Minecraft Pocket/W10 Versions Introduce Microtransactions; Notch Unhappy

[McJob]

Official Post: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/its-time-discover-marketplace
Notch's Response: https://twitter.com/notch/status/851711834084319232

All courtesy of SteveJenkins.

The idea is to give Minecraft creators another way to make a living from the game, allowing them to support themselves in the creation of ever-greater projects, while giving Pocket and Windows 10 players access to a growing catalogue of fun stuff - curated and supplied by us, safely and simply. And, of course, you can still manually download free community creations you’ve found out there on the internet, too.

How long before the PC Java version also gets hit? Do you feel the cold winds blowing through?

Your days are numbered.

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[Juncoph]

wew lads

[lordician]

I wondered what the community's reaction would be since this looks very similar to the time Valve introduced the ability for mods to be allowed to be bought on Steam.
I personally think this is not a great idea.
Things like skins should be free, their introduction of skinpacks was already a thorn in my eye since i believe that was and still is the only way to get an other skin in some version of the game, which is completely idiotic.
Add-ons and the kind becoming paid for additions might make the development of them a bit faster and better, but still, what can i say, i love my mods/add-ons to be free.
I am going to admit, i love some mods/add-ons, but would never have bought them.

Second of all, i have the feeling that this is something Microsoft came up with.
I would not be surprised.
In that case, Notch kinda forgeted himself when he sold his company and Minecraft to them if he really is that against it. :S

I am interested in how this works out in the end.

[Master Matthew²]

This is going to kill what little remenants of the """mature""" fanbase still exist and bring on all the raging 12 year olds who get pissed when mommy doesnt spend 100+ on a mobile game.

[Damp]

This is going to kill what little remenants of the """mature""" fanbase still exist and bring on all the raging 12 year olds who get pissed when mommy doesnt spend 100+ on a mobile game.

I get the whole '12 year olds get pissed if not 100+' was an exaggeration but seriously i don't think that kind of thing happens

[LeetZero]

This is going to kill what little remenants of the """mature""" fanbase still exist and bring on all the raging 12 year olds who get pissed when mommy doesnt spend 100+ on a mobile game.

I am not sure why, 99% of the """mature""" fanbase is on PC non-W10 edition with forgetstuffton of mods already. It's not even something anyone gets paid for if they continue playing the game, so boycotting doesn't make much sense either.

[Cheze]

< as the mature fanbase knew this was going to happen when Microsoft bought mojang

[Insert Name Here²]

wew lads

[Conan]

paid modding is a topic full of conflict, but its not an entirely stuffty idea either. its just nobody wants to pay for things they dont feel its worth it, and the combination of some modders being scammers and people not appreciating exactly how much effort/the value of a mod makes it difficult to make some sort of standard system to handle it.

i feel like theres a lot of parallels between paid, vetted mods and certification, the main difference being scale and liability if mods fail/are found to be malicious/etc

[Ipquarx]

I knew the W10 exclusive version was going to be a disaster, I just didn't think the disaster would happen this soon

[Darryl McKoy]

In that case, Notch kinda forgeted himself when he sold his company and Minecraft to them if he really is that against it

He may be vocally against it, but I'm sure he wouldn't hand back his 2.5 billion if he had the chance

[lordician]

He may be vocally against it, but I'm sure he wouldn't hand back his 2.5 billion if he had the chance

Not a single doubt about that, but i am sure this hurts him to see this happen to what used to be his game.

[Bloody Mary]

Not a single doubt about that, but i am sure this hurts him to see this happen to what used to be his game.

I kind of feel the opposite. He was offered a choice between money or Minecraft and he chose money. His hand-wringing over Minecraft's future after selling it for a massive profit comes across to me as insincere.

[Darryl McKoy]

I kind of feel the opposite. He was offered a choice between money or Minecraft and he chose money. His hand-wringing over Minecraft's future after selling it for a massive profit comes across to me as insincere.

Why does it come across as insincere? He may genuinely care about the future of the game, despite accepting 2.5 billion to relinquish control. That makes him a little conflicted, but not insincere.

[lordician]

Everything people make, even if they put their hands off it for a long while, still feels like it is theirs and therefor if someone does something with it which you are against, you are likely to feel hurt even a little bit.
After all, it was/is your creation.