ChorizoPicozo
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especially when they didn't build the IP.
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Minecraft makes 4x more revenue on Switch than Xbox
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Eotheod
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It was pretty obvious from the get go why CoD being exclusive wouldn't ever be a contemplated thought for Microsoft, and why someone like Bethesda is exclusive: revenue. Certainly Bethesda games make money, but nowhere near Minecraft or CoD and thus why you can exclusive Starfield but not the other two.
It'd be like if Microsoft bought EA, their sports games or even AC would be stupid to not be multi-platform due to revenue share. It's why everyone dropped the console SLC in the acquisition cases, they just do not make any sense.
I'd argue it is more Mojang under Microsoft built now then it was before the purchase. Minecraft officially came out in 2011, and was bought 2014. So it'd only been independent for three years from release, versus nine years from acquisition.
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ChorizoPicozo
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I would say that Mojang under MS has become stagnanted and underdelivering (low pace development).
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Jezz corden is pissed about the super deluxed
Eotheod
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I mean sure, if the graphics update was your jam that certainly hasn't been delivered. However, that would also be ignoring the mountain of content created for the game, two spin offs released and a third in development plus expanded platform support through Bedrock edition.
At the end of the day though, Minecraft only has a content problem for some in creative limits. Obviously further expansion of mechanics is viable, though realistically I'm not sure how much further you can go with Minecraft when it is literally the Lego of video games. Mods obviously expand on that, and I think it was Bedrock that enabled said mods on non-PC platforms but I might be wrong.
Also, didn't an RTX update come out that does what the super duper graphics pack was to deliver?
I would say that Mojang under MS has become stagnanted and underdelivering (low pace development).
17:41-19:51
Jezz corden is pissed about the super deluxed
I mean sure, if the graphics update was your jam that certainly hasn't been delivered. However, that would also be ignoring the mountain of content created for the game, two spin offs released and a third in development plus expanded platform support through Bedrock edition.
At the end of the day though, Minecraft only has a content problem for some in creative limits. Obviously further expansion of mechanics is viable, though realistically I'm not sure how much further you can go with Minecraft when it is literally the Lego of video games. Mods obviously expand on that, and I think it was Bedrock that enabled said mods on non-PC platforms but I might be wrong.
Also, didn't an RTX update come out that does what the super duper graphics pack was to deliver?
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ChorizoPicozo
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you didn't watch the video.
Sojiro
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Numbers don't lie. Nintendo is 4x as kiddie as Xbox, and Sony is 2x as kiddie. Only hardcore manly men with their dicks dragging on the ground play on big boy Xboxes.
Hero of Spielberg
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Dragging on the ground? Gross. Tuck it into your sock like a real man.Numbers don't lie. Nintendo is 4x as kiddie as Xbox, and Sony is 2x as kiddie. Only hardcore manly men with their dicks dragging on the ground play on big boy Xboxes.
lachesis
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Honestly when MS bought Mojang - I thought why would they buy a one-hit-wonder company, as I thought the popularity of Minecraft would go down in a short while - and boy was I wrong.
Then again, Minecraft is loved by a lot of young folks (including my own child - who somehow goes back to Minecraft once in a while). Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft all seems to be holding up quite well.
And since Minecraft seems to be very family friendly (and often parent approved) type of game - it's not a wonder that its making more revenue on Switch - which its target audience is often towards younger folks... and it's world-wide popular too.
Then again, Minecraft is loved by a lot of young folks (including my own child - who somehow goes back to Minecraft once in a while). Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft all seems to be holding up quite well.
And since Minecraft seems to be very family friendly (and often parent approved) type of game - it's not a wonder that its making more revenue on Switch - which its target audience is often towards younger folks... and it's world-wide popular too.
TransTrender
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TransTrender
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Some may call this...rather shitty...but others like getting fucked by corpos.
Silent Viper
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Does it bother you?
Chukhopops
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How does one person miss the point so badly? It has to be intentional.
This is literally a counter argument to exclusivity, where MS makes more money than anyone else even when people play elsewhere.
PeteBull
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Huge instalbase ( 125m+ already in may https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/0...million-units-sold-but-overall-sales-are-down) of gamestarved gamers(no gamepass) will do that 
Timberwolf25
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Why would it bother me? I have 3 years of GamePass stocked.
I'm proposing maybe that's the difference in revenue between the platforms.
If the players on Xbox aren't paying for the full game, but the other platforms are, it could explain the revenue disparity.
I'd rather see the raw number of players per platform than revnue numbers in this case.
Scotty W
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If kids are the biggest market, it would basically destroy the market in Japan.
mckmas8808
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100% true. If GP doesn't work out, MS are screwed.
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