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So minecraft on Switch is gonna be huge right?
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Dark Cloud
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He said they thought of this idea during the N64 days.
Lord of Ostia
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It did well on Wii U. Also it's popular in Japan, especially on Vita and Wii U. They probably see this as a good way to get in on the Japanese market
KZXcellent
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Minecraft is the video game equivalent of a Magic Money Tree. It'll do great.
eighty(one)
Member
It was answered on this page:
See the post with the giant green, red and blue squares.
Ruud_Luiten
Member
They did, neogaf laughed and said it was a bad buy....
But in the end it was a brilliant buy.
talkingood
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Honestly I thought the Wii U worlds were huge, if you're just playing in Survival and want to learn the map yourself it would take a long time to see it all. Personally​ I feel like the endless worlds on PC feel almost too big, you don't have the same familiarity with the landscape that way. That's just me though. I know some people do enormously complex worlds on PC with huge train networks and whatnot, which they probably couldn't do on consoles, but I like the feeling that I can get to know a world personally.
It totally seemed dead at the time, turns out its legs had legs
Yeah, I have seen that image. Doesn't help me much though since I've only played the PC version. I wanna see the camera flying from corner to corner, if that makes sense.
CharminUltra
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...wut
Now I'm left wondering if my original post is something I came up with myself, or if it's one of those situations where you read something, then forget about it/store it in your subconscious (or whatever it's called), and then later on re-emerges as something you think is an original idea.
NOLA_Gaffer
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I dunno, maybe. It'll sell well but I dunno if it'll be "HUGE".
Most kids already have access to the game on multiple platforms, whereas something like Mario Kart 8 or Zelda isn't available anywhere else but Nintendo's hardware.
I'd probably pick it up myself but I have a copy of the Wii U version that's yet to be unsealed.
Most kids already have access to the game on multiple platforms, whereas something like Mario Kart 8 or Zelda isn't available anywhere else but Nintendo's hardware.
I'd probably pick it up myself but I have a copy of the Wii U version that's yet to be unsealed.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
It's important to note that the first console release was only in 2012. The PS4 and Xbox One only got it in 2014. It's not like Microsoft was just trying to be a dick to Nintendo or something.
Maintenance
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Mario Kart I'm not sure, but I'm willing to bet Minecraft will outsell Zelda.
Kids want Minecraft, GTA, not Zelda / Mario. This "the game is already available on multiple platforms" never works against Minecraft, people said this a thousand times already.
This will sell gangbusters.
The Artisan
Member
no doubt about it, this will be switch's cod/gta, whenever it comes out
You mean next week?
The Artisan
Member
hell yes! i didn't know it was so soon!
It almost saved the Vita in Japan.
If the question is "will Minecraft sell well on x"? The answer is fuck yes it will. Minecraft is a surefire sell on pretty much every console. People will buy it for the Switch even if they have it on the PC, Phone, Vita, and PS4 already, so they can play the best version on the go.
CharminUltra
Member
Next week is looking pretty sweet in terms of releases.
Phone and tablet got a butchered game
kids are born every day. This thinking is why people thought the Microsoft purchase was a bad idea.
Wolf Akela
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It will always be a hit, but I'd be deluded if I said it'll turn the Switch into an overnight sensation that everyone and their grandma will go out and buy a Switch to play it.
It's playable everywhere, including Vita, phones and tablets.
It's playable everywhere, including Vita, phones and tablets.
Liliana Eileen
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Zelda already did that for Switch.
And this version will be way better than any of those versions.
It will do great on every platform, but I don't think it will be really big on Switch. Given the difficulty of getting a Switch right now, most of the first year of the Switch will see an older demographic. Kids will not really be reached until Christmas or Christmas next year. By that time Minecraft is kind of a legacy title. Though on the other hand, it already is of course.
For the sake of comparison, what is the ipad version's map size, compared to that?
Technically mobile has an unlimited map size option
WhiteRabbitEXE
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I'm pretty sure you could release Minecraft on a 1971 Ford Pinto and it would be huge.
Wolf Akela
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Exactly. People who will buy a Switch already did it for Zelda. Wii U was dying, Switch was the new hot gadget and it had this brand new kick-ass game to go with it. People won't but Switches just for Minecraft because they've likely already played it. You can't say the same with BotW.
Kids wouldn't care about the graphics bump from Vita. They also don't put *that* much importance on controls because many of today's kids are growing up on tablets. They're used to it.
The people playing it don't really know that though.
Here is a video breaking down map sizes for Minecraft in pretty practical terms (in how it actually applies to gameplay):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D21jK6lft0o
I believe the Wii U, Vita, 360, PS3 is classic size 864 X 864
There is also a small size with is 1024 X 1024 (size of 1 full in-game map)
Switch map size is equivalent to the medium size 3072 x 3072 (size of 9 full in-game maps)
Large is PS4/XB1 5120 x 5120 (size of 25 full in-game maps)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D21jK6lft0o
I believe the Wii U, Vita, 360, PS3 is classic size 864 X 864
There is also a small size with is 1024 X 1024 (size of 1 full in-game map)
Switch map size is equivalent to the medium size 3072 x 3072 (size of 9 full in-game maps)
Large is PS4/XB1 5120 x 5120 (size of 25 full in-game maps)
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
The Nintendo map, skin pack, and texture pack (that's also on Wii U).
All of the console versions of Minecraft are identical beyond map-size.
CharminUltra
Member
Pleasantness.
When it was first released this was true. The map size was smaller than the Wii U version. But they have added and updated the game a lot since then and now it almost on par with the PC Java version.
brain_stew
Member
Does it support split screen in tabletop mode?
Yes.
It's 13x times bigger than the Wii U version.
and Notch stole the game from the guy who made Infiniminer. It's not exactly a complicated core idea. the world as giant voxel blocks. The weird trivially easy overrated survival game and the difficulty in acquiring basic materials is what made the game initally compelling and popular
the game's like biggest meme that immediarely gets new children on board the first time you try it is that to do anything you have to find and punch a tree to get wood to make absolutely anything
And to confuse you even more, this Microsoft-owned IP is shipped with Mario world and skins...
