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Minecraft First Essay

Minecraft is an open sandbox video game where players can build and do whatever they want to do, this is one of the things that make the game such a success. The way the players can do what they want in the game makes the game not like any other game, the huge unlimited world and possibility's make the game unique and unlike any other game. Mojang has done this to make the game popular and stand our from any other game on the market, this is why it sells the amount it sells (154 million). This is a massively popular game and the main reason is that the map has unlimited potential which means it never ends.

Minecraft also makes money through selling things like texture packs and skins that players can buy and download which changes their game or makes different  things in the game look different. Skins in the game make the player look different for example there are skins for around 5 pounds and they change the in game character to an olden victorian man. This doesn't change the game at all but it makes other people in the online mode see you diffrent, this is only to show off to your friends and not to change the game play at all.

A test video of Minecraft was released on the 13th of May 2009 to see how people would react to a game that is as ambitious as this and obviously the response of this video was very positive because as mentioned before no other game had tried something like this before, when the game was released instead of releasing the game with everything that it has to offer and rushing it, Notch made it so that he would regularly update the game with new game modes so that the players of the game would not get bored of the game, this was also a massive success because it meant people would constantly come back to the game to investigate the new features that have been placed in the game. Another way that Notch and later on Microsoft would make more money for Minecraft they would have the optional cosmetic skins and texture packs that would make the players character look different and also the background of the game so the objects in the game would look very different, as mentioned they are cosmetic meaning that they give the player no advantage in the game apart from that the world looks different so that it is fair for the players who don't want to spend anymore money on the game. Especially when the game was released on consoles like Xbox One and PS4 in 2011 the game was marketed and advertised very frequently so that it could convince new players to buy it or people who bought it on the PC to buy again because they might have friends who play on Xbox instead of PC and obviously the graphics upgrade so that people could experience it with better graphics.

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Minecraft Questions

1. How many subscriptions does Ali-A have for his YouTube channel?

Over 5 million subscribers on his main channel and over a million on his second channel

2) How many years have he been doing this?

He's been uploading to YouTube for over 5 years

3) Why did he start playing Minecraft?

His fan base kept asking him to make YouTube videos on Minecraft so he done it

4) What does he say he is trying to do with his content?

Balance both Call of Duty and Minecraft videos and try merge them together

5) Describe his average working day

Wakes up between 12-2pm, turn on setup and start computer, then get ready and by 3-4pm, makes 3 videos a day. 2 videos on mine-craft channel then another video of cod channel. makes 1st video for 7 then next for 10pm then final video 1am. 

6) Why might we watch YouTubers?

Viewers like watching YouTubers to get ideas and their point of view of how they take the challenge, whilst supporting the creators

7) What is Twitch and what is the average time spent on it by a viewer?

Twitch is a live streaming service which allows viewers to watch people play video games in live time. Average viewer spends 4 hours.

8) How much do you estimate that Ali-A earns in a year? Go to socialblade.com to check your answer.

Roughly $2.5million

9) How much was Minecraft purchased for? 2.5 billion

10) What are 3 reasons behind Microsoft’s purchase?

a) Money 

b) To expand to all of the different devices 

c) New audience to Microsoft 

11) How might this affect the game? 

Oversee the development in the future, offers more support and infrastructure so mine-craft can be made bigger and better in the future.

12) What is Minecraft’s biggest asset?

The community 

Minecraft Notes and Video Game Presentation

 Minecraft

5 marks and 25 mins to complete the question.
The question could either be film, Minecraft or radio.
The question is all facts.
"NOTCH" or Markus Peterson is the creator of Minecraft.
The definition of video game is a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a monitor or other display.
Made in may 2009.
Minecraft is a multi-platform game.
Started as an indie game.
Critically and commercially successful.
125 million copies sold.

Types of video game 

RPG, Sports, Strategy, Action/Adventure, Construction, FPS, Simulation, Horror, Puzzle Solving, Children's

Definitions:
Platform- the thing you play the game on.
Cross media platform- one game on multiple devices.
Conglomerate- huge corporation .
Developer- the person who developed the game.
Digital Distribution-making the game available to audiences.
Engine- a system designed to play video games.
PEGI- the age rating on games.
Designer- the person who designed the game.
RPG- role playing game.
MMORPG- massively multiplay online role playing game.
FPS- first person shooter.
Event realise- Hyped date used heavily in marketing of new games.
Triple A game- a big game with lots of money spent on it.
Open World- a game where you can do what you want.
DLC- downloadable content.
SandBox- a game where you can build what you want.