Minecraft essay

Minecraft was made in may 17th 2009 by an innovative indie developer called 'Marcus Persson' otherwise known as 'Notch', on the release date, Minecraft was sold at £10 exclusively on PC which later on in the development in 2011 the price would be raised to £18 which was due to microsoft promoting the game on the xbox 360 which made the first step into cross platform play and providing minecraft new fans because xbox 360 was one of the biggest consoles of 2011.

Minecraft, in essence, was a tool to be used to let your imagination to come to life. With it's blocky nature that is similar to lego, it inticed the younger age groups to come up with new ideas and become more imaginative, it also helped bring people together with how inclusive it is. Minecraft is considered a sandbox, free roaming game in which building is the main intention and surviving is secondary with mechanics such as hunger and monsters otherwise known as mobs that come out within the night time and in caves. However this is only secondary, because the primary selling point of the game was to build, and there was no limits to what you could build, literally the imagination was the only limit. This is a part of what made minecraft a huge hit among the youth, with over 100 million copies sold by 2017 and the exact figure in 2019 being 122 million copies sold.

Orginally, minecraft was just a simple game of building and normal survivng no hunger system or anything complex just plain old simple build and survive. this was partly due to the low work force that Marcus Persson had with only 3 people actually working on the game in 2009, this made it hard to do more complex things, however this turned out good for Marcus for it made fans more intrigued by the game because updates came weekly and sometimes monthly which had players looking forward to something new which caused word of mouth to go around about minecrafts updates, one of the big updates included redstone, which was a massive hit because it allowed people to create mechanical thigns like railways, during the time of this update player numbers went up by 10,000 active accounts, in 2013 when the update was due to release.

In 2010, Marcus created the company Mojang which was a development company that made games, but mainly focused on the minecraft aspect of their works. Also by adding a company to their game they could now start hiring people in a company that was named therefore more people would apply to work with Mojang so that updates could be provided faster and that the growing player base of minecraft was sated within weeks of completing an updates new content. By making this company it also introduced rivals in the same buisness trying to buy them out, however Marcus was resilient to these offers as he believed in the games development and wanted the game to flourish under his tutorial. Marcus also had a very good relationship with the players as he often responded to what they were asking or helpful ideas that might have come into updates into the future, this played a big role into the success of minecraft as well because Marcus' charisma and helpfulness was felt in the player-base which made people feel as if they were a part of the game, therefore they stayed for him and the updates that were released, this also caused people to talk about him way more which would entice people to buy minecraft.

Marcus Persson worked alongside his fellow developers at Mojang for 4 years as they carried on to pump out updates and keep players happy with what they were doing with the game, however on 2014, Marcus didn't have the same drive as he once did in 2009 and he also gained a some mental health issues which killed his drive to provide the content he once did with the same amount of effort and enthusiasm. Therefore, Marcus wanted the game to live so he accepted an offer that microsoft had offered which was a total of 2.5 billion USD to keep the game alive and keep updating it to keep fans happy and playing. This also gave Microsoft the tools to obtain the game for themselves and claim ownership of the game in it's entirety, however Microsoft let Mojang developers to carry on working on the game without Marcus, who had resigned and stepped down from Mojang to live his life. Mojang are still the main developers of the game for they know what the core of minecraft revolves around, but there are now other developers provided by Microsoft that also work on a different side of minecraft such as texture packs and skins that player can buy for £4.99 each, they also help out with new UI interfaces regarding Xbox one intergrating with ps4 because minecraft had just became cross platform which meant that xbox player could play with ps4 players.

MInecraft

created by a single person - markus persson aka notch

Minecraft has sold over 150 million copies

6 reasons it's popular!

minecraft is a literally sandbox with infinite replayability the game is only limited by the confines of your imagination

A strong community

The players' creations are minecrafts own marketing campaign.
Like jacob granberry who created the world of game of thrones

It is platform agnostic, it can literally play on all platforms.

It has been co-opted by children, which has made it a household name

It is not limited by genre, it is literally adapted by the player

it fulfils our human instinct to bring order to chaotic wilderness

1) How many subscriptions does Ali-A have for his Youtube channel?

16 million

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2) How many years have he been doing this?

2009 10 years

3) Why did he start playing Minecraft?

because fans asked him

4) What does he say he is trying to do with his content?

survival series to explore the game and make sure that he experiances the game in the fullest

5) Describe his average working day

work, edit, publish and try and plan social life in advance

6) Why might we watch Youtubers?

we watch youtube for funny content, educational content,  and enjoyable content to pass the time and for stuff to entertain us as a society 

7) What is Twitch and what is the average time spent on it by a viewer?

twitch is a streaming service of which any person can play a game and stream it, 4 hours a day

8) How much do you estimate that Ali-A earns in a year? Go to socialblade.com to check your answer

1.7 million on average

Microsoft’s purchase of Mojang (3.22-8.15) :

9) How much was Minecraft purchased for?

2.5 billion usd

10) What are 3 reasons behind Microsoft’s purchase?

a)mojang is a successful company and it was told that the game would be a huge success

b)Microsoft wants a new audience that they think mine craft will bring

C)for control and to seize an opportunity to make sure it isn't grabbed by a different company like sony

11) How might this affect the game?

new customer support stuff along with a wide growing community  to help support their game

12) What is Minecraft’s biggest asset?

It's replayability.

Minecraft development is referred to as online Lego and it is multi platform, open sandbox, and started as an indie game. Critically and commercially successful

Minecraft is successful for the strong community.

Minecraft is successful for the amount of input and reputation it has in the world.

It has quite an influence in social media.

He kept constantly updating the content inside the game giving people a reason to play more.