That hasn't exactly been a big selling point for third party ports in the past though.

You may joke... But this would be a exceptionally smart move! From what I have seen, steve is very popular and in an exteme grade to kids, so it would boost amiibo brand awareness and  they could buy other amiibo too! Amiibo's are being bought mainly as a collective product, not an interactive one, so not having a wii u/New 3ds or have them but not the game, won't prevent them by purchasing it! :P

Amiibo are pushing huge sales by being bought mostly by grown-ups, and some young adults, while they're not the main target, Imagine if kids could dive into this thing... Steve can be the attractant!

I can see Steve's Amiibo selling more than 1M in USA alone (and I'm serious)

The price makes me want to buy the PC version instead

No idea why it's only available digitally or $30 but MS is going to get extra cash :)

So they are adding 6 "free" dlc packs into the game. Well that makes the price more acceptable I guess.

I hope they bring some gamepad specific crafting features!

I'm not joking.  A Steve Amiibo is best for business for both Nintendo and MS, sharing the profits.  Since kids would buy toys regardless if which platform Minecraft is.

Until dawn which was a sleeper hit not long ago could be got for $20. If that was Nintendo it would be double.  Dishonoured won game of the year awards in 2012 and a few months later I got it for $25. 

The fact is Nintendo take advantage of the fact none of their games have competition and the fans get ripped off.  

If you buy a wii u now and a ps4 you'd get waaaay more quality games for let's say $20 on the ps4 then the Wii U.  

It's economics 101. Competition benefits the consumer and on the Wii U there's no competition.  

When people put a :P at the end of s statement it usually means they're joking.  Just curious are you joking or did you mean what you said?