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CallingMinecraftanything but a behemoth would be an understatement.
It was also responsible for the $2.5 billion acquisition of its developer, Mojang.
Over a decade later, Minecraft is still the king of building in survival games.
So, with all that success, why hasn’t the game gone free-to-play?
I mean we built the game for a different purpose, Garneij said.
So monetization doesn’t work in that way for us.
It’s a purchase of the game and then that’s it.
For us, it’s important that our game is available for as many people as possible.
And so I think that’s a very core value that it should be accessible for everyone.
It’s the best deal in the world.
“No, no.
Rather, game director Agnes Larsson pointed to the game’s values as a leading reason why.
It has strong values.
But if that’s not enough,there’s always the many failed Minecraft clones for you to play.
Just let me play my games already.
