Why the hate for Mojang?

[endnuen]

Bacuse in a few months Mojang will be forgotten, that is why.
They have made jack squat.. Fine that they beat Nintendo and Valve, they too have delivered squat the last fiscal year.. But BioWare? C'mon..

 

[Samechiel]

But, long story short, Minecraft is basically a new face in a sea of the same old crap.

...I'm gonna say it probably has more to do with the fact that the Escapist forums contain some of the most rabid Minecraft fanboys I've ever seen.

Seriously, even the offcial Minecraft forums don't froth this much.

 

[mr_rubino]

It's the 'Britney Spears' theory again. I have written this before but I'll explain again.
When something new and fresh comes out that is hard to dislike in any way, it naturally gains and early start in success, leaving people to wonder why something so new can replace the things we have known and loved alot longer. So in Britney Spear's case, She grew to fame and power too soon and suddenly it was on every radio or kids walkman and within a few days we're sick of it. So the media steps in and starts picking, 'Bad hair day' 'Drunken night out' 'Fat!!' anything to make it seem less magnificent so that 'haters' have a reason to live (and buy the magazine). And now she is more the end of a joke or bad artical than the gleaming and beautiful success that she started out to be, with only a few million fans left to buy her albums and see her live.
With Mojang (or more importantly the only real success it has, Minecraft) It's been rubbed in people faces too much too soon so people as a community start to strike back with dislike and comments in the hope to bring down a greater power that has grown out of control.

I'd say your Britney Spears analogy is surprisingly apt considering runaway popularity vs. actual content.

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

Oh don't worry, maybe the shock of winning the Developer Showdown will cause Notch to take some more vacation. [http://i53.tinypic.com/r73yps.png]

 

[HK_01]

Oh don't worry, maybe the shock of winning the Developer Showdown will cause Notch to take some more vacation. [http://i53.tinypic.com/r73yps.png]

Is this for real? I mean, that's kinda lazy. As in, really lazy. I can't imagine he actually takes that many vacations.

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

I don't hate them, but I was surprised that they actually won.

 

[Marowit]

I think people forget that March Madness is suppose to be a yearly thing - not something based upon history.

Personally I think Mojang, Blizzard, or Rockstar (whichever studio made RDRedemption) should have won this year based completely on the products they released over the past 12 months.

Yeah Valve has a great pedigree, but so does almost every developer in the contest. The real question people should be asking is that they released this year, and what their impact were this year. Minecraft has been crazy influential this year...what's Valve released this year? Oh yeah...Alien Swarm...

 

[KalosCast]

Oh don't worry, maybe the shock of winning the Developer Showdown will cause Notch to take some more vacation. [http://i53.tinypic.com/r73yps.png]

Is this for real? I mean, that's kinda lazy. As in, really lazy. I can't imagine he actually takes that many vacations.

He made enough money off of Minecraft when it was a solo project that he basically never needs to work again. I'd probably do the same thing.

 

[MGlBlaze]

It's Popular Now It Sucks, mostly.

Also Notch does come across as being pretty lazy sometimes, I guess.

My problem with Minecraft is that it overshadows far better Indie games.

I have unreasonably high standards.

Where'd you get that quote from?
In any case, Dwarf Fortress may be awesome but I've never seen that awesomeness. I've tried it and found the game to be utterly impenetrable.

 

[BoredDragon]

I guess my problem with Mojang winning, besides the fact that I'm a huge valve fanboy, is that they only have one game published so far. To me this doesn't seem to be enough evidence that they are good are not. In other words, what if Minecraft was just a fluke and the next range of games that they put out are all crap?

I guess I would understand if we were rating games, but we're rating companies. I don't know how many times I've typed this but I'll do it one more time. I will live by these words "Lok'tar Og..." no wait that's something else.

I mean I will stand by these words, "Quality can be achieved, but consistency is something to strive for"

 

[GWarface]

I love the fact that Mojang won.. Both because i love Minecraft but also because it now puts a certain pressure on Notch and the rest of the team, to start pumping out more patches and stop taking so many vacations and attending James Bond like parties..

I have faith in Notch.. Hopefully this victory will make him realise how important it is to get serious...

 

[GraveeKing]

My problem with Minecraft is that it overshadows far better Indie games.

I have unreasonably high standards.

I agree with this man here, there are other games like dwarf fortress which utterly crush mine craft in how much effort has been put into it.
I think most of the hate just comes from that games like dwarf fortress are free and fun but not that many people know about them - heck! I even heard somewhere that notch said he was inspired by dwarf fortress partially at some point!

Of course that said, the reason people like Mojang more than valve etc would most likely be a severe lack of episode 3 and a huge number of crying fanboy's, who will then just turn to minecraft in spite just because it's a popular alternate - I mean no offence to them but it is kinda true that a lot have done that.

 

[Zay-el]

I have nothing against Minecraft, I too enjoy playing it from time-to-time. My only problem is the overzealous fanboyism some people hold for Mojang. Sure, they're cool, the game is nice, but developer jesus they are not.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

My problem with Minecraft is that it overshadows far better Indie games.

I have unreasonably high standards.

Where'd you get that quote from?

If you click on the highlighted name in the quote, it will take you to that post. It's just an older thread with the same premise.

 

[Ekit]

People are butthurt because Valve lost. It's really depressing that we can't see the same level of good sportsmanship from the Valve fans as from the BioWare fans.

 

[Aeshi]

Because Minecraft is "Cool to Bash: The Game"

 

[Sovereignty]

Eh as a developer (And purely a developer) I feel Mojang has dropped the ball. Especially compared to the giants they took down. I mean their product isn't finished, has no polish, and is essentially the pc gamers farmville. They've done nothing outside of create a repetitive (albeit addictive) sandbox, where you have no real goals or objectives. And sold it to the masses of 'gamers'.

I'd hardly call Minecraft even a drop in the pot compared to Nintendo's long standing franchises most specifically. (I mean seriously Pokemon was far more addictive, and even that had more goals, and a better story line.)

It's great Mojang is doing well, it's great when all indie developers do well. But to have them win a contest of superiority between developers is just laughable at best.

I mean seriously, Minecraft is just a larger version of Farmville if you break it down. Except at least Farmville has a leveling system, and reward system lol...

But everyone loves to hate on the big guy these days. It's much 'cooler' to root for the little guy.