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Minecraft started as an indie game, so this statement is not quite correct.
by MichaelMoser123 9y ago
Minecraft started as an indie game, so this statement is not quite correct.
- snerbles 9y agoCiting Minecraft's success is a shining example of survivorship bias, approaching the level of baby-boomers assuring any kid with programming talent that "one day you'll be the next Bill Gates".
- runevault 9y agoFlip side saying "don't make money" is the reverse. Even just "very, very, very rarely" would be a big difference.
- Brockenstein 9y agoYes, Minecraft and dozens of other indie games have been very very successful. But how many indie games were created in just the year Minecraft was released that didn't make much money at all? For every one moderate to major success, you've got hundreds of games, maybe thousands, that didn't make it. One can always believe their game is going to be the next big thing, eventually someone is bound to be right. But pretending like that sort of success is regular and common thing isn't realistic.