How to build upon the beloved franchise for a potential follow-up.
Nearly 100 million people are playing “Minecraft” every month, and over 150 million copies of the game have been sold. It’s the second highest-selling game of all time, just below “Tetris.”
With all that success, it’s fair to assume that Microsoft might be interested in churning out sequels – the lifeblood of the entertainment industry. After all, Microsoft paid US $2.5 billion for “Minecraft.” It’s realistic to expect new games from a property that cost so much to buy.
Not so, says Microsoft.
Microsoft wasn't concerned with what the developer could come up with beyond Minecraft. Only the annual and quarterly profits and revenue the developer could bring in from being on multiple devices. Good business move. Not so much a great acquisition for anything else they might want to make until the game loses its legs when gamers eventually move on to something else.
Maybe a mixed reality version in the future for PC, Mobile VR, Stand Alone VR, Hololens Two and Xbox Two. That's about it.
@Duke
Has Microsoft commissioned any other game from Mojang, since they acquired them? Why do you suppose that is??
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The game continues making millions (probably a day) and the concern is what else is this developer doing?
Makes no sense.
Why does Minecraft need a new version? What would a new version serve to do that continuing updates wouldn’t?
Jacob St-Amour from Link-Cable Writes: "Mojang introduced Minecraft to gamers all the way back in 2009 and almost a decade has passed since its release and it is still considered a gaming phenomenon with more than 28 million copies sold worldwide. Its superb sales have led gaming giant in Microsoft to purchase the franchise and reaping the benefits of one of the popular titles dating back to the last generation. The series has been featured on a variety of platforms and in other media which has helped keep this gaming giant near the top. With all the success that surrounds the franchise, it is easy to imagine the potential for a sequel to Minecraft."
Minecraft is their business. I don't think that is a bad thing. They are maintaining codebases on all consoles, all PC's, even bad ones, phones, tablets. They have education platforms built off Minecraft etc. This isn't your normal game, this is a full time business.
Minecraft 2 would have to increase the art style/graphics quality & add a ton of different styles and content.
500+ different block types, more music by C418, better shading and lighting. Just improve everything, but keep the same flow,style and feel of the game.
Why would Mojang make a sequel after doing so much work on building upon the original game? It’d be a huge undertaking trying to outperform the original, plus so many people are going to still be invested in the original that it’d just create a whole swath of comparisons between Minecraft and its sequel.
Agreed. Mojang doesn't seem to have any problems adding new content to Minecraft, it's just taken them forever to get all the different versions aligned into one working version instead. Now that priorities are taken care of though I expect more content updates to follow. A couple additions I'd really like to see:
-Vertical slab placement and possibly "mini blocks" (where 8 mini's would form one regular block).
-A new form of redstone that can be buried into a block (like building circuits in Terraria).
I think it would be silly for Mojang to make MC2 now. Wait a few more years when the buzz has died down, then announce a sequel and inject some new life into the IP. No brainer.
Kinda pointless making a sequel right now.
Honestly that would kill Minecraft. Just keep building on the platform already there.
Throwing Digital Sheep takes a look at whether the time is right for Microsoft to announce a Minecraft sequel, ahead of their E3 Press Conference and discuss what a sequel could look like.
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They really need to look at some mods out there for ideas. There's so much they could add.
I think it's time for them to look at the BuildCraft Mod
http://www.mod-buildcraft.c...
Minecraft has been milked to death, i am kind of over Minecraft. I'd prefer a new project from the developers, not Minecraft 2 aka Minecraft with a few new tools and skins.
It was novel and cute at one point, but now...
I'm sure ppl will disagree as they love their tablet and ios games. I'd prefer PvZ 2 even.
How can someone possibly make a sequel to a sandbox game?
Circles would be nice.. so many block .. -_- love minecraft ps vita and ps3