Microsoft to publish Minecraft on 360 and PC. (Cross-Plat)

I don't know if this is old. Sorry if it is.

"Minecraft" (Mojang, Microsoft Studios). Known for its limitless possibilities, "Minecraft" will come to life this winter in a whole new way through the magic of Kinect and also feature cross-functionality between the PC and Xbox 360 versions."

Microsoft is launching this as LIVE title. Meaning Xbox 360 users can use Xbox LIVE and PC users can use Games for Windows LIVE and play, chat, etc together.

Kinect comp. is a confirmed for the 360 game. Expect the PC one to also support Kinect due to the Kinect for Windows SKU.

Is this a Microsoft exclusive? -.-

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/jun11/06-06E32011PR.mspx

that's it gentlemen. texture packs and mods now cost money

if you bought during alpha expect to start paying for updates

Cross plat is definitely a step in the right direction for breathing new life into pc gaming and ofc merge both communities.

Loved it with portal 2, great thing MS is embracing it as well... Let's hope this creates a trend.

Next step Console+Handheld+pc =]

:)

Will it be expensive?

Good news for 360 users, but this could suck for PC users.

I'm waiting to try this game out. I've heard so much about it but I refuse to game on a PC so I haven't played it. Seems interesting enough though. I'm assuming the 360 version will be a lot more limited compared to the PC version but I'm fine with that as long as I get to play it. Has Minecraft been confirmed as a retail title for 360 or is it going to be a XBLA title? Sorry I don't know too much about Minecraft.

I'm waiting to try this game out. I've heard so much about it but I refuse to game on a PC so I haven't played it. Seems interesting enough though. I'm assuming the 360 version will be a lot more limited compared to the PC version but I'm fine with that as long as I get to play it. Has Minecraft been confirmed as a retail title for 360 or is it going to be a XBLA title? Sorry I don't know too much about Minecraft.

FPSDad1161

why?

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I'm waiting to try this game out. I've heard so much about it but I refuse to game on a PC so I haven't played it. Seems interesting enough though. I'm assuming the 360 version will be a lot more limited compared to the PC version but I'm fine with that as long as I get to play it. Has Minecraft been confirmed as a retail title for 360 or is it going to be a XBLA title? Sorry I don't know too much about Minecraft.

Firebird-5

why?

Money. I have two kids and another on the way, a house to pay for, all that good stuff. I grew up gaming on the PC (Wolf3d and Doom were the games that got me hooked on gaming). But I've also worked on them for a living and I have grown to hate them lol. I've dealt with too many issues with them, and prefer the plug 'n play simplicity of the consoles. I also don't like having to upgrade a PC to play a game at max settings (the way games were meant to be played). I know upgrades aren't as frequent or as expensive as SW users would make them out to be, but it's still just a pain to me. I've also grown to love using a controller and not having to patch or mod games to get the most out of them. Also enjoy plopping down on the couch and playing games with my kids after a hard days work. All of my friends game on the 360 as well. So lot's of reasons. I don't hate PC gaming, it's just not for me.

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[QUOTE="FPSDad1161"]

I'm waiting to try this game out. I've heard so much about it but I refuse to game on a PC so I haven't played it. Seems interesting enough though. I'm assuming the 360 version will be a lot more limited compared to the PC version but I'm fine with that as long as I get to play it. Has Minecraft been confirmed as a retail title for 360 or is it going to be a XBLA title? Sorry I don't know too much about Minecraft.

FPSDad1161

why?

Money. I have two kids and another on the way, a house to pay for, all that good stuff. I grew up gaming on the PC (Wolf3d and Doom were the games that got me hooked on gaming). But I've also worked on them for a living and I have grown to hate them lol. I've dealt with too many issues with them, and prefer the plug 'n play simplicity of the consoles. I also don't like having to upgrade a PC to play a game at max settings (the way games were meant to be played). I know upgrades aren't as frequent or as expensive as SW users would make them out to be, but it's still just a pain to me. I've also grown to love using a controller and not having to patch or mod games to get the most out of them. Also enjoy plopping down on the couch and playing games with my kids after a hard days work. All of my friends game on the 360 as well. So lot's of reasons. I don't hate PC gaming, it's just not for me.

well ok, but you made it sound like it was some kind of religious statement lol.

still, for a game like minecraft, any old computer could handle it if you wanted to try it for half an hour. even if you spend all day on a computer, no reason you can't have fun on one ;p

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I'm waiting to try this game out. I've heard so much about it but I refuse to game on a PC so I haven't played it. Seems interesting enough though. I'm assuming the 360 version will be a lot more limited compared to the PC version but I'm fine with that as long as I get to play it. Has Minecraft been confirmed as a retail title for 360 or is it going to be a XBLA title? Sorry I don't know too much about Minecraft.

