One of the most unnecessarily insulting , and shitty post I've read on Gaf in a while . Did you really not realize how condescending and elitist your post was?
Super elitist but in most cases sorta true.
One of the most unnecessarily insulting , and shitty post I've read on Gaf in a while . Did you really not realize how condescending and elitist your post was?
I'm still baffled that this game was such a monster hit with kids.
I'm stupefied as well. Why kids could ever like this or Legos is beyond me. Maybe kids are stupid.
Amid the pointless debate of combining platforms, it's great that the game is super successful. Well-deserved.
Super Mario Brothers for the 21st century.
Seriously. (Or maybe Tetris).
Last year I read many people saying how Minecraft was popular with kids, but that'was mostly from people in the US. This year I have started to see this trend in my own eyes here in Brazil.
I wonder if it has caught on with children in China as well, or if it will eventually.
But but... I thought this game was too complex, too subtle, too sandbox for console gamers...
I'm stupefied as well. Why kids could ever like this or Legos is beyond me. Maybe kids are stupid.
That's why they dumbed it down for the console release.
It's not pointless. Commenting on a platform's financial viability by comparing one SKU against several combined SKUs is one of the worst and most wrong behaviors people can do in this subject. Unfortunately, this behavior is prevalent on GAF, especially when playing down the PC as a gaming platform.
However i don't think the Mojang tweet had any intentions to spur that conversation - just stating a fact.
It has nothing to do with playing down PC. Rules don't change because one popular title sold more on the consoles. Diablo 3 has sold less on the consoles, those numbers were still combined.
That couldn't be any further than the truth. PS\Xbox SKUs tend to have different people assigned to each version, different budgets, different developing challenges etc. etc. - and it's only getting more like that with the new generation as any look on DF articles would show.No, its pretty pointless. The consoles are usually lumped together as one because they're basically the same in terms of userbase size, needs, wants, dev costs and sales. The sales ratio can vary depending on region, but when most are talking about platforms, they are combined because its easier and no one bats an eye.
It has nothing to do with playing down PC. Rules don't change because one popular title sold more on the consoles. Diablo 3 has sold less on the consoles, those numbers were still combined.
The irony of all this is that Minecraft is not available for sale on Steam. 54 million sold and not available on Steam. I guess Steam really isn't all that necessary.
The irony of all this is that Minecraft is not available for sale on Steam. 54 million sold and not available on Steam. I guess Steam really isn't all that necessary.
No he didn't. He said the external launcher is different, which isn't even necessary. It's the exact same code being run. And I don't mean "same codebase," I mean literally the same code. It runs on the java runtime environment.
Just proves what everyone already knows. Games sell better on mobile. Even PC/console "exclusives" that "aren't possible" on a "touchscreen".
A technicality.
I don't know how something can "technically" be identical.A technicality.
Sony really should dig deep and bundle this game with every Vita and have it preloaded on the memory card, like Nintendo did with Tetris and the Game Boy.
If that does't boost the system sales, then I don't know what will.
Just proves what everyone already knows. Games sell better on consoles. Even PC "exclusives" that "aren't possible" on a "controller".
I don't know how something can "technically" be identical.
Let's stop the PC vs Console fighting in the thread before I have to come back and break out the wood chipper.
It's excellent that MC has sold so well, on all platforms. If you can't enjoy that, go nurse your neurotic grievances in private.
Let's stop the PC vs Console fighting in the thread before I have to come back and break out the wood chipper.
The hive is rattled.