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Did Minecraft already reach its peak?
FIRESTAR09_10
You all probably know that Minecraft is the most popular game of all time best here's the question:
Will minecraft ever get more popular than it already is? Or has it already reached its peak and it will remain as it is?
Will minecraft ever get more popular than it already is? Or has it already reached its peak and it will remain as it is?
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A llot of the answer is definitional: how are your measuring popularity, peak, etc.
An obvious analogy can by drawn to D&D/AD&D whcih went from
a nearly unknown adjunct to sandtable wargaming c1974
to something for which one saw advertisments seeking games/players on corporate lunchroom billboards [the literal corkboard version] by c.1980
to near death (late 80's)
to resurgance
to fragmentation of the player base and the rise of legally distinct independent spinoffs in the 00's
I don't expect MC will again have the level of popular penetration as in te early twenty-teens, but the absolute number of players will likely continue to grow (although I also expect many of these will have playstyles that are attracted by the recnet [last 5 years] focus on shiny objects).
In terms of the above analogy, MCseems to have managed to skip the near death/resurgance detour and be flirting with the final stage (fragmented base and attempts to establish legally distinct games with similar look-and-feel).
An obvious analogy can by drawn to D&D/AD&D whcih went from
a nearly unknown adjunct to sandtable wargaming c1974
to something for which one saw advertisments seeking games/players on corporate lunchroom billboards [the literal corkboard version] by c.1980
to near death (late 80's)
to resurgance
to fragmentation of the player base and the rise of legally distinct independent spinoffs in the 00's
I don't expect MC will again have the level of popular penetration as in te early twenty-teens, but the absolute number of players will likely continue to grow (although I also expect many of these will have playstyles that are attracted by the recnet [last 5 years] focus on shiny objects).
In terms of the above analogy, MCseems to have managed to skip the near death/resurgance detour and be flirting with the final stage (fragmented base and attempts to establish legally distinct games with similar look-and-feel).
Personally I think Minecraft will just growing and growing. You are starting to see a lot of older Adults play with thier kids in servers now. Cycle is just going to repeat and grow