Minecraft - Dying or Making a Comeback?
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It depends on what you consider Minecraft to be. If you look at the Java Edition by itself there is an argument to be made that it has shown down and is possibly “dying.” If you take a look at Minecraft as a whole (all versions) then it’s growing.
Using this data it shows that ultimate peak MC was july 2013 and the lowest point was october 2018. I mean here nothing stands out to show it's growing again only more time will tell as there is many other points where interest has spiked and gone back down after. Here is Minecraft compared to fortnite (same timeframe)
Seems like fortnite is losing popluarity now and the hype is going away. I've also heard from other people fortnite is just not becoming fun anymore and lots of people I know are quitting. But as I said before only more time will tell.
Google trend means nothing. People know about Minecraft. Millions of people already have Minecraft. Why in the hell would they look it up in Google?
Using this data it shows that ultimate peak MC was july 2013 and the lowest point was october 2018. I mean here nothing stands out to show it's growing again only more time will tell as there is many other points where interest has spiked and gone back down after. Here is Minecraft compared to fortnite (same timeframe)
Seems like fortnite is losing popluarity now and the hype is going away. I've also heard from other people fortnite is just not becoming fun anymore and lots of people I know are quitting. But as I said before only more time will tell.
Java edition has been dying because there isn't anything interesting anymore. All multiplayer servers are bland and the same old. So, yes, java edition has been dying. We (server owners) are the cause.
Minecraft itself has been growing ever since it was released.
That’s because Fortnite was never that good of a game. It came as a breathe of fresh air in the middle of one of the worst gaming droughts ever. Now that there are a few better alternatives to play nobody wants to bother with Fortnite anymore.[DOUBLEPOST=1558869752][/DOUBLEPOST]
Using this data it shows that ultimate peak MC was july 2013 and the lowest point was october 2018. I mean here nothing stands out to show it's growing again only more time will tell as there is many other points where interest has spiked and gone back down after. Here is Minecraft compared to fortnite (same timeframe)
Seems like fortnite is losing popluarity now and the hype is going away. I've also heard from other people fortnite is just not becoming fun anymore and lots of people I know are quitting. But as I said before only more time will tell.
Don’t put all the blame on server owners, Mojang has had a hand in the Java Edition becoming dull and unpopular compared to other versions of the game.
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I agree now I don't even think of it as a battle royale, more of just a weird game where new things are added and removed and it's a testing field
I played one of the console versions of the game for the first time since the Xbox 360 version was released and I enjoyed it a lot more than the Java Edition. (Mainly because you had some of the newer updates to the game with the old combat system).
Java also has the new updates now. But what does it matter? All kiddos do is stay on 1.8
They have the new updates with the new combat system. That’s why a lot of people stay on 1.8. I’m hoping that Mojang will either revert back to the old combat system in the next update or make the combat system similar to the original.
yea i went and bought the PS4 edition and it was super fun. I personally only really play PvP like HCF and Practice on Minecraft so playing just your average game on PS4 was actually really fun.
Minecraft is at the middle in this point. I wouldn't necessarily slap the "dying" label on the game because that's what game enthusiasts predicated many years ago, now look where it's at. I think to look at the game and say it is dying is too broad of a topic. Minecraft, even though it was released on May 17, 2009. The game is still extremely popular, and still holds the title for being the second most popular game in selling over 154+ million copies, compared to Tetris for selling over 500+ million copies. Mojang also released Minecraft: Education Edition on November 1, 2016 that aims towards being an excellent tool to engage students in learning, collaboration, and critical thinking. Additionally, In a study by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 71% of teachers using digital games like Minecraft reported subsequent improvement in students’ numeracy and computational thinking. These are vital skills for future jobs in Computer Science. Currently 58% of all new jobs in STEM are in computing. Only 8% of STEM graduates are in Computer Science. This technical skills gap in today’s job market is substantial and only growing.
