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Re:“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in bus... by rplnt on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:21AM (#15763897)
1) It's very hard to get proof for good, but not exceptional games. Getting any feedback is hard. Minecraft was unique, it will likely get to a quarter billion sold copies eventually, it's not the game you want to compare your 3-month project to.
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Re:“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in bus... by rootlocus on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:30AM (#15763937)
It always saddens me when people claim Minecraft was unique, because it was actually a clone of Infiniminer [0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwM6OA9DkXI

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Re:“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in bus... by fenomas on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:42AM (#15763982)
GP presumably means that its financial success was unique. They're not talking about gameplay.
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Re:“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in bus... by imtringued on Thursday November 23, 2017 @06:49AM (#15764454)
If people want more infiniminer give them more infiniminer.
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