Mojang: “We’ll Consider Minecraft for PlayStation” Once Exclusivity Deal Expires

[Schism]

Jens Bergensten, lead designer of Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS and Android, told iGamer (via Edge): "Microsoft has an exclusivity deal for consoles. When it runs out we'll consider Minecraft for PlayStation, but Wii U is very unlikely." Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition broke day-one XBLA sales records and became "profitable in an hour" following its launch last May, according to series creator Markus 'Notch' Persson. It cleared five million sales in January 2013.

Though the assumption is that Minecraft would receive a PlayStation 3 port, given the timing with PlayStation 4 launching at the end of the year a next-generation release might be possible. A PS4 port may also be easier to develop, since the system is based on x86 architecture as opposed to the PS3's Cell processor. Minecraft sales recently surpassed 20 million copies across all platforms.

Source: PlayStationLife

[Digitalman123]

That'd be good, I would love Minecraft on the PS3. But they just say "Playstation", so perhaps a Vita version? That would also be cool.

[U.M.A._Mailman19]

Day 1 Buy for me if this happens Love Minecraft

[bigdaddykraven]

That'd be good, I would love Minecraft on the PS3. But they just say "Playstation", so perhaps a Vita version? That would also be cool.

If I was a betting man, I'd say its really likely they'd probably wait for the PS4 and build it for that since it is supposed to be a lot like a a PC, that would be less work to port it over.

[Oxymoron28]

If they do, I want to see them try to bring support for tekkit and Voltz and all those other awesome mods

also; because they state "playstation" systems, I think this may be a release for all platforms, Vita, PS3 and PS4 as some sort of cross buy thing? no?

[Curb]

It better be on PS4, then - the relatively low memory of the PS3 might mean even smaller worlds than the 360 has, and they're just tiny

[scrapper]

when does the exclusivity deal expire?

[U.M.A._Mailman19]

when does the exclusivity deal expire?

According to the Article it expires in May

[CrashTV-XHess]

This would sell like crazy! including if they have a vita version

[DevilMayCryX666]

hell yeah minecraft for ps3

[kidson2004]

Is this a good game? I never played it before, so I don't know what's all the hype for this game.

[U.M.A._Mailman19]

Is this a good game? I never played it before, so I don't know what's all the hype for this game.

Very good game

[Luckay]

I'd probably buy this day one. If it was on the Vita too...

[spanishstoat]

Minecraft vita would be

[great_daze_tazer]

I'm going to be the first person to say YAWN. I would never buy a terrible looking game such as this even if there is gameplay value to it.

[Randy66]

Might buy if there is a disc version for the game. That is why I waited for Journey Collectors Edition and the Walking Dead disc.

[kiona05]

I'm going to be the first person to say YAWN. I would never buy a terrible looking game such as this even if there is gameplay value to it.

lol agreed, id rather watch my kid play legos all day.

[Oxymoron28]

I'm going to be the first person to say YAWN. I would never buy a terrible looking game such as this even if there is gameplay value to it.

If you really can't play games based on graphics then you're deffinarely missing out on some amazing games...

[great_daze_tazer]

If you really can't play games based on graphics then you're deffinarely missing out on some amazing games...

No I played truly great low graphics games when I was growing up. Minecraft is spitting in the face of all those great classics and is just a travesty to even exist. But I know it has a huge following, this is just my opinion

[Randy66]

If you really can't play games based on graphics then you're deffinarely missing out on some amazing games...

Agreed, I don't play game for graphics but game play and story.