spurgeonryan said:
But since I have two copies of Minecraft in my house, I will ask the little kids on up to the teenagers if they have any idea or even give a shit. Then we will know for sure. How about that? |
That's funny. I have lots of friends that are teenagers, and all off them knows who Notch is, none of them are on internet forums like us. Heck, even my little brother knows who he is, and he's 7 years old.
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Soundwave said:
Minecraft is a big hit, but in 5 years, no one will give two craps about it, whereas 30+ years on, Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, etc. are still global icons. |
Social recognition is something entirely different. I could ask any of my friends who Notch is, and they would know, but only one of my friends know who Shigeru Miyamoto is, and he's a hardcore Nintendo fan. Shigeru is a celebrity in the gaming community, Notch is a celebrity in mainstream pop-culture.
In five years Minecraft may very well have outsold Wii Sports, despite how little you want that to happen.
Soundwave said:
Minecraft is a big hit, but in 5 years, no one will give two craps about it, whereas 30+ years on, Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, etc. are still global icons. |
Did you play legos as a girl? Well, most girls and boys play minecraft like it is the modern legos!
Teeqoz said:
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It shows.
Money doesn't make you happy anyway, it can help of course, but just look at Robin Williams...
| Samus Aran said: G It shows. Money doesn't make you happy anyway, it can help of course, but just look at Robin Williams... |
Given the context you wrote this. Money does not create happiness by itself. But, it shows your bitterness to minecraft's ongoing success without NINTENDO.
Samus Aran said:
It shows. Money doesn't make you happy anyway, it can help of course, but just look at Robin Williams... |
93 on metacritic suggests otherwise 
(pc version that is)
Are you one of those guys who dismisses stuff because it's indie? Or doesn't have 'Dem grafix'? Honestly I think your just hating for the sake of hating. It (minecraft) is really succesful, and it's 'cool' to hate on success. If you could explain what makes Minecraft a bad game I might take you seriously.
You're the one that brought money in the equation...
Teeqoz said:
Are you one of those guys who dismisses stuff because it's indie? Or doesn't have 'Dem grafix'? Honestly I think your just hating for the sake of hating. It (minecraft) is really succesful, and it's 'cool' to hate on success. If you could explain what makes Minecraft a bad game I might take you seriously.
You're the one that brought money in the equation... |
It's a pointless game with awkward controls and interfaces. And yes, the graphics are utter shit. Given how much money he made from this, don't you think it's time to actually make a decent looking game out of it?
I've played it once with friends and I was mostly bored the whole time.
The fact that Minecraft scores 93 on Metacritic is ridiculous.
I didn't laugh at the joke but people on here are taking this way too seriously..so he made a joke on a console? Whatever, just move on.
spurgeonryan said:
1. You guys have strange covos with friends. "Hey best bud! Do you know who Shiggy Miyamoto is? (Friend): "Hell no bro! Now Beer me!" ( You) "What about notch bro? You know Notch? Huh? You know him? Huh..huh..huh?" ( Friend) "Dude!!!! He is the co creator of one of the most imaginable games of our time dude! How could I and most of your closest friends not know this guy? Now BEER me or I am going to sucker punch you Bro!"
2. None of my friends know who any game people are. No one in the Military that I knew...knew of any game devs. Regular people do not know this stuff. They go to the store becuase they hear through word of mouth a game is fun or they saw it on tv. Then they buy it. Commercials do not say...From Legendary developer Notch, we have Minecraft! ON sale now at Target and Walmart, and that shit place Kmart. Buy today!
3. Regular people are not reading over gaming forums daily to learn as much as they can about ....not to be rude or knock something that i enjoy as well...but something that is meaningless. Gaming beyond mobile games does not matter in life and even though it is a fast growing industry, most would rather know what is going on in the world, what actors are doing, or follow their favorite sports stars than follow who made the Snow men in Banjo Kazooie. Or who made the latest Zelda soundtrack. They just want to play the game, and move on.
But I am glad I saw a glimse into conversations that some have with their friends! |
1. Ouch, that stung. Way to go, trying to insult me. I was expecting more from you to be honest. You know, i TOTALLY said that I talked a lot about Notch with my friends. *Sarcasm gone* now, if you read my post then you'ld see I said "I could have asked my friends who Notch is" key word for you there being could. This was cheap of you, really.
Now here's a shocker for you: I play minecraft occasionly. I used to do it a lot more a few years ago. And sometimes we happened to mention Notch, heck, sometimes "Notch" appears on the frickin title screen.
2. We haven't had a single commercial about minecraft in Norway, yet everyone here knows what it is. Actually, as far as I know there have hardly been any commercials anywhere about minecraft. It has, as you mention, been spread through word of mouth.
3. Minecraft is somewhat different. It's a social phenomenon, that has been spread through the world, and is now pop-culture. "Everyone" plays minecraft, (infact minecraft has outsold every single entry in a miyamoto made IP, besides Wii Sports. Currently 54 million, and counting.). Saying that more people know who Shigeru Miyamoto is than know who Notch is, is just straight out wrong. I know you wish that was not the case, but it is.
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