Notch Stepping down from Minecraft

[xBlazex]

Markus "Notch" Persson, the charismatic head of Minecraft developer Mojang, is no longer lead developer on the game that made him a millionaire, after he passed the reins to Jens Bergensten.

Writing on his blog, Persson explains that the move means Bergensten "will have the final say in all design decisions, so he will kinda sorta become my boss, I guess.

"We've been working together on Minecraft for a year now, and I'm amazed at how much in sync we two are when it comes to design the game. He's truly a great person to work with, and I feel very confident handing over the leadership of Minecraft to him."

Under Persson's stewardship, Minecraft sold more than four million copies before it was even out of beta, earning the studio almost £50 million in the process. And what next for Notch himself? "Personally, I will now rest for a while, then get back to work refreshed and eager," he writes. "I'll be helping out with Minecraft, of course, but also starting work on some new project."

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/persson-steps-down-minecraft-lead
http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/344-notch-steps-down-jeb-takes-lead-developer-position-for-minecraft/page__st__20/


This mean Jeb will be take over and Minecraft will have more Mod support. maybe no more open up jar anymore just put in the folder like addon

[Orpheus]

Was bound to happen sooner or later, not surprising at all. Hopefully this will speed things up when it comes to updates.

[xBlazex]

Was bound to happen sooner or later, not surprising at all. Hopefully this will speed things up when it comes to updates.

his goal is to work on mods support first. then work on content because people can make content faster then mojang can

[Jyncs]

I was under the impression it was Jeb doing most of the work for the past 6 months or so. In any case he was under appreciated, hope this works out well for both of them.

[rinarunine]

Man. I can't get over what a piece of crap Notch is. Now that he's gotten a few million and reached 1.0, what the f**k does he care? Sheesh.

At least the game is actually going to see bug fixes at a decent rate now.