Notch Reveals Who's Porting Minecraft to Xbox 360

Looking forward to this but really really hope the Kinect features are optional "enhancements". If I want to look like an ass and have a laugh, fire up Kinect.  If I want to play a game, let me do that!

Is it still in Java? I have a hard time believing that MS would allow a java coded game on their platform...

Does MS not allow in-client updates along the lines of how MAG works on the PS3? That game gets patched from the inside, so to speak, with the updates to the game not needing cert by Sony

Great for people who aren't playing it on PC I guess, the small amount of people that they are.
 
The main issue is that it will get way behind in updates because of the speed they can clear Cert, or regular Minecraft updates will get slowed so they can have release parity with the 360 version, either way it sucks.
 
Of course, post Minecraft release we will probably see a substantial drop in patch frequency, so it might work out.

@Cubical said:

This is the worst IDEA ever. IT will suck even more and control worse than First person shooters on consoles already do. And I would say look bad but even the fucking crap weak xbox 360 ps3 and wii U hardware can handle minecraft.

How will it control worse? Not much precision is needed for the game.

But yeah, your next sentence says it all. Sure the 360 and ps3 are weak in comparison to many PCs, they are hardly "fucking crap" when you look at games such as Gears of War 3 and Killzone 3.

@StingingVelvet said:

As a PC gamer doing an "outside looking in" thing here, I really wonder how they will handle the open nature of this game on a closed system like the Xbox 360. It will really be interesting to see how it works out.

Probably like Team Fortress 2 on consoles. A stable, static game with little or no updates or extra content over time. How Microsoft has been opening up the Kinect hardware could mean that they're planning on making the Xbox a slightly more open platform, which could mean the possiblity for mods and steadier updates though.

@BLipp18 said:

id like to see minecraft become a game instead of an overhyped map editor

Do you know what the term "sandbox" means?  Edit: Ohh..... A blue name, Now I get why you don't understand

@patrickklepek said:

@SBYM said:

Guess that's another Notch in his belt.

That's it. No one else needs to comment. Move along now.

Why the fuck wasn't that your article title?

@Coombs said:

@BLipp18 said:

id like to see minecraft become a game instead of an overhyped map editor

Do you know what the term "sandbox" means? Edit: Ohh..... A blue name, Now I get why you don't understand

RACIST

@StingingVelvet said:

As a PC gamer doing an "outside looking in" thing here, I really wonder how they will handle the open nature of this game on a closed system like the Xbox 360. It will really be interesting to see how it works out.

Probably like Team Fortress 2 on consoles. A stable, static game with little or no updates or extra content over time. How Microsoft has been opening up the Kinect hardware could mean that they're planning on making the Xbox a slightly more open platform, which could mean the possiblity for mods and steadier updates though.

id like to see minecraft become a game instead of an overhyped map editor

Hard to believe how mainstream Minecraft has become, and it's still seriously underrepresented by Rule 34.

So many questions. Multiplayer? Mod support?

Those are all great ports, especially Perfect Dark XBLA /captain obvious

I'm still waiting for the inevitable adventure mode.

So are  they porting the Java run time environment to Xbox 360? That's really the only way I could see this happening and if that's the case I'll bet the Kinect implementation will be downright abysmal.

id like to see minecraft become a game instead of an overhyped map editor

@patrickklepek said"

in anticipation of moving from an beta to final.

"an beta".

Still not sure if I wanna play this game using Kinect...we'll see.

i hope Nolan North is voicing the zombies in the game

Maybe some work will actually be done on it now YEAH I WENT THERE

I wonder how this will work out on the 360, especially now when the modding API will be added (in a small scale) in 1.7

Having things like the "Better Than Wolves" mod adds a lot to the game already, and I don't think I could ever play Minecraft without mods again. Just as I could never go back to Oblivion on 360 after I had played it with mods on PC.

i hope Nolan North is voicing the zombies in the game

Good to see Dundee studios doing well, they did a great job with the N64 ports. It broke my heart to see Realtime Worlds close, I walked past their offices every day to Uni.

@SBYM said:

Guess that's another Notch in his belt.

Please send me your address so I can award you with this prize of the entire Internets.

@SBYM said:

Guess that's another Notch in his belt.

That's it. No one else needs to comment. Move along now.

I thought the Banjo ports were really well done. This bodes well for the XBLA Minecraft.

@SBYM: lol

So are  they porting the Java run time environment to Xbox 360? That's really the only way I could see this happening and if that's the case I'll bet the Kinect implementation will be downright abysmal.

Hurry up 1.7, I want pistons ^_^

And heres me hoping it would be Gameloft. 

@WinterSnowblind: I think it was more Microsoft's decision to continue Crackdown with Ruffian (who happen to be in Dundee with a lot of previous RTW staff) but APB wasn't the only thing they were working on when they went bust. They just had no luck, really.

@damswedon said:

@WinterSnowblind said:

@Sitoxity said:

I just love that it's a Dundee studio. Scotland's game studios haven't had much luck of late, and this is just fantastic news.

Yeah, good to see at least one Scottish based developer doing well. These guys did fantastic work on the Banjo and Perfect Dark games too.

Well there is the small time developer that goes by the name of Rockstar North but they haven't sold much since the Lemmings days.

Oh yeah, didn't they do something with cars at some point?

I actually thought they were based in America these days, but seems they're still in Edinburgh, so I take that back. But yeah, was referring more to the mess in Dundee with Realtime Worlds shutting down. Though they made a very poor decision by deciding to work on that doomed MMO, rather than just developing a sequel to Crackdown.

@damswedon: My bad. Read it strangely. :P

OMG I AM FROM DUNDEE! :P
 
Yeah it's nice to see success anywhere :D

@Sitoxity: Bah. Forgot quoting one person sends pm's to them all.

@damswedon: I did say Dundee, and Rockstar North continuing to do well doesn't exactly stop people like Realtime Worlds shutting down and Denki having trouble too.

@WinterSnowblind said:

@Sitoxity said:

I just love that it's a Dundee studio. Scotland's game studios haven't had much luck of late, and this is just fantastic news.

Yeah, good to see at least one Scottish based developer doing well. These guys did fantastic work on the Banjo and Perfect Dark games too.

Well there is the small time developer that goes by the name of Rockstar North but they haven't sold much since the Lemmings days.

An beta

@ImperiousRixsaid:

I wanna play... just not with Kinect. I hope "Kinect enabled" doesn't mean "requires Kinect".

They have said it doesn't require Kinect, it's optional.

@Sitoxity said:

I just love that it's a Dundee studio. Scotland's game studios haven't had much luck of late, and this is just fantastic news.

Yeah, good to see at least one Scottish based developer doing well. These guys did fantastic work on the Banjo and Perfect Dark games too.

@StingingVelvet: will be especially interesting to see how they handle the many updates since Microsoft seems pretty strict on it's update certification.

As a PC gamer doing an "outside looking in" thing here, I really wonder how they will handle the open nature of this game on a closed system like the Xbox 360.  It will really be interesting to see how it works out.

I wanna play... just not with Kinect. 
I hope "Kinect enabled" doesn't mean "requires Kinect".