53 Quotes by Markus Persson

If I had intended for 'Minecraft' to end up on consoles, I wouldn't have developed the game in Java. The decision to port the game to consoles came from a combination of player requests, a desire to play around with the brand on different platforms, and some interesting business deals.

I definitely think 'Minecraft' is a freak thing. There's no way you could replicate it intentionally.

The first game I actually bought myself with my own money was 'The Bard's Tale.'

When you have the kind of success 'Minecraft' has brought, you can just choose yourself the way you want to do things.

The more consoles the better, because if there's more competition, they might get more open.

For 'Minecraft,' it actually started with an isometric strategy game.

Facebook creeps me out.

I kind of 'code-sketch,' where I get started with a project by actually writing the code for it and getting something up on the screen. Then I play around with it and see if it's any fun and change the parts that aren't.

Gaming goes in trends, and for a bit of a too-long stretch, it focused on huge productions.