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Minecraft Xbox 360 announced (MS Conf, Winter 2011)

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Erekiddo

Member
Goodbye Minecraft clone indie games.

RIP. 2011-2011.

I wonder if this will force require Kinect support. I hope not.,
 
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btkadams

Member
i didn't watch the conference. is it going to be forever exclusive to 360 or is this a temporary exclusive like gta dlc?
 
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Tiktaalik

Member
jaundicejuice said:
Incoming nerd rage about lack of substantive update progress all thanks to Kinect version?
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Yeah I'm expecting a lot of this from the hardcore minecrafters. I'm excited to try out Minecraft on the Xbox though.
 
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Captain Pants

Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
btkadams said:
i didn't watch the conference. is it going to be forever exclusive to 360 or is this a temporary exclusive like gta dlc?
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I hope it is temporary. If not, I'll just keep playing on my laptop.
 
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funkystudent

Member
btkadams said:
i didn't watch the conference. is it going to be forever exclusive to 360 or is this a temporary exclusive like gta dlc?
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Probably the 6 month to a year deal most xbla titles get.

Atleast this should stop all those cones on Xblai.
 
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Shurs

Member
This is cool.

I've been playing Minecraft on my computer with a 360 controller, hopefully this will be possible with the 360 version.
 
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Easy_D

never left the stone age
French said:
PC says hi.
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I wonder how this will affect PC version, new XNA version incoming? Good thing I bought it during alpha so he can't charge for an update of that kind anyway. Beta buyers might have to pay for an "upgrade"
 
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fresquito

Member
If Notch has the time to translate it to Xbox360, he should have time to make in in anything other than java, which is crap.
 
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Tim-E

Member
This already incredibly small development team is working on this game on 3 different platforms as well as starting development on another game. Seems like they're spreading themselves really thin.
 
Sanic

Sanic

Member
fresquito said:
If Notch has the time to translate it to Xbox360, he should have time to make in in anything other than java, which is crap.
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I don't see a rewrite of the PC version coming, especially when the 'complete' version of the game will be released in only 5 months.
 
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Orayn

Member
Easy_D said:
I wonder how this will affect PC version, new XNA version incoming? Good thing I bought it during alpha so he can't charge for an update of that kind anyway. Beta buyers might have to pay for an "upgrade"
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This is what I'm actually looking forward to. Minecraft that is NOT in Java.
 
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Atomski

Member
fresquito said:
If Notch has the time to translate it to Xbox360, he should have time to make in in anything other than java, which is crap.
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The problem is they want it to work on PC, Mac and Linux. Porting to each system would be a lot or trouble. Java made that easy even though it sucks :/.
 
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fresquito

Member
Pandoracell said:
I don't see a rewrite of the PC version coming, especially when the 'complete' version of the game will be released in only 5 months.
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I don't see it coming either. I just wish it was coming though.
 
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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
btkadams said:
i didn't watch the conference. is it going to be forever exclusive to 360 or is this a temporary exclusive like gta dlc?
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It was referred to as 'exclusive console debut' so...
 
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Kuran

Banned
Atomski said:
The problem is they want it to work on PC, Mac and Linux. Porting to each system would be a lot or trouble. Java made that easy even though it sucks :/.
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Millions of dollars should cover some of the expenses of that 'trouble', neh?
 
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cRIPticon

Member
fresquito said:
If Notch has the time to translate it to Xbox360, he should have time to make in in anything other than java, which is crap.
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Oh look! Another definitive statement that is factually inaccurate. Good job!

Orayn said:
This is what I'm actually looking forward to. Minecraft that is NOT in Java.
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And another one with no reason.

jman2050 said:
Is C# all that much better?
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Nope. Not at all.
 
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Tain

Member
PCs are now losing the ever-vital "huge procedurally generated empty world" genre to consolization.

pc gaming is dead
 
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JoeBoy101

Member
Tain said:
PCs are now losing the ever-vital "huge procedurally generated empty world" genre to consolization.

pc gaming is dead
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Are you for real? Watch that conference again. If anything, its going to push more console gamers to PC gaming.
 
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xxracerxx

Don't worry, I'll vouch for them.
Didn't they say it was exclusive first for 360? I assume we will just see a timed exclusive of Minecraft.

This is the only true GET of the conference.
 
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TheRagnCajun

Member
So is MS going to let them freely update and support minecraft, or are they going to be a total dick about it like for other devs?
 
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anddo0

Member
xxracerxx said:
Didn't they say it was exclusive first for 360? I assume we will just see a timed exclusive of Minecraft.

This is the only true GET of the conference.
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Has to be timed.

It's coming to Xperia Play. Why not other platforms?
 
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