Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta is also additive in that it will let people take the same version of Minecraft they're playing on their computer on the go with a mobile device, which also pretty damn cool, and a great selling point for Windows 10. When Microsoft revealed that it's working on a version of Minecraft exclusive to its augmented reality headset HoloLens, it didn't inspire as much of a negative reaction because it seemed additive, and pretty damn cool.

Nothing bad has happened yet, but Microsoft is clearly starting to leverage its acquisition of Minecraft. Much like the internet hate machine responded to paid mods on Steam, this appears to be the player community reacting to what is mostly just a poorly worded announcement by Mojang. Most importantly, Checchi guaranteed players Microsoft isn't making him do anything.Īs we've seen recently with Valve's decision to kill a paid mods marketplace on Steam, players are extremely protective of their mods, which extends the life of a game indefinitely with user-generated content. Pocket Edition, by comparison, crossed the 30 million sales mark back in January.Įven Checchi admitted that it would be great to phase out the Java version and have just one version of the game that works across all platforms, but that modding is too important to make that possible right now.Ĭompounding fear is that, without mod support, It'll be easier to sell downloadable content like Skin Packs (which change a character's appearance), as is the case with the console versions of Minecraft.Ĭhecchi's comments go on to guarantee players that Mojang plans to continue supporting both the other Pocket Editions as well as the Java version of the game, which modders, Linux, and Mac users rely on. The Java version of Minecraft has sold 20 million copies as of last week. Pocket Edition is already much bigger than the Java version, by the way. Checchi added that Mojang is aiming for feature parity across all Minecraft versions, though the Windows 10 version won't support Minecraft's lively modding scene for now because 'C++ is not as reverse engineerable as Java, plus many stores don't allow those kind of mods.' In addition, even if the Windows 10 version did support mods, the modding community would have to remake all of its existing Java work in C++.

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