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You mean like making Minecraft insanely popular? Or Kerbal Space Program the game of the year in many magazines? Or DayZ being the game of the year in most ot

You mean like making Minecraft insanely popular? Or Kerbal Space Program the game of the year in many magazines? Or DayZ being the game of the year in most other magazines? Theres only so much we can blame the consumer for companies producing shit.

arrrg 14y ago
You can't make AAA games with the money those games are making.
- nnnnni 14y ago
  I'd rather play a fun non-"AAA" game than a boring "AAA" game.
  - arrrg 14y ago
    Obviously. Everyone would. But I do not want AAA games to not exist. They can do things that indie games cannot. It’s as simple as that.
    - nnnnni 14y ago
      Oh, that is true. Ideally a fun "AAA" would be the best option...
- J_Darnley 14y ago
  Really? How many people have bought Minecraft? More than 10 million (on PC alone) [1]. Assume everyone paid the beta price of €14.95 [2] and we get €150 million! That sounds like triple-A money to me. Okay, that could be wildly inaccurate if everyone buys it cheap through deals like Steam. 75% off and similar. Wikipedia says the Notch estimated €25M in purchases a few months after the beta [3]. By the end of the beta that was 4 million purchases which has now risen to 10 million. As far as I can tell, that doesn't include any figures from Apple, Google, or Microsoft. [1] https://minecraft.net/ https://minecraft.net/ [2] http://web.archive.org/web/20110114022633/http://www.minecraft.net/prepurchase.jsp http://web.archive.org/web/20110114022633/http://www.minecra... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft#Commercial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft#Commercial
  - arrrg 14y ago
    Minecraft is a fluke. It cannot be imitated.