Microsoft reveals Minecraft Store with virtual currency

Microsoft has announced a new storefront for selected user-made Minecraft content on mobile and Windows 10, which will go live alongside the game's 1.1 Discovery update this spring.

[AizenSosuke]

Why ponder this thought I wonder? In my opinion trying to make more currency than usual. Same with Sony of course, but Sony is more subtle in my eyes.

[Ashlen]

Well to be fair basically all Microsoft games this gen have had built in microtransactions and none of Sony's games have had them.

So I'm not sure why you are lumping Sony up with them. In fact Sony games (other than Uncharted) have been relatively DLC free.

So I think you should give credit where due when it comes to Sony.

[TheUndertaker85]

LittleBigPlanet is full of micro transactions

MLB The Show, Hustle Kings, and other titles also fall in line with either micro transactions or DLC.

Further products like Gran Turismo have previously offered DLC or micro transactions, a valid point due to GT Sport coming soon. God of War Ascension also did, valid because of an upcoming God of War title.

MAG also offered micro transactions toward the end of its lifetime.

[PlayableGamez-]

"...none of Sony's games have had them. "
Yeah that is straight up lies....

[TankCrossing]

Driveclub had them, Uncharted had them... and some people class The Order 1886 as a microtransaction in itself ;)

MS are worse though. It is pretty hard to list MS games that don't have microtransactions. Maybe Quantum Break? I haven't actually played it yet, but it is hard to see how transactions would fit there. Nothing would surprise me though.

[Trez1234]

All publishers do it. Some more than others but they all do it.

[christocolus]

Dude at least do some research b4 making such false claims.

[AizenSosuke]

@Ashlen

I might of say that wrong. I meant that as a business, not the games.As companies trying to gain more revenue to pay off all the stuff. Sony = subtle means they never put Microtransactions in games.

[Ashlen]

How is Sony subtle in any way at all?

They have basically tried to make their profit the traditional most straight forward way... put a game in a box and put the box on a shelf in a store.

[TankCrossing]

^^ and charge people a fee to play it online, and release DLC, and include micro-transactions.

I'm not saying Sony are unusually evil or cruel, but the days of "put a game in a box and put the box on a shelf in a store" are long gone. Very much the exception and not the rule.

At least they generally leave single player campaigns intact. It seems nothing is sacred in multiplayer games these days. No coincidence that MS focus so heavily on those...

[Miss_Weeboo]

yeah subtle like in Not doing it

[TheUndertaker85]

Except they do.

I would actually think in context they subtly slide the micro transactions in rather than talking about it straight out

[Poroz]

I am kinda surprised this did not happen sooner. Knowing the gaming industry and all. I miss when games were about passion, rather then the bling bling.

[Perjoss]

Don't support it and feel great about not adding fuel to the fire.

[TheColbertinator]

$$$ Cough it up,creators.

[MilkMan]

Microsoft just stays fuqing sh!t up.
They must have a guy on staff where his whole job is to come up with ways on how to fuq sh!t up.
Give that man a RAISE!

[bluefox755]

Gotta hand it to 'em, they're smart to cash in on this game. I can hear the children nagging their parents for money right now.

[LAWSON72]

My thoughts exactly,

MS gets to cash in on the ever growing casuals and the hardcore PC community can continue you what they are doing. MS is handling Minecraft really well IMO, they could have been dicks and f'd the serious fans that play and support the Java version ages ago.

[Miss_Weeboo]

Now I'm gonna love the Fbs defending this... nah probably they just call themselves to silence

[Artemidorus]

Microsoft and it's greed raised up one bar.

[datriax]

Stupid people that are far too easy to rush head first into this bulls**t and throwing money at this crap, while the rest of us are stuck going along for the ride. Damn I hate stupid people.

[quent]

The final frontier for mt's in games will probably be selling us save slots, "autosaves are FREE of charge to everyone!!!", but if you want..