FPSDad1161

why?

Money. I have two kids and another on the way, a house to pay for, all that good stuff. I grew up gaming on the PC (Wolf3d and Doom were the games that got me hooked on gaming). But I've also worked on them for a living and I have grown to hate them lol. I've dealt with too many issues with them, and prefer the plug 'n play simplicity of the consoles. I also don't like having to upgrade a PC to play a game at max settings (the way games were meant to be played). I know upgrades aren't as frequent or as expensive as SW users would make them out to be, but it's still just a pain to me. I've also grown to love using a controller and not having to patch or mod games to get the most out of them. Also enjoy plopping down on the couch and playing games with my kids after a hard days work. All of my friends game on the 360 as well. So lot's of reasons. I don't hate PC gaming, it's just not for me.

Its Minecraft...it has the visuals of Doom. You could play it on a DS if it was ported over.

And you still gotta patch games. You never saw it before this gen because there was no viable way for consoles. From what I understand, Minecraft is a game that is definitely best played on PC.

I'm waiting to try this game out. I've heard so much about it but I refuse to game on a PC so I haven't played it. Seems interesting enough though. I'm assuming the 360 version will be a lot more limited compared to the PC version but I'm fine with that as long as I get to play it. Has Minecraft been confirmed as a retail title for 360 or is it going to be a XBLA title? Sorry I don't know too much about Minecraft.

FPSDad1161

So what does this mean for mod support?lawlessx

rev up that credit card

Does this mean, if I already have the alpha version, that when the game goes retail I'll have to start signing in through Windows Live?

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]So what does this mean for mod support?Firebird-5

rev up that credit card

That's going to be the downside to this.

I'm an alpha owner, so the lack of free updates is going to suck. That said, I'm still excited. My daughter and I love playing this together, and cross platform with Kinect usability is going to be awesome.Too many positives outweighing the negatives right now.

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[QUOTE="lawlessx"]So what does this mean for mod support?standarddamage

rev up that credit card

That's going to be the downside to this.

I'm an alpha owner, so the lack of free updates is going to suck. That said, I'm still excited. My daughter and I love playing this together, and cross platform with Kinect usability is going to be awesome.Too many positives outweighing the negatives right now.

i bought in alpha too and i play with friends, but for me the negatives are outweighing the positives

I wonder how that will affect the game.

It could end up being the only good game in Kinect (besides maybe that dancing game). Since the idea after all is to play a game in wich half your time you spend working, it would only be fitting that you also exercise while playing it. I'm pretty sure Microsoft will find a way to ruin it.

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[QUOTE="Firebird-5"]

rev up that credit card

Firebird-5

That's going to be the downside to this.

I'm an alpha owner, so the lack of free updates is going to suck. That said, I'm still excited. My daughter and I love playing this together, and cross platform with Kinect usability is going to be awesome.Too many positives outweighing the negatives right now.

i bought in alpha too and i play with friends, but for me the negatives are outweighing the positives

Show me where it says that updates wont be free anymore, show me where it says texture packs will cost money and mod support will be axed...Until you provide proof stop crying and spreading lies.

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[QUOTE="standarddamage"]

That's going to be the downside to this.

I'm an alpha owner, so the lack of free updates is going to suck. That said, I'm still excited. My daughter and I love playing this together, and cross platform with Kinect usability is going to be awesome.Too many positives outweighing the negatives right now.

rzepak

i bought in alpha too and i play with friends, but for me the negatives are outweighing the positives

Show me where it says that updates wont be free anymore, show me where it says texture packs will cost money and mod support will be axed...Until you provide proof stop crying and spreading lies.

no proof, but based on ms's history with xbla i see overwhelming possibility for one and close to zero for the other

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[QUOTE="standarddamage"]

That's going to be the downside to this.

