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by Steve Watts, Mar 05, 2013 11:05am PSTMinecraft has been a hit on Xbox 360, becoming one of the chart-toppers on Xbox Live and most recently hitting the five million sales mark. Other consoles would probably enjoy some of that action, and for Sony it's a possibility. Nintendo? Not so much.
"Microsoft has an exclusivity deal for consoles," Mojang's Jens Bergensten told iGamer (via Edge). "When it runs out we'll consider Minecraft for PlayStation, but Wii U is very unlikely."
The interview didn't shed any light on just when that exclusivity arrangement might run out, but the game is coming up on its year anniversary in May. At that point, we might hear more about PlayStation plans.
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Minecraft has an exclusivity arrangement with Microsoft still in effect, but when that runs out Mojang's Jens Bergensten says they'll "consider" a PlayStation version. A Wii U port, on the other hand, is "very unlikely."
Minecraft has an exclusivity arrangement with Microsoft still in effect, but when that runs out Mojang's Jens Bergensten says they'll "consider" a PlayStation version. A Wii U port, on the other hand, is "very unlikely." : Shacknews
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So they either make affordable hardware that gets derided as underpowered, they make expensive hardware that no one could buy (they can't afford to subsidize and they're selling the Wii U at a minor loss as it is), or they just pursue the failed GameCube strategy and put out a pointless me-too system that can't keep up with the big boys.
Or they give up on systems entirely and just make games for whatever hardware other companies happen to throw their way? People really want that?
I guess it would save you some cash if you already have one of the other systems and you sneer at Nintendo's inventions as "gimmicks", but it's not for me. I'd have to buy a Sony or MS system I wouldn't otherwise want, would cost more, and would have the games hamstrung by the lack of imagination those companies bring to their hardware.
The day that Nintendo stops making hardware is the day their full creative freedom to deliver the experience they want, dies. So while some are clearly looking to bring about that day as soon as possible, I'm not enthused.
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