ash356 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) It's been made 100% clear that updates will be absolutely free. Actually, Notch has said he's been given a limited number of free updates by Microsoft, and even that took a lot of negotiating on Mojang's part. After that... well, who knows? To acknowledge any possible future request, source - clicky here Edit: Oh crap, didn't notice ETKC's post - even though it was directly below -__-. Oh well, now theres a double confirmation, of sorts xD Edited May 26, 2012 by ash356 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToketasticNinja Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 agreed. It would be nice to have the creative mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawl Kirby Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Did they give out a timeframe when the update will launch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigersrule Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Did they give out a timeframe when the update will launch? Hopefully soon. I can't wait to try out creative mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout x360a Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 The 1.8 update will take a while, 1.7.3 shouldn't be too long though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBowles Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Why didn't they just direct port the PC version? They DID give us a direct port. When they started porting Minecarft over, the PC version was exactly like this, clay bug and all. The PC has just continually been updated since then, which they couldn't do to the Xbox version without continually delaying its launch. Let's call it development lag They'll get it caught up (or very close) eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawl Kirby Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 The 1.8 update will take a while, 1.7.3 shouldn't be too long though. wait a sec I thought we are on 1.7.3 and get 1.8 when they finally get finished working on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonpwnr99 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 wait a sec I thought we are on 1.7.3 and get 1.8 when they finally get finished working on it Nope we are on 1.6.6, 1.7.3 will be next followed by 1.8. I'd love to see them skip 1.9 and go directly to 1.0 full release. That'd be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quidyg Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 after watching video's on youtube of pc minecraft, i really want some of the new features. i think we'll be waiting a while though as according to their twitter, the first patch they'll release is just bug fixes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDrules Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Nope we are on 1.6.6, 1.7.3 will be next followed by 1.8. I'd love to see them skip 1.9 and go directly to 1.0 full release. That'd be awesome there was no official 1.9 release, the only full release between 1.8 and 1.0 was the sound update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonpwnr99 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 there was no official 1.9 release, the only full release between 1.8 and 1.0 was the sound update Oh, my bad then, as I haven't actually played the PC version I didn't know that Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigersrule Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Nope we are on 1.6.6, 1.7.3 will be next followed by 1.8. I'd love to see them skip 1.9 and go directly to 1.0 full release. That'd be awesome That's fucking gay. That means we'll have to wait another month or two after the next update hits to finally play creative mode, and there's still no word on when that is even going to happen... That's so stupid.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDrules Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 itsnot stupid really, do you expect every game to be updated so majorly after less than a month of it being out? do you want a patch that isnt tested and causes more problems than it solves? because that is essentially hat your asking for bey wanting them to rush things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout x360a Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 wait a sec I thought we are on 1.7.3 and get 1.8 when they finally get finished working on it Naa, this is 1.6.6. 1.8 requires a lot of code rewriting so that's why they aren't doing that straight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigersrule Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Naa, this is 1.6.6. 1.8 requires a lot of code rewriting so that's why they aren't doing that straight away. So that means we'll have to wait even longer? Boo. When was "The End" added in? I want to face that enderdragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDrules Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 So that means we'll have to wait even longer? Boo. When was "The End" added in? I want to face that enderdragon. full release so should be the update after1.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitnoid Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I sure hope this update comes before July 16th. That's when my gold expires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE KURGAN Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 So we would have to create a new world after every update in order to use anything added so is there any point in actually playing this untill it is fully updated to 1.0 as having to start over after every update is f***ing pointless imo. I have started a few new worlds for clay and can find clay fairly easy now but is it just me or are maps with clay lacking in diamond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDrules Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 So we would have to create a new world after every update in order to use anything added so is there any point in actually playing this untill it is fully updated to 1.0 as having to start over after every update is f***ing pointless imo. I have started a few new worlds for clay and can find clay fairly easy now but is it just me or are maps with clay lacking in diamond. thats the pain of playing something like this on a console. It will never stop either because 1.0 is old now and the updates after that would require new worlds on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout x360a Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 So we would have to create a new world after every update in order to use anything added so is there any point in actually playing this untill it is fully updated to 1.0 as having to start over after every update is f***ing pointless imo. I have started a few new worlds for clay and can find clay fairly easy now but is it just me or are maps with clay lacking in diamond. Finite world size = new map for features that require newly generated chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey the Fox Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Actually, Notch has said he's been given a limited number of free updates by Microsoft, and even that took a lot of negotiating on Mojang's part. After that... well, who knows? To acknowledge any possible future request, source - clicky here Edit: Oh crap, didn't notice ETKC's post - even though it was directly below -__-. Oh well, now theres a double confirmation, of sorts xD Yeah, of course Microsoft will take it in their hands just to make a little more money. It seems so unfair because Mojang only wants us to pay one time and that is for the game, not the updates. That sucks.... Edited July 22, 2012 by Whiskey the Fox Grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lornesbored Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Yeah, of course Microsoft will take it in their hands just to make a little more money. It seems so unfair because Mojang only wants us to pay one time and that is for the game, not the updates. That sucks.... I know it does suck but Microsoft is the one hosting all the files and is using their bandwidth, and that shit ain't cheap to source free files out to 60 million users. I understand microsofts stance because also they will be hosting the files for years to come and free won't always work. Price reductions down the line sure but free for everything is not possible. If Mojang hosted their own servers then they could make as many free updates as they wanted but then again, they probably don't have that kind of money kicking around. Edited July 22, 2012 by lornesbored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitnoid Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Its all water under the bridge anyway because when the neXtBOX comes out, we'll have to buy a new version and get a few updates for free then as well... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lornesbored Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 damn if they made me re-pay for minecraft on the next gen console, well obviously I wouldn't do it because minecraft isn't worth a double purchase. I didn't even wanna buy it again for my iPad so why would I buy it again for another console. I'm sure if it is compatible with the new box they will make the download free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitnoid Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 damn if they made me re-pay for minecraft on the next gen console, well obviously I wouldn't do it because minecraft isn't worth a double purchase. I didn't even wanna buy it again for my iPad so why would I buy it again for another console. I'm sure if it is compatible with the new box they will make the download free. That may be, however, I was playing Burnout: Revenge on the original xbox and it wasn't compatible with the 360, so they made a 360 version which I had to purchase AGAIN. Still have both copies because the original was better than the 360 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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