While the darling indie success Minecraft enjoys its continued growth now that it’s made its way to consoles, there’s still a lot more that needs to be done. In less than a week, the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft sold over a million copies at $20 a pop. Adding to its incredible PC numbers and record-breaking app sales, and the franchise is still bringing in the big bucks for creator Markus “Notch” Persson.
Handling the Xbox-exclusive version of the block game was developer 4J Studios (instead of Mojang), but for anyone familiar with Minecraft on PC, what Xbox players got was only a fraction of the real game. That means there are a lot of updates coming, the first of which is the 1.7.3 update (pistons!).
For players who didn’t take advantage of the countless creative user-made mods on the PC version of the game, Minecraft lacked a sense of purpose and the experience could get rather stale after playing it for a while. Mining and crafting in the game can only be fun for so long in the vanilla Minecraft so after a series of updates, the game released in full last November with the ‘Adventure Update.’ This added more creatures, but more importantly, it added a sense of purpose.
Players could explore and find villages, large hidden keeps, underground abandoned mine shafts with chests full of rare treasures and there was even another world added as a form of end-game content. In the Xbox 360 version, despite its $20 price tag, all of that is missing, but will eventually come through updates. Minecraft is an ever-evolving game and that characteristic applies to the game’s console variant as well. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be the same as the PC version though.
The first update coming will be the 1.7.3 which focuses on pistons and the 1.8 adventure update could be next, but it could be a while since it’s far more complicated to implement. 4J Studios’ Paddy Burns tells OXM:
“This is going to be the most difficult update due to the sheer amount of changes, and also the underlying architecture changes that come with it. We’re looking forward to the challenge!”
“We are working with Daniel Kaplan at Mojang to define what is going in to the Xbox version, but the aim is to include as many of the PC features that make sense on the Xbox as possible. The game isn’t Minecraft on the Xbox, it is Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, so it isn’t really a direct port of the PC game.”
For those who haven’t experienced Minecraft, read our review of the Xbox 360 version – It is a great way to go for console players with friends willing to jump into the game as well. If you’re a PC player of the game, it’s not worth buying.
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Source: OXM
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Finally, a Minecraft 360 article on GR that didn’t talk about its lack of Kinect support. Maybe they finally realized that no one cares about Kinect compatibility for this game, and it doesn’t need to be just tossed into articles to boost hits. It’s poor writing to mention things that are irrelevant to the article just for the sake of getting readers to visit an old article.
I’m new to this game and my only experience with it has been on xbox and so forgive me if i sound like an idiot but…what exactly are pistons? My friend really did a horrible job of explaining them i honestly dont even remember a word he said lol. Thx
Basicly, they are redstone powered blocks that push other blocks with a simulated hydrolic arm. There are sticky pistons too, which can push/pull.
I like minecraft
“If you’re a PC player of the game, it’s not worth buying.”
Untrue. I am a PC player of the game and prefer the Xbox version. I’d rather sit on the couch and play than hunched over a computer, I do that all day at work.
The splitscreen is quite enjoyable as well.
The updates will come, and until then I’m content with the content.
Why not just get a more comfortable chair or desk. And don’t hunch over.
ha, content with content, lol double word
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I have read some article and I’m not sure if the adventure update will have cats or the end world. does anybody know and if you do please post.
note 1:it includes but isn’t limited to endermen strongholds blocking hunger and more biomes
note 2: I wouldn’t recomend this game to a pc player because they already have the game, if you don’t have the game yet and will buy it, consider the xbox version as it plays a little more smoothly with less lag and THE UPDATES ARE COMING
I was wondering why did mojang patch the duplicate glitch involving the dispensor? Even before the piston update ?
if they added pistons first the duplication mod could be done by one person and done alot faster
glitch*
I have a question…i got the game minecraft for the xbox 360, and i was wondering, if ive created a world already, will abondoned Mineshafts spawn on my World even though ive created structures already?
No. They have already said that you will pretty much have to abandon your map completely if you want all of the updates.
Honestly i’m not sure of this information but according to the wiki of minecraft implementing updates which add something for example ice blocks would forece them to be spawnd on the fixed locations which accompany the seed of your map.
So in basic yes it would have to spawn but this is ofc a larger piece of content then some blocks which do not really cause harm to your current structures or pieces of art. whilst a whole abonded mine would so for that reason it might be blocked from selfplacing itself.
But look on the bright side u can make a new world and do the adventures there whilst just the un building on your old , and dont be afraid 0f missing out on new blocks cause they wil spawn in that world.
And is there anyone else who really wants the enchantment tables? caaaaaaant wait for that or the possibilty to play with the pc version alsong as they hevae the same vannila version as us. wouldnt that just be to dam cool
srry for the long comment
pardon my rubbish english and alot of grammar mistakes typing on a phone is a drag from time to time and pretty much impossible to correct