by creatonez on 7/20/2022, 6:21:57 PM
by redsoxsouthie on 7/20/2022, 7:37:11 PM
This is a refreshing stance from a company. Kids are too frequently treated as just a way into mom and dad's wallet.
by whatisweb3 on 7/20/2022, 10:11:10 PM
Not entirely surprising. Minecraft gets to maintain full control and custody, including extracting rent from any marketplace and assets selling on its platform, and at the same time look like the hero to the game community that so fervently hates NFTs.
by arilotter on 7/20/2022, 8:05:11 PM
how do you ban mods to your game when the mod distribution and SDK are entirely 3rd party?
by hammyhavoc on 7/21/2022, 1:05:03 AM
Good.
by jrm4 on 7/20/2022, 7:14:07 PM
Eh, not that I'm in love with crypto or Web3, but as I've been getting into server stuff and mods for my kids, it's really hard for me to see Microsoft's dealings with Minecraft as a hugely missed opportunity, perhaps even an all out failure. The "metaverse" people keep touting could have (relatively easily, I think) been nearly the sole perview of Minecraft if Microsoft didn't Microsoft Minecraft so hard.
Even e.g. Roblox does a much better job of trying to integrate the creator/modder experience.
by ilaksh on 7/20/2022, 8:24:51 PM
Whatever you feel about NFTs or cryptocurrency, it's quite obvious that they are 100% lying about the reason they are doing this.
The real reason is that cryptocurrency makes it relatively easy for people to transact without Microsoft taking a cut. That's it.
Minetest had no such restrictions by the way.
Glad they cut this stuff off before it got too big. Cryptocurrency grifts have been taking over Minecraft Java Edition in the past year or so.