Windows 8 has been actively criticized by Valve and Blizzard for its presumed closed architecture. For his part, Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of Minecraft, thinks that indie developers will do well if there are open platforms, but is worried over what might happen with Windows 8.
“If Microsoft decides to lock down Windows 8, it would be very, very bad for Indie games and competition in general,” said Persson. “If we can keep open platforms around, there’s going to be a lot of very interesting games in ten years, mixed in with the huge AAA games that we all love.”
Source: Reddit
