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What about Minecraft?

• woodall 16y ago
  I guess it depends on the originality of said concept. There were many games exactly like Minecraft before it's time, however, Notch had better execution and timing; See Wurm Online, Infiniminer, ect. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/113252305/credits-due http://notch.tumblr.com/post/113252305/credits-due
• parfe 16y ago
  What about it? Minecraft sold alpha quality software, literally. It said right on the website "Alpha" and now it's on to "Beta". Minecraft was basically taking preorders with the promise of an eventual polished released. And in the meantime you could play a buggy game you might enjoy. It's going to be quite a while before Minecraft is "done" and Notch is going to spend a lot more than $100,000 on it.
  • stevenj 16y ago
    I was wondering if he spent $100,000 to develop it before it became a success. I'm not sure. I think I read that he released parts of the game as he went? In a sense he marketed it as he went, which seems like a good strategy. One that could reduce costs provided that you make a game people want. Because you don't really know if you're making something people want until they try it out and tell you (by using it, hopefully continuously). If you are making something people want, then I would think you could do it for much less than $100,000. It just might not be WoW or Grand Theft Auto.