Comment on Mojang reveals The Sift as the first new Minecraft dimension in 14 years
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 days agoYou know minecraft is their cashcow not because of the sales but because of the mtx right? Like, putting it on steam will open up an even bigger userbase. Literally every other storefront except windows store(i’m assuming) take the cut and they’re happy to sell it on there, the excuse of “keeping their revenue” just doesn’t really fly.
Like, i don’t really care about where they put it as long as there’s a linux version of bedrock, but then from experience native linux version tend to be sidelined often, so putting it on Steam is the quickest shortcut every dev can take to port their game to linux. Not sure why you’re so dead set against this idea but hey it seems like you’re the expert of the subject, maybe that give you the right to be condescending about it.
LostWanderer@fedia.io 2 days ago
You need to convince both Microsoft and Mojang of what you want, present your case to them about getting Minecraft on Steam. Particularly when a good case is stated to them on the matter, an audience shows up and makes it clear there is a return on investment. shrugs Replying here doesn't really matter, unless you go to the Minecraft Forums and present your opinion, see what happens. That would be the most productive thing to do at this stage, as clearly you are convinced enough to stick this idea.
I'm just a dude on the internet sharing his opinion that isn't based on pure facts. Based on casual observations (I since edited my initial reply about the cash cow nature as you were right...). I feel they don't care about Steam enough to put it on there as there have been no moves on their part to indicate any interest in years. I am no means an expert, I don't feel like I am being particularly condescending either. It just feels more likely to get a reworked version of Bedrock Minecraft that runs on all 3 platforms like Java currently does. It would essentially achieve the same aim and would be more likely to be realized. But, eh, it doesn't matter what I think unless I do the same. Stating my own case on the Minecraft Forums.