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Nextgen Minecraft could be a XboxOne exclusive maybe as a launch title with whatever VR/AR device MS is supposedly working on. So, I could buy the Oculus that

Nextgen Minecraft could be a XboxOne exclusive maybe as a launch title with whatever VR/AR device MS is supposedly working on. So, I could buy the Oculus that works only on a super-powered gaming PC that costs more than I make in a month, or the Sony Morpheus product which I'm sure will be great, but Sony won't have Minecraft, they'll have Playstation Home II. MS will have Minecraft. Which one will kids buy? I'm guessing the system with Minecraft. This all could be as soon as next xmas or even 2Q 2015. Even if we ignore the VR/AR stuff, Minecraft with Kinect would be loads of fun. The Kinect's killer app may not be been dancing games. It could be world-building games. Imagine lifting your hand to move a brick and flicking your wrist to toss it. ...and thats on top of revenue MS would make on more traditional Minecraft monetizations. Look at how Disney is re-invigorating the Star Wars IP. Suddenly new movies and games are coming out. We're finally getting a third Battlefront and upcoming movies that seem under the aegis of more... competent creators than the recent prequels (Sorry George!). People are more excited than ever about an IP, that frankly, has been treading water for the last 20 years. MS could do something like that to Minecraft, which always seemed more than a bit under-commercialized.

commandar 12y ago
Minecraft came out on the PS4 last week.
- drzaiusapelord 12y ago
  Maybe Minecraft + Morpheus has MS running scared. If they owned the IP they could stop that and make it a Kinect/VR/AR exclusive. I doubt the current license would allow Sony to port Minecraft to their Morpheus platform without permission.
Tepix 12y ago
Minecraft is not ideal for VR in the near future because it's a game where you run around which causes simulator sickness for a significant percentage of the population. VR is better suited for other types of games, especially those were you are inside a cockpit and your avatar is sitting just like you are in real life.
- Pyrodogg 12y ago
  Its not just the moving, it's the extreme range of head motion. I've been trying out Minecrift with my DK2 and you get sick of looking up and down at extreme angles very quickly.
MiddleEndian 12y ago
>Imagine lifting your hand to move a brick and flicking your wrist to toss it. Sounds incredibly exhausting to build anything sufficiently complicated. At that point I may as well become a mason. I'd also prefer not to be trapped to one platform. I really hope this doesn't happen.

commandar 12y ago

Minecraft came out on the PS4 last week.

drzaiusapelord 12y ago
Maybe Minecraft + Morpheus has MS running scared. If they owned the IP they could stop that and make it a Kinect/VR/AR exclusive. I doubt the current license would allow Sony to port Minecraft to their Morpheus platform without permission.

Tepix 12y ago

Minecraft is not ideal for VR in the near future because it's a game where you run around which causes simulator sickness for a significant percentage of the population. VR is better suited for other types of games, especially those were you are inside a cockpit and your avatar is sitting just like you are in real life.

Pyrodogg 12y ago
Its not just the moving, it's the extreme range of head motion. I've been trying out Minecrift with my DK2 and you get sick of looking up and down at extreme angles very quickly.

MiddleEndian 12y ago

>Imagine lifting your hand to move a brick and flicking your wrist to toss it. Sounds incredibly exhausting to build anything sufficiently complicated. At that point I may as well become a mason. I'd also prefer not to be trapped to one platform. I really hope this doesn't happen.