<p>Markus &#8216;Notch&#8217; Persson, the famed creator of major money maker sandbox game Minecraft, has received a special gift from Sony today. Notch was gifted with a spanking new gold PlayStation 1 console as an E3 invite without power cords and the necessary video cables. Perhaps Sony is sending Notch a message in the form of, &#8220;If you bring over Minecraft to us and help power us on then we&#8217;ll do the same for you.&#8221; The only problem is that Microsoft has a solid contract and rights to the Minecraft dynasty and its very unlikely Notch or Microsoft would hand over the keys to the kingdom anytime soon.</p>
<p>Notch did make note of the transaction in a tweet which you can read below. In the meantime its up to speculation if its possible Mojang and Sony may have made a deal under the table for something entirely new and refreshing.</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Got a vip invitation to an e3 event from sony in the form of a gold colored psone. Wow. :D <a title="http://twitter.com/notch/status/338959613271629824/photo/1" href="http://t.co/d8kZQRxgyg">twitter.com/notch/status/3…</a></p>
<p>— Markus Persson (@notch) <a href="https://twitter.com/notch/status/338959613271629824">May 27, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
<p>{Source: <strong><a title="CVG Blog: Minecraft creator Notch Receives Golden PSone E3 invite from Sony" href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/409208/blog/minecraft-creator-notch-receives-golden-psone-e3-invite-from-sony/">CVG</a></strong> via <strong><a title="https://twitter.com/notch/status/338959613271629824" href="https://twitter.com/notch/status/338959613271629824">Twitter</a></strong>}</p>

Sony Wants ‘Notch’ to Be Their E3 Golden Boy
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By Tom Stovall

- Categories: Game News
- Tags: E3 ExpoMinecraftPlayStation
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