Re:Minecraft sales top 100M
by dexwiz on Thursday June 02, 2016 @10:53AM
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I am surprised Minecraft doesn't have licensed content you can buy, like how I can buy Spiderman or Harry Potter Legos. Seems likes a logical next move, considering their target audience is very similar.
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Re:Minecraft sales top 100M
by thomnottom on Thursday June 02, 2016 @10:55AM
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Minecraft licensed to Lego a few years ago. Lego even just revealed another big set from Minecraft just this month.[0]
[0] http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Village-21128?icmp=SHM_21128
I think they meant the flip side of that -- having Spider-Man and Harry Potter themed downloadable content for the Minecraft game.
Correct. I know Minecraft has a large modding community. But last I checked, I had to download third party software to do this.
The Wii U edition has Mario themed stuff.
Re:Minecraft sales top 100M
by cableshaft on Thursday June 02, 2016 @04:20PM
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Well, guess I know what I'm buying tonight. It'll be the 4th time I've bought Minecraft, but whatever. The Wii U controller is undoubtably better for input than the iPad version anyway.
Re:Minecraft sales top 100M
by thomnottom on Thursday June 02, 2016 @11:33AM
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Ahh, gotcha. That makes more sense. The Lego comparison was confusing because of the existing marketplace.
They are experimenting with this a bit. For instance, the Wii U version of Minecraft has official Nintendo-licensed DLC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8EhPT6ixTA
Re:Minecraft sales top 100M
by jasonkostempski on Thursday June 02, 2016 @11:54AM
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I've paid a few bucks for theme packs on the XBox based on other games like Halo and Skyrim. They include skins, textures and maps for about $5. I'm glad there's nothing like it on the desktop, I'd hate to be getting in-game DLC ads. But with Microsoft in control, I'm afraid it will eventually happen.