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thismeintiel on 15 June 2017
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Hiku said:
Neodegenerate said:

Monthly Active Users.  It is what they use in their PR instead of units sold to indicate that they have a healthy ecosystem.

I see. And I just saw the topic about how if you log into Minecraft cross play on Switch, you log into Xbox Live: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=229507&page=1

Lol, I guess that answers my second question about why Nintendo could come to regret it.

Yep.  Once they go cross platform, Nintendo loses all control.  Which really is the bigger reason Sony said no.  MAU is definitely in there, especially after Sony just spanked MS on their claim of having the largest gaming network, but not the main reason.

Knitemare said:
Well, its pure strategy, since Sony is leading the console market, doing this, they will force to get the PS4 version of the game, or get a PS4, since most ppl will be playing it on it. If they had lower numbers, closer to XBOne, they will agree, in order to get ppl to have a 50% chance to get the game in PS4, which is not the case. They can go for the aggressive choice, knowing it will succed.

I don't think it has much to do with what position they are in or forcing people to buy PS4's Minecraft.  More likely to do with the reasons I stated above.  Losing control of online, PS gamers having to give MS their info to play, and inflated MAU numbers for Live.