UPDATE: Notch confirms separate team is working on the Minecraft for XBOX Live Arcade. More details to follow later.
The game, based on the images shown at the press conference, retains its classic graphics style. One huge reveal for the console port, however, is that it's coming complete with Kinect functionality.
This looks to be a big week for Minecraft, as the mobile version will be demoed on the Xperia Play during the E3 Expo as well.
If you'd like to hear it yourself, it's around the 1:30 mark.
Be sure to follow Curse's E3 coverage this week!
I think you miss my point, or didn't even bother to read what I wrote. Yes, I'm on a PC, but it may still affect me and certainly could kill the modding community.
The issue here is that Microsoft (and the other console manufacturers) will try to put hard pressure on Mojang to kill off the modding community in order to get the game onto the consoles. Furthermore, the devil is in the details of the agreement and after signing a contract with Microsoft, you are indeed "owned" by Microsoft whether you want to admit it or not. It isn't just a port but a legal entanglement that is better avoided if possible.
I'm very cautiously optimistic that it could turn into something more positive for Mojang and that if they can "keep the faith" and continue supporting the mod community, it won't be a problem. If Mojang gets through this whole process and stays clean from the negative influences of Microsoft, it won't affect me or the PC version of the game. But that is precisely my problem here and where I've seen other companies royally get screwed over by Microsoft when they thought they had a deal of a lifetime only to discover they got the very short end of the stick. BTW, most of my software development experience is NOT from the game industry but from other more general software development deals where I've seen Microsoft screw over those companies in ways you simply wouldn't believe.
In terms of Microsoft accepting mods for the Xbox version, the thought didn't even cross my mind. I simply presumed that wouldn't happen at all. If they do accept mods, it would have to be something like "the best of..." where some cherry picking would happen among the modding community. There certainly are some higher quality mods out there that may be nice to incorporate onto the Xbox version, but that is a completely separate issue.
What I'm getting at here is that the corporate culture of Microsoft is essentially by definition opposed to the modding community at its core and that it goes against almost everything they represent. Simply by association with Microsoft in this case, Mojang is sort of showing that it could care less about the modding community, or at least if they get caught up in the glitz and glamor of the console market they could soon leave the modding community behind. If that happens, it most certainly would be a major blow to what has made Minecraft so special.
Yes, I read your whole post, but I don't think you understand what -I'm- saying. It's a port. Microsoft can't put an end to the modding community, and if, in the slim chance they did, this decision would be very unpopular and many people would know of it, and would most likely kill sales for Microsoft. If they have any foresight, which they do, then the modding community is safe.
EDIT: To all the people saying Notch is selling out: He's not some lesser known indie developer anymore. He should be able to port his game that's sold millions to consoles/handhelds without being completely shot down by the awful Minecraft community (It's not awful just because of this, but yeah).
The only way it will even begin to hurt the modding community is if everyone who currently plays on the PC goes out, buys and Xbox, and starts to play Minecraft on it. And I highly doubt anyone with a computer that handles Minecraft on its best settings(Far render distance, smooth lighting, fast MP, no framerate cap or whatever) will be switching over. I doubt anyone that runs it decently at all will switch over. Especially if there is no way to mod Minecraft on the 360.
That aside though.
If we already have an account for Minecraft. Will we have to buy it again? Or does no one know?
It would be nice if people could play MP on the 360 with PC guys. That way the 360 guys(me included because my PC sucks >.> ) could still enjoy the funner mods if they are installed on the server.
Now, if only my favorite game (TimeSplitters) with creative features could make a come back this gen and be multi-platform (again) to boot.
I have explained multiple times what they will do read my posts before commenting
They will ruin the slow-paced part of the game and Troll Greif so many reasons I have said and you have not read while you are bashing my post
The Minecraft community is fine as is stop complaining it is not perfect but it is better the most
You've never seen the "anti-hacking" engine from Microsoft. This is not the only way it can hurt the modding community as you are suggesting.
As I tried to say before and I'll say it again because it isn't getting across here, Microsoft certainly could put some corporate pressure on to stop modding.
Just don't say I didn't warn you here. So be it, because I'm belaboring this point to death now. Microsoft == Evil Empire of Software, and for a pretty good reason. I have seen "hacker" or "mod" groups killed before from games and other popular software project before.
The mod community would never go away, but it could "go underground" in a pretty big way. There are mods for Runescape and World of Warcraft too, but far more often those mods are things you want to avoid explicitly because the modding community has gone underground and has been mixed up with the identity theft hacker community. I could give other more concrete examples (most especially to Apple Computers, who used to be extremely friendly to hackers then lost their way) but I'll leave that for others if they care to respond.
As I said, there is a danger of something bad happening here, but the die isn't cast yet to kill off modding. I'm not trying to be alarmist here but there is a real danger and it is something that can and ought to be fought against before it even remotely becomes a problem. At the moment, I don't see any specific threats or problems, so it is only a mere warning flag and no more. But the problem is not strictly limited to those who want to play the Xbox version.