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Also with the new updates that are being released that are stunning to the community, it really only pushes away the "dying" term. Just recently Minecraft released Update Aquatic which has attracted popularity. One thing we should really look at is the versions that are dying, and the general pieces of the communities that are dying. I would strongly recommend that the communities behind the versions spanning between 1.7.10-1.8 are dying. Less and less players are funneling into these communities, and the ones who do quickly leave after they're favorite servers shutdown. Communities such as Mc-Market are composed of a majority of users in the 1.7.10-1.8 era. This means, when you log onto Mc-Market everyday, and you don't really notice much changing, this is because there isn't really anything changing. The versions have evolved to nearly the most it's potential can hold without updating to higher versions. If you update to a higher version, you lose the community that you're targeting and you begin to walk into unknown territory. Territory people like us don't recognize or understand because we see PvP written on every wall. It's a territory that other's identify as a "new world", a world that we dislike and refuse. This is why I believe these versions are dying. However, as far as the game as a whole..? No. Far from it in fact. We just don't perceive it like that because our communities are dying and they'res aren't. It's also difficult finding communities that are more geared towards the newer versions, and then adapting to the sense of it.
Think of the game like Runescape, a perfect example. If you play the game just for killing monsters and player vs player combat, than you're not feeling the lore, and quests part of the game. Then, later on down the road you attempt to PvP and you die. You believe for the sake of everything you'll get better, or you're good but you face death constantly. This is because you're not adapted to that new region. The same thing is perceived with Minecraft. If you're apart of the PvP community, you don't feel what it's like to be truly authentic and creative. To be innocent. You only feel back stabbed, and like you want to "get players back", or just kill them for the sake of a joke.
This is how I perceive how "Minecraft is dying". Thanks for reading.
Sources:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/04/19/top-10-best-selling-video-games-of-all-time
https://education.minecraft.net/impact/
https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Update_Aquatic
*Brought from another post, but the OP got banned*
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Also with the new updates that are being released that are stunning to the community, it really only pushes away the "dying" term. Just recently Minecraft released Update Aquatic which has attracted popularity. One thing we should really look at is the versions that are dying, and the general pieces of the communities that are dying. I would strongly recommend that the communities behind the versions spanning between 1.7.10-1.8 are dying. Less and less players are funneling into these communities, and the ones who do quickly leave after they're favorite servers shutdown. Communities such as Mc-Market are composed of a majority of users in the 1.7.10-1.8 era. This means, when you log onto Mc-Market everyday, and you don't really notice much changing, this is because there isn't really anything changing. The versions have evolved to nearly the most it's potential can hold without updating to higher versions. If you update to a higher version, you lose the community that you're targeting and you begin to walk into unknown territory. Territory people like us don't recognize or understand because we see PvP written on every wall. It's a territory that other's identify as a "new world", a world that we dislike and refuse. This is why I believe these versions are dying. However, as far as the game as a whole..? No. Far from it in fact. We just don't perceive it like that because our communities are dying and they'res aren't. It's also difficult finding communities that are more geared towards the newer versions, and then adapting to the sense of it.
Think of the game like Runescape, a perfect example. If you play the game just for killing monsters and player vs player combat, than you're not feeling the lore, and quests part of the game. Then, later on down the road you attempt to PvP and you die. You believe for the sake of everything you'll get better, or you're good but you face death constantly. This is because you're not adapted to that new region. The same thing is perceived with Minecraft. If you're apart of the PvP community, you don't feel what it's like to be truly authentic and creative. To be innocent. You only feel back stabbed, and like you want to "get players back", or just kill them for the sake of a joke.
This is how I perceive how "Minecraft is dying". Thanks for reading.
Sources:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/04/19/top-10-best-selling-video-games-of-all-time
https://education.minecraft.net/impact/
https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Update_Aquatic
*Brought from another post, but the OP got banned*
Java is dying and will continue the path it’s on. No new factions or HCF players, nothing will help that.
However Bedrock is on the incline and has a lot of potential. That game is far from dead and is thriving.
We’re essentially talking about two different games here
However Bedrock is on the incline and has a lot of potential. That game is far from dead and is thriving.
We’re essentially talking about two different games here
I think it's growing, but we'll see what happens after Hytale
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