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Subject: Why is Minecraft $26.95?

Seriously. On PC. On Xbox it's 20. Why is it so damn expensive?

  • 12.17.2012 9:45 PM PDT

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becuase companies like monies.

  • 12.17.2012 9:45 PM PDT

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Because there's more stuff in the PC version, silly.

  • 12.17.2012 9:46 PM PDT

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  • 12.17.2012 9:46 PM PDT

Well Microsoft dictates the price for downloadable content/games while Mojang dictates it on their site. It being cheaper was probably a way for Microsoft to appeal to people that already own Minecraft on PC. Also the xbox version is around the same price the PC version was.

  • 12.17.2012 9:47 PM PDT

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I believe its like 20 Euros Even so its an odd amount is USD, or at least thats the way it was when i bought it, except it was like 17$.

[Edited on 12.17.2012 9:48 PM PST]

  • 12.17.2012 9:48 PM PDT
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blarg.

Notch always said that the price was going to rise.

I bought it when it was 15 pounds or something like that, which was a year and a bit ago. Before that I'd play the free version or on horrible 'cracked' servers.

You honestly should have bought it by now anyway, it's an amazing game.

  • 12.17.2012 9:50 PM PDT

The earlier you buy it the less it is but you can't just increase the price of an arcade game. That's why it's slightly more than the other arcade games.

  • 12.17.2012 9:51 PM PDT

because the xbox variant is vastly inferior.

  • 12.17.2012 9:51 PM PDT


Posted by: thatguyaknow
I believe its like 20 Euros Even so its an odd amount is USD, or at least thats the way it was when i bought it, except it was like 17$.

Yeah it is 20 euros which comes out to around the OP's price. Though the thing is Minecraft on the xbox is technically in beta and the beta on the PC costed 15 euros which is roughly $20.

  • 12.17.2012 9:52 PM PDT

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I think it was 12-15 euros when I got it, or something like that. Glad I got it when I did.

  • 12.17.2012 9:52 PM PDT

PC version has some advantages.

  • 12.17.2012 9:54 PM PDT

Is six more bucks really breaking the bank for a vastly superior product?

  • 12.17.2012 10:34 PM PDT

Break the windowsill

I got it when it was $15~

  • 12.17.2012 10:35 PM PDT

Two makes there more than speakers.

I got it when it was $20 and was in Beta.
The same goes for the Xbox, it's still in Beta. Now that the game is finished I guess they put it up to $27.

  • 12.17.2012 10:36 PM PDT

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Because higher demand means higher price. Also PC version has nearly infinite worlds and is fully updated.

  • 12.17.2012 10:38 PM PDT

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Because you should have bought it when it was a Beta.

  • 12.17.2012 10:45 PM PDT

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Because its a game that you can create a almost limitless amount of content and play for years so $26 isn't that much.

If the play area took 2 minutes to go from end to end and there was limited amount of content then ya it won't be worth it but it isn't that small and so its worth it.

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Because notch could charge 60 and people would still pay for it.

  • 12.17.2012 10:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: Make117
Because you should have bought it when it was a Beta.


Do the updates cost anything?

  • 12.17.2012 10:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: Make117
Because you should have bought it when it was a Beta.


Do the updates cost anything?


No, what? There was a discount if you bought the game in Alpha or Beta stages.

[Edited on 12.17.2012 11:14 PM PST]

  • 12.17.2012 11:14 PM PDT