Poll: Minecraft on Xbox 360

[Coldster]

I just don't understand how you will be able to play it. I mean, you won't have the 1-9 on the keyboard to quickly switch between objects among other obvious problems. My guess is that it will fail because of the limitations. Just look at what happened to every RTS that got put onto consoles. *points to Halo Wars*

 

[VincentX3]

To future Xbox 360 Minecraft players:

Good luck with the mods!

-PC Minecraft player.

 

[Hamish Durie]

So Minecraft is coming to the Xbox 360 later this year. Now obviously Microsoft is hope that the game will sell millions, but I personally have my doubts about that, considering how the average Xbox user has a somewhat, err, different taste in games than the people who made Minecraft a megahit on the PC.
So I ask you, fellow escapists, what are your thoughts on this?

assume all these people have 360s


People who own an Xbox and Pc but don't know how to order things over the internet so don't have minecraft(yes there are people like that out there)

Kinect have a very big casual gameing force behind it minecraft (on peaceful) will be big seller to them

people who have heard about minecraft but never got around to getting then see it super cheap at store think"oh hay might aswell see what all the fuss is about"

kinect controls(not sure how myself but possible) might be better or different enough and if this does happen I can garuntee a flame war between kinect controls and Pc controls

back on topic those of us that like the idea of playing minecraft on kinect


HIGHLY LIKELY: the kinect version will have $$$ microsoft behind it and will have more features straight away when released POSSIBILITY: get updated more frequently the Pc version

cash to spare

think thats everyone who will want to buy minecraft on kinect

 

[ryanthemadman]

EDIT: A good point that I forgot to mention: anyone who wants to play minecraft has probably already bought it for their PC. It's not like there are hardware limitations that prevent people from playing it on PC, so why would anyone buy it again on the Xbox?.

my computer cannot play it well just on the fact that its a 64-bit im assuming. so i will definitely buy it on the360 seeing as it will be able to run on that lol. good thing i got it for free

 

[VelvetHorror]

I don't think it will do all that well. Like it's been said, many people have already bought it for the PC so why buy it for the xbox unless you have been totally oblivious to Minecraft this entire time.

Also, a great thing about Minecraft is that there are a ton of mods out there that are creative and wonderful. You wouldn't be able to use them if you had the xbox version. Even if mods were allowed, they would probably have to get an OK from microsoft for each and every one before they could be available for download. That means most mods won't be available.

There would also be a lack of texture packs unless they were outright taken away from the xbox version, limiting you to the default or a short list that you would probably have to buy to use. Overall, Minecraft is a PC game, not an Xbox game. I just don't see it working.

 

[UltraXan]

It terms of sales, I think minecraft would do alright. In terms of gameplay... heh, good fucking luck. Minecraft, while not graphically demanding, requires a lot of processing power, and whether or not the 360 can bring home the bacon is something else entirely. That, and the UI for the game on the 360 might be a bit difficult to use. Mojang can probably tweak it to work, but that's just an accommodation.

To sum up my feelings:
Minecraft: popular, fun, makes a lot of money, probably will sell fairly well.
Will it play well with a console/controller? I have my doubts.

 

[Zealous]

To future Xbox 360 Minecraft players:

Good luck with the mods!

-PC Minecraft player.

This is one thing I hadn't considered. Unless Mojang somehow incorporates official mod support (a mod loader built into minecraft for example) on either just the xbox or both the xbox and the pc it's going to be a *****. Vanilla minecraft just doesn't do it for me.
Texture packs and skins too for that matter...
Edit: A simple fix would to have a store that can be accessed from both the xbox and pc with FREE mods, texture packs and skins that can be added to by anyone.

 

[MarkDavis94]

I hope that becuase I've bought it on PC I'll be able to play it on Xbox, but I very much doubt that, so I won't be buying it again just to play it on the Xbox when my laptop can run it

 

[cryogeist]

considering the 360 has so many minecraft clones on it now it'll just spark some kind of flame war...also everyone who wants minecraft has it now

damn bots making my captchas harder -_-

 

[Jazoni89]

considering the 360 has so many minecraft clones on it now it'll just spark some kind of flame war...also everyone who wants minecraft has it now

damn bots making my captchas harder -_-

Not entirely

I'm waiting for it to become a game rather than a glorified lego builder with unfinished gameplay mechanics.

Only then once it's finished, and i like the look of it, then I'll pay money for it. I'm following Minecraft's development closely however.

 

[XMark]

Budora Tselency sounds like a good name for a character in a fantasy novel.

Not sure if I'd buy Minecraft on the 360 since I already have it for PC.

Now, if they release it on the 3DS I'll probably never stop playing the game ever.