Nearly 100 million people are playing “Minecraft” every month, and over 150 million copies of the game have been sold. It’s the second highest-selling game of all time, just below “Tetris.”
With all that success, it’s fair to assume that Microsoft might be interested in churning out sequels – the lifeblood of the entertainment industry. After all, Microsoft paid US $2.5 billion for “Minecraft.” It’s realistic to expect new games from a property that cost so much to buy.
Not so, says Microsoft.
The full Skewedcast crew back for this episode and Gareth, Justin, Michael, and JoeyZ at Skewed and Reviewed break down the latest entertainment news qith a focus at 40:00 on the Microsoft Studio Closures and how it impacts the game community and what can be done to help offset this negative trend.
Xbox has repeated the same terrible mistakes for over a decade. The reason is simple: its priorities are back-to-front.
ohhh man, the press really did not like those last closures, their having a field day bashing xbox,
anyway, ive got to nip off to the shops now, i've run out of microwave popcorn.
The only point to xbox is and always has been to take market share and money from PlayStation and Nintendo, but mostly PlayStation. It's been the goal since sweaty Steve Balmer said it himself.
I mean the motto "xbox, the most optional console ever made" was peaked years ago, people are just now taking a step back from deepthroating Phil to see what we've all been seeing for a long time now.
I’ve still got friends that main on XB. For their sake, I hope it sticks around. They’ve put everything into that ecosystem. It’s all or nothing.
I wonder if we’ll ever get back the level of competition seen during the 360/PS3 era?
TSA asks what is the future for Xbox.
They clearly never did, hence why they spent so many BILLIONS on other publishers as a last resort.
Sure, a plan to be a more hated game company than EA. Ubisoft were recently giving them a run for their money but I think Xbox have really knocked it out the park with their latest stunt.
Absolutely not, their whole plan is at odd with what MS wants
Phil wants GP to become big
MS wants to sell games and make billions
GP can’t be sustained with AAA games which take 3-5 years and 7 figure budgets. Only go put those games on GP day one. Why do you think games are coming out on other platforms?
People want a change and want Phil gone without realizing if someone new comes along they may want to change everything again so we just keep going in circles. Phil has to realize that and give clear message on the direction of Xbox
Microsoft wasn't concerned with what the developer could come up with beyond Minecraft. Only the annual and quarterly profits and revenue the developer could bring in from being on multiple devices. Good business move. Not so much a great acquisition for anything else they might want to make until the game loses its legs when gamers eventually move on to something else.
Maybe a mixed reality version in the future for PC, Mobile VR, Stand Alone VR, Hololens Two and Xbox Two. That's about it.
Why does Minecraft need a new version? What would a new version serve to do that continuing updates wouldn’t?
Ah Minecraft.... The greatest 1 hit wonder ever.