I'm an alpha owner, so the lack of free updates is going to suck. That said, I'm still excited. My daughter and I love playing this together, and cross platform with Kinect usability is going to be awesome.Too many positives outweighing the negatives right now.

rzepak

i bought in alpha too and i play with friends, but for me the negatives are outweighing the positives

Show me where it says that updates wont be free anymore, show me where it says texture packs will cost money and mod support will be axed...Until you provide proof stop crying and spreading lies.

EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW GFWL.

And what about the mods?

Edit: Funny story by the way. Buy a game through Steam and you get a broken GFWL (Bioshock 2 in my case). Install GFWL through an official channel and you're ok... Conspiracy?

And please MS, fix the utterly **** up text for us dual card users, GFWL's current state reeks of incompetence.

I'm rather glad Minecraft never addicted me.

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I'm waiting to try this game out. I've heard so much about it but I refuse to game on a PC so I haven't played it. Seems interesting enough though. I'm assuming the 360 version will be a lot more limited compared to the PC version but I'm fine with that as long as I get to play it. Has Minecraft been confirmed as a retail title for 360 or is it going to be a XBLA title? Sorry I don't know too much about Minecraft.

FPSDad1161

why?

Money. I have two kids and another on the way, a house to pay for, all that good stuff. I grew up gaming on the PC (Wolf3d and Doom were the games that got me hooked on gaming). But I've also worked on them for a living and I have grown to hate them lol. I've dealt with too many issues with them, and prefer the plug 'n play simplicity of the consoles. I also don't like having to upgrade a PC to play a game at max settings (the way games were meant to be played). I know upgrades aren't as frequent or as expensive as SW users would make them out to be, but it's still just a pain to me. I've also grown to love using a controller and not having to patch or mod games to get the most out of them. Also enjoy plopping down on the couch and playing games with my kids after a hard days work. All of my friends game on the 360 as well. So lot's of reasons. I don't hate PC gaming, it's just not for me.

Oh look it's one of these guys :roll: As if Minecraft takes some monster rig. millerlight89

that's it gentlemen. texture packs and mods now cost money

Firebird-5

That would be the death of Minecraft. Someone else will make a clone and it will replace it. Minecraft is this open canvas for the modding community to paint on. It replaced Elder Scrolls games. Remove that and it will lose its magic pretty soon.

Sounds great, except for the Games for Windows Live part. Take out that one little thing, and it would be complete perfection.

GFWL has yet to get in my way at all, the more people playing together the merrier!

From my understanding, GFWL is only available for certain countries.

I guess users will have the option to sign in with GFWL and play Minecraft, if not Noth better refund money.

Looks like the creators of Terraria are about to make a ton of money.

I don't want to see GFWL anywhere near Minecraft...

im sorry but where exactly does it say in that article that microsoft is publish minecraft? :s

im sorry but where exactly does it say in that article that microsoft is publish minecraft? :s

linkin_guy109

Money. I have two kids and another on the way, a house to pay for, all that good stuff. I grew up gaming on the PC (Wolf3d and Doom were the games that got me hooked on gaming). But I've also worked on them for a living and I have grown to hate them lol. I've dealt with too many issues with them, and prefer the plug 'n play simplicity of the consoles. I also don't like having to upgrade a PC to play a game at max settings (the way games were meant to be played). I know upgrades aren't as frequent or as expensive as SW users would make them out to be, but it's still just a pain to me. I've also grown to love using a controller and not having to patch or mod games to get the most out of them. Also enjoy plopping down on the couch and playing games with my kids after a hard days work. All of my friends game on the 360 as well. So lot's of reasons. I don't hate PC gaming, it's just not for me.

FPSDad1161

Minecraft is built using Java and runs in a web browser window...

A NETBOOK can run the game. Unless your computer is from 1989, It will not have any problem running Minecraft.

None of the information posted as "fact" in this thread has in fact been confirmed. All we know is that it is coming to XBLA and that there will be some ability to interact with PC users. What exactly that means, we have no idea. However, MS is NOT publishing the PC version of the game... It is independently published on the PC and has absolutely no reason to suddenly change in that regard.

