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I broadly agree, though it does seem like Minecraft has some plot armor here. I think people are still buying and playing Minecraft a lot. I like Minecraft, I play it occasionally, but I guess it's a game that has much more staying power than average.

I though my grievances with Epic are primarily because we never got Jazz Jackrabbit 3.

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Minecraft is kind of a perfect storm for longevity. It is a sandbox game, that has a lot of depth. But its also extremely easy to jump into casually (unlike idk Kenshi or Rimworld). Its also family friendly but not in a way that makes it off putting to adults so anyone 5-500 could play it. Its also not so expensive that people refrain from rebuying it on different platforms.

There are some grievances with minecraft recently

Someone is suing mojang because they break EU/Swedish law (It was a youtube video worth watching)

Minecraft bedrock is having some incredibly shitty tactics to move people towards their marketplace while community calling it bugrock

I don't think that many people who play Minecraft really appreciate Mojang being bought by Microsoft. Many are oblivious to the fact sure but overall, community's sentiment is negative towards Microsoft buying Mojang imo.

I don't own a Windows computer so I only play the Java Edition, which still shockingly gets regularly updates and is very mod-friendly even still. When MS bought Minecraft I assumed that they were going to drop support for the Java version but I was clearly wrong about that.

Didn't know about the lawsuit though, I will give that a look.

Mojang and apparently someone at Microsoft who listens are smart enough to know that while most of the Minecraft revenue comes from bugrock, 99% of YouTube content comes from Java.

They need that and the modding community to keep the game alive so that new players buy a copy on phone/console/etc.

> When MS bought Minecraft I assumed that they were going to drop support for the Java version but I was clearly wrong about that

Oh they sure wish that but the community loves java and for a good reason actually but their first step towards this was migrating mojang accounts into microsoft accounts as previously bedrock had microsoft accounts iirc and java had mojang accounts and microsoft accounts both but they have now blocked mojang accounts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI (Mojang screwed us, now we're suing them)

> which still shockingly gets regularly updates

AFAIK Java Edition is still the actual development branch. Mojang develops new updates for Java Edition first, then lets another team port them to Bedrock.

I assume you're referring to Kian Brose v. Mojang? [0]

A class action, where the EULA was updated without full consent being sought correctly.

[0] https://tribune.com.pk/story/2567759/minecraft-faces-a-class...

Yes, relevant video part1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM (Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off)

part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI (Mojang screwed us, now we're suing them)

Time for them to pivot to their strength: ZZT

I haven't thought about ZZT for many many years, and didn't realize it was a Tim Sweeney joint. Thank you very much for the intense hit of nostalgia!

My kids have a PS5 and a Switch 2 and really only use either of them for Minecraft.

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