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 ti

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