Minecraft makes 4x more revenue on Switch than Xbox
Minecraft makes 4x more revenue on Switch than Xbox
by CerebralTiger
26 Comments
TheOneSubThrowaway
Not a big surprise, you could reasonably assume this even before everything regarding the FTC vs Microsoft case that made Microsoft’s financial officer reveal this.
Like the article says, Switch and Playstation are just significantly more popular platforms than Xbox (not even saying Xbox is *un*popular, the other two are just that much bigger). I’d imagine most multiplatform games see the majority of their revenue from Switch and PlayStation as opposed to Xbox, just because of the install base size difference.
weallfloatdownhere7
I think any casual focused game in handheld form will always be more successful
DarknessInferno7
No shit. For the uninformed, the Xbox version has been near forgotten. We still to this day do not have an Xbox Series X version, and one isn’t in sight on the horizon. They’ve seemingly scrapped that ray tracing update that was shown around the Series X launch too. For an Xbox owned company, they don’t really think about Xbox at all. Ever since our proprietary version was replaced with the Bedrock version, it’s felt downhill. That’s when our beneficial updates stopped.
Even if you ignore the obvious of this selling very well on a kid-focused handheld, it’s still still true that we’ve felt neglected for many, many years.
Bl1ndedByItsMajesty
You’d think they’d fix it a bit.
Ttm-o
I know it’s a million seller in Japan on the Switch.
EnzeruAnimeFan
And they still won’t rerelease the remaining Skin Packs. I need me those Walking Dead skins!
SubstantialText
Is it still kinda bad on Switch? I was trying to get into when Sega released the Sonic stuff a while ago and it seemed like the only thing the software was capable of was crashing.
Grievance69
The switch version is so slow in terms of using the online store I’m amazed lol
justcallmeryanok
And they still won’t fix the port huh
Sweet-Sale-7303
I work at a public library and run a minecraft program. Almost all the kids run minecraft on their switches at home. I was amazed.
Raz1253
Terraria on switch is still better
ToothessGibbon
Well it’s on Gamepass for a start
itsastart_to
If only they could improve its performance
GoldenGlassBall
And yet we still have the absolutely AWFUL and completely arbitrary limit of 2 GB per user across ALL created worlds. When will Nintendo fix this?
Jay-Swifty
And yet it still runs like ass
MonochromaticGuy
Now if they can optimize it a bit(I sometimes having frame drops when I play it on the Switch).
SovietMcDonalds
Makes perfect sense from a market standpoint so I don’t see how this is any news, it’s probably just more backlash against the Activision adquisition and how first party Microsoft titles don’t have a huge crowd in their systems or something along those lines.
Either way it’s a shame because people buy this release without knowing how bad it is, they juts imagine that because it’s a simple game like Minecraft it SHOULD run well on the Switch.
Oh_Blazing
the japanese side of my family fucking loves minecraft on the switch so makes sense
invisibledesign
I love the comments about performance on The switch. Our kids don’t care about FPS they just have fun.
arsinoe716
Obvious. Switch has sold more consoles. Far more
Zandrick
It’s almost like they put a famously kid friendly game on a famously kid friendly system
Wrong_Revolution_679
Wow…..imagine your game doing better than your own platform
Zcypot
My daughter put over 1,000hrs on my profile in that game. She played it from age 4-6.
DragonBornServer
And yet you still hear people say “bedrock runs so much smoother than java… in what world?!”
Unhappy-Valuable-596
It’s on gamepass
Vegan9YearOld
I would guess the majority of Xbox mc players have a game pass copy so makes sense
26 Comments
Not a big surprise, you could reasonably assume this even before everything regarding the FTC vs Microsoft case that made Microsoft’s financial officer reveal this.
Like the article says, Switch and Playstation are just significantly more popular platforms than Xbox (not even saying Xbox is *un*popular, the other two are just that much bigger). I’d imagine most multiplatform games see the majority of their revenue from Switch and PlayStation as opposed to Xbox, just because of the install base size difference.
I think any casual focused game in handheld form will always be more successful
No shit. For the uninformed, the Xbox version has been near forgotten. We still to this day do not have an Xbox Series X version, and one isn’t in sight on the horizon. They’ve seemingly scrapped that ray tracing update that was shown around the Series X launch too. For an Xbox owned company, they don’t really think about Xbox at all. Ever since our proprietary version was replaced with the Bedrock version, it’s felt downhill. That’s when our beneficial updates stopped.
Even if you ignore the obvious of this selling very well on a kid-focused handheld, it’s still still true that we’ve felt neglected for many, many years.
You’d think they’d fix it a bit.
I know it’s a million seller in Japan on the Switch.
And they still won’t rerelease the remaining Skin Packs. I need me those Walking Dead skins!
Is it still kinda bad on Switch? I was trying to get into when Sega released the Sonic stuff a while ago and it seemed like the only thing the software was capable of was crashing.
The switch version is so slow in terms of using the online store I’m amazed lol
And they still won’t fix the port huh
I work at a public library and run a minecraft program. Almost all the kids run minecraft on their switches at home. I was amazed.
Terraria on switch is still better
Well it’s on Gamepass for a start
If only they could improve its performance
And yet we still have the absolutely AWFUL and completely arbitrary limit of 2 GB per user across ALL created worlds. When will Nintendo fix this?
And yet it still runs like ass
Now if they can optimize it a bit(I sometimes having frame drops when I play it on the Switch).
Makes perfect sense from a market standpoint so I don’t see how this is any news, it’s probably just more backlash against the Activision adquisition and how first party Microsoft titles don’t have a huge crowd in their systems or something along those lines.
Either way it’s a shame because people buy this release without knowing how bad it is, they juts imagine that because it’s a simple game like Minecraft it SHOULD run well on the Switch.
the japanese side of my family fucking loves minecraft on the switch so makes sense
I love the comments about performance on The switch. Our kids don’t care about FPS they just have fun.
Obvious. Switch has sold more consoles. Far more
It’s almost like they put a famously kid friendly game on a famously kid friendly system
Wow…..imagine your game doing better than your own platform
My daughter put over 1,000hrs on my profile in that game. She played it from age 4-6.
And yet you still hear people say “bedrock runs so much smoother than java… in what world?!”
It’s on gamepass
I would guess the majority of Xbox mc players have a game pass copy so makes sense