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My son loves Minecraft, but why the price of $30/year - I won't mind paying $50 for a package that could be used forever.

by malkia 12y ago

Methusalah 12y ago
I kind of lost interest at that point. I'm not interested in managing another subscription for this. Edit: It looks like it includes a hosted server. That makes more sense, but I'd prefer an option without it.
- malkia 12y ago
  I preordered it just now - seems like a server is more in the line of paying over period rather than boxed package.
- TruthSHIFT 12y ago
  It looks like it requires a special modded version of minecraft running on the server. I wonder if they have plans to release or sell the server code.
  - bphogan 12y ago
    All of these third-parry mod systems require a modified version. Bukkit did, and so does CanaryMod. Right now there's no official way to do modding so I suspect that this is their issue. And not releasing it allows them to generate a little revenue. For $30 a year? Sure, why not.
    - MarcScott 12y ago
      I'd love to see Microsoft fix this, and create a well documented modding API.
      - bphogan 12y ago
        I'd like to just see them fold in one of the existing ones myself :)
CaRDiaK 12y ago
I can totally see your stance here and in most instance's I would generally agree. This is probably one of those rarer cases where paying the $30 is a crap shoot at if they'd bite at something. If they really got into this, then with how fast kids learn it probably wouldn't be much use beyond the point of a year anyway as they're likely to have naturally progressed. If they genuinely love it then you will have made them godlike. When you consider this as a hobby product compared to others aimed at this demographic, surely it feels like stealing :)
spacehome 12y ago
Because servers cost money. Polished professional-quality software often costs money. If $30 gets my kids interested in programming, it will be the best $30 I spend all year. And as another points out, either way, you won't need more than a year.

My son loves Minecraft, but why the price of $30/year - I won't mind paying $50 for a package that could be used forever.

by malkia 12y ago

My son loves Minecraft, but why the price of $30/year - I won't mind paying $50 for a package that could be used forever.

Methusalah 12y ago

I kind of lost interest at that point. I'm not interested in managing another subscription for this. Edit: It looks like it includes a hosted server. That makes more sense, but I'd prefer an option without it.

malkia 12y ago
I preordered it just now - seems like a server is more in the line of paying over period rather than boxed package.
TruthSHIFT 12y ago
It looks like it requires a special modded version of minecraft running on the server. I wonder if they have plans to release or sell the server code.
- bphogan 12y ago
  All of these third-parry mod systems require a modified version. Bukkit did, and so does CanaryMod. Right now there's no official way to do modding so I suspect that this is their issue. And not releasing it allows them to generate a little revenue. For $30 a year? Sure, why not.
  - MarcScott 12y ago
    I'd love to see Microsoft fix this, and create a well documented modding API.
    - bphogan 12y ago
      I'd like to just see them fold in one of the existing ones myself :)

CaRDiaK 12y ago

I can totally see your stance here and in most instance's I would generally agree. This is probably one of those rarer cases where paying the $30 is a crap shoot at if they'd bite at something. If they really got into this, then with how fast kids learn it probably wouldn't be much use beyond the point of a year anyway as they're likely to have naturally progressed. If they genuinely love it then you will have made them godlike. When you consider this as a hobby product compared to others aimed at this demographic, surely it feels like stealing :)

spacehome 12y ago

Because servers cost money. Polished professional-quality software often costs money. If $30 gets my kids interested in programming, it will be the best $30 I spend all year. And as another points out, either way, you won't need more than a year.