Minecraft is a game that do not have striking visuals, beautiful character design, deep story plot and gorgeous cut scenes. It is a simple block building game.
The objective of Minecraft is simple - to survive in a world with monster running around by collecting materials and building shelter. The game's creator, Markus Alexej Persson, created the first version of Minecraft in less then 10 days. But such a a simple game does great on sales, with over 1,520,000 units sold on March 7, 2011.
I'm very glad that a game like Minecraft managed to made it big. Minecraft give a large amount of freedom to the player and allow them to use their creativity, contradictory to the linear story line often seen in recent games. Playing Minecraft feels like as if you are playing a digital version of lego, our favorite childhood toy. There is no complexity to this game, in fact, it goes against everything a game need to be successful. Yet in the end this game proved itself with the number of sales and award. To me, this is a message to the entertainment industry. You do not need a huge advertisement campaign to do good in sale. Having impressive graphic does not necessarily mean it is a good game.
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