I don't know if I'm just pessimistic, but I just feel like Minecraft is just turning into a money grab.
At first, it was just a game, and that was fine. When they started selling some merch, it was fine (Hell, I have an old Minecraft shirt somewhere around here). Now, it just seems like Minecraft is just being forced into everything. There's apparel, toys, and a bunch of other things that are just Minecraft themed. Now, they're just pushing new versions of the game. There's not a device out that, except for anything Nintendo, that you can't play Minecraft on. Now they're trying to push a story mode? The game's almost 6 years old now (Well, since alpha), but it just keeps getting dragged along - being shoved into anything that they think that people can buy. I'm all for making fat stacks, but it just seems like they're starting to go overboard. How much longer until a Minecraft movie? What about a Minecraft TV series?
I don't know if I'm just pessimistic, but I just feel like Minecraft is just turning into a money grab.
At first, it was just a game, and that was fine. When they started selling some merch, it was fine (Hell, I have an old Minecraft shirt somewhere around here). Now, it just seems like Minecraft is just being forced into everything. There's apparel, toys, and a bunch of other things that are just Minecraft themed. Now, they're just pushing new versions of the game. There's not a device out that, except for anything Nintendo, that you can't play Minecraft on. Now they're trying to push a story mode? The game's almost 6 years old now (Well, since alpha), but it just keeps getting dragged along - being shoved into anything that they think that people can buy. I'm all for making fat stacks, but it just seems like they're starting to go overboard. How much longer until a Minecraft movie? What about a Minecraft TV series?
Are you aware that Microsoft recently bought out Mojang? That almost certainly explains this spin-off at least.