reasons you, your friends and even your parents love Minecraft. I liked your letter and I am really glad that you are a fan of the game. Minecraft is all the things you said it is – educational, creative and most of all, fun.
I am very lucky that my job lets me work with game creators from around the world. I get to play amazing games every day. I guess it is not surprising that I love Minecraft, too.
One of the best things for me is that I see so many people making great things in Minecraft. I have this dream that a bunch of new game creators are learning and building their very first “game” using Minecraft. It is really cool that you can create whatever you want – in the real world or using your imagination to make your own world. As a fan of the game, you know that the possibilities are endless. You never know, Sabrina, if you study hard and keep creating, you might create your own Minecraft one day!
I want you to know that we plan to keep all the things that people love about Minecraft the same. We will look for ways to make Minecraft better with more opportunities for players to play, connect and share together.
Keep the feedback coming and I hope you and your friends (maybe even Ruth) will love playing Minecraft for many years to come.
Sincerely,
Phil Spencer
Head of Xbox, @XboxP3
Isn’t that just sweet? Phil Spencer not only gave little Sabrina a response straight from his own desk, he even made a vague enough promise about the future of Minecraft to both assuage her and justify crushing her dreams in the near future. He even gave her a twitter link so that she can follow him once she’s old enough to take selfies and spell hashtags correctly.
Or maybe he put it there because this is obviously a publicity stunt. After all, Sony did almost the same exact thing back at E3.
That being said, I’m still waiting for them to answer my damn Gears of War support request that I sent over four years ago. Too bad I’m not cute enough to warrant a twitter plug.
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