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im sorry but where exactly does it say in that article that microsoft is publish minecraft? :s

KC_Hokie

None of the information posted as "fact" in this thread has in fact been confirmed. All we know is that it is coming to XBLA and that there will be some ability to interact with PC users. What exactly that means, we have no idea. However, MS is NOT publishing the PC version of the game... It is independently published on the PC and has absolutely no reason to suddenly change in that regard.

KingsMessenger

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[QUOTE="linkin_guy109"]

im sorry but where exactly does it say in that article that microsoft is publish minecraft? :s

linkin_guy109

The cross platform version that plays through Xbox Live on both PC and Xbox 360 will be published by MS. That doesn't mean all versions of Minecraft will be (if there are multiple versions).KC_Hokie

You don't know that... All we know is that cross-platform play will happen. How is still completely unknown. Perhaps MS is opening up the platform. Perhaps not, but until we know for sure, speculation is pointless.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]The cross platform version that plays through Xbox Live on both PC and Xbox 360 will be published by MS. That doesn't mean all versions of Minecraft will be (if there are multiple versions).KingsMessenger

You don't know that... All we know is that cross-platform play will happen. How is still completely unknown. Perhaps MS is opening up the platform. Perhaps not, but until we know for sure, speculation is pointless.

They said cross-functionality, not cross platform play. This doesn't mean Minecraft on PC will be using GFW Live.

Cross platform play would be pretty hard to pull off considering all the modding that's happening in PC version

[QUOTE="FPSDad1161"]

Money. I have two kids and another on the way, a house to pay for, all that good stuff. I grew up gaming on the PC (Wolf3d and Doom were the games that got me hooked on gaming). But I've also worked on them for a living and I have grown to hate them lol. I've dealt with too many issues with them, and prefer the plug 'n play simplicity of the consoles. I also don't like having to upgrade a PC to play a game at max settings (the way games were meant to be played). I know upgrades aren't as frequent or as expensive as SW users would make them out to be, but it's still just a pain to me. I've also grown to love using a controller and not having to patch or mod games to get the most out of them. Also enjoy plopping down on the couch and playing games with my kids after a hard days work. All of my friends game on the 360 as well. So lot's of reasons. I don't hate PC gaming, it's just not for me.

KingsMessenger

Minecraft is built using Java and runs in a web browser window...

A NETBOOK can run the game. Unless your computer is from 1989, It will not have any problem running Minecraft.

A netbook can run Minecraft, but it'll be a foggy, choppy and completely horrible experience, from someone who tried to play it on both his girlfriends Asus netbook, and an HP Pavilion laptop.

Running the game does not necessarily constitute running it a an enjoyable level.

Smart move from MS, they're lacking credibility with the PC crowd it's games like this they need to get it back. But I don't really get it, didn't the guy already make millions with this game, why sell out to Microsoft..

Personally I don't care about Minecraft, but I don't really see this as a great thing for PC fans of the game. I'm guessing those who bought alpha and were expecting to get the full game sometime soon are gonna be waiting a bit longer so the 360 version gets done first.

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[QUOTE="Firebird-5"]

why?

ChubbyGuy40

Money. I have two kids and another on the way, a house to pay for, all that good stuff. I grew up gaming on the PC (Wolf3d and Doom were the games that got me hooked on gaming). But I've also worked on them for a living and I have grown to hate them lol. I've dealt with too many issues with them, and prefer the plug 'n play simplicity of the consoles. I also don't like having to upgrade a PC to play a game at max settings (the way games were meant to be played). I know upgrades aren't as frequent or as expensive as SW users would make them out to be, but it's still just a pain to me. I've also grown to love using a controller and not having to patch or mod games to get the most out of them. Also enjoy plopping down on the couch and playing games with my kids after a hard days work. All of my friends game on the 360 as well. So lot's of reasons. I don't hate PC gaming, it's just not for me.

Its Minecraft...it has the visuals of Doom. You could play it on a DS if it was ported over.

And you still gotta patch games. You never saw it before this gen because there was no viable way for consoles. From what I understand, Minecraft is a game that is definitely best played on PC.