Inspiring Young Writers with Minecraft

Re:Inspiring Young Writers with Minecraft by Yen on Monday November 21, 2016 @11:36PM (#13011659)

I could potentially see a conflict if we were talking about a subscription-based or microtransaction-based game, but Minecraft is a one-time purchase. And, I expect, most of the kids who are super-excited about Minecraft already have a license anyway.

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Re:Inspiring Young Writers with Minecraft by vidarh on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @04:46AM (#13012921)

Well, once per platform. Plus increasingly in-game purchases of texture packs etc..

Though Minecraft is still cheap and low on commercialisation compared to a lot of the "let's annoy them until they succumb and pay for more diamonds/gems/gold/tokens" games.

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Re:Inspiring Young Writers with Minecraft by tehbeard on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @08:15AM (#13013857)

commercialisation of the primary product (the game in its various editions) maybe.

Gotta wonder how much the merchandise (clothing, mugs, posters, toys, freaking lego sets) is earning them though.

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