How Minecraft Became Unkillable 

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"You never really quit Minecraft, you simply take a long break from it."

Minecraft is the lego of games. For me it brings the same feeling as legos does. Follow the rules or a tutorial to build and enjoy, or do whatever you want with the pieces. Absolute freedom with the added benifit of everyone being able to play

How has Minecraft survived? It's a timeless masterpiece, that's how.

the reason why Minecraft is such a great game is because of how unique it is. It is not a first person shooter or a driving game. It enabled creativity for people to basically do anything they wanted.

It’s hard to see Minecraft just become irrelevant. No one has the spotlight forever but Minecraft will at the VERY LEAST be a classic that is remembered by many and played by millions like the original Mario Bros, Pac Man, and Tetris.

Minecraft has basically an infinite amount of free advertising, so no matter the actual quality of the game and updates, it'll always be relevant... for better or worse.

I think it's important to note that the java abandonment theory has no confirmation from any official source or any past occurrence that hints mojang would do this, as far as the latest update is concerned mojang still develops both versions equally. It's just nothing more than a fan theory because it feels like it makes more sense in a player perspective: if the game is suffering from dual development, just delete the version with less players. But this doesn't make sense in a business perspective. A lot of the game's advertising and longevity stems from the culture being formed around it through player made custom maps, mods, smps, mini games, and youtube content... All of which use Java for its flexibility and freedom. Bedrock may be necessary for more players to access the game in any and all platforms and devices, but java still has the heart and soul of the game.

I am 26 years old and I just started playing Minecraft last year. I feel so sad that I have missed years of it, but at the same time I am so much in love with the game and everything still feels new to me. When I look at those images of Hytale, honestly I prefer the way Minecraft looks. Minecraft definitely has many problems but I still think that it is an amazing game and I hope it will be popular for many years to come.

if Java were ignored, modders would basically take it over, virtually recreating every update that comes out on bedrock, but actually making it better, also microsoft would never ditch java, it's basically an advertisement campaign, it's what the vast majority of creators post on, and as such getting rid of that will basically ditch all of minecraft advertisement. also I'm like 80% sure hytale is never coming out

One thing that I love about Minecraft is its freedom. It may seem obvious but for such a complex game with many different things to do, not a single one of them is mandatory, you do what you wanna do, and that’s the beauty of it.

The fact that multiplayer is ran by the community and has ability to support plugins is the biggest factor, you rarely find a game with ability to self host servers letalone lets you build plugins

Fun Fact: Minecraft's bedrock's boat crafting recipe now match java.

Hytale feels way too realistic I love how simple Minecraft is

Its the playerbase. Players like me keep minecraft alive

I have several thoughts regarding many of your points. First, i think the real reason 2 years had past was because they needed to discuss, coordinate, and work with Mojang with their goals and direction. They needed to figure out a plan of attack with code and limitations. The red tape of acquisition and direction takes time and so i think they started working on almost everything that was coming out long before so they can figure out what to release when to make the best sense. Look at how long games take to develop and they are pumping out new updates quite rapidly. These updates are also quite large in scope so that was probably a good thing they took some time to sit back and make a plan of attack at their new product. Second, eventually Java will stop receiving updates. Java inherently is not great for performance since is almost exclusively uses cpu and ram. This bottlenecks how much you can actually perform (though modders have done things to improve this) and as you said it is also the best for creative expression as it is easier to work with for the community at large. Bedrock is now to perform FAR better, but the modding community suffers and it has many bugs i keep hearing about which java rarely does. I said years ago, before the acquisition, that it would be better to go away from java and use a tool, very similar to how Bethesda provides the tools for modding, that facilitates the community to mod minecraft. There is still a problem with that though. As java stands now it can almost be modded down to some of the underlining workings of the game. People have even undone the combat changes, or many many things. The updates to minecraft add many good things, but what they add is nothing the modding community cannot do (with not as clean work) given some time. As others have stated once they do stop supporting java (it is inevitable that it will) the modding community will just replicate the updates from bedrock edition. In the end, as some others have said, minecraft is digital legos. All the pieces are there to allow for creativity in interesting ways, the community makes this game keep going. The game itself is very simple, but the community coming up with mods, different challenges, restrictions, or other such things actually keep it alive and fresh. What mojang does is less than what the community does for the life of the game. People play older editions for mods and specific things not yet introduced, or removed. Hell, i have played on 1.16 and much of the things in newer editions was made available in 1.16 just because of modding.

Minecraft is one of those games you play then you just stop but then you come back a few years later.

"Why isn't Minecraft dead?" Steve: *Slowly puts away respawn button*

Gotta be the mod community and the multiplayer community keeping it alive, the patches once a year are not enough to sustain the community.

I was one of the first players in this "new boom", I started playing in the early days of 1.14 because my friends started playing it too, and I was instantly in love with it, discovering Minecraft is one of the best things that ever happened to me, even nudging on the best, it basically changed my life.

Bro if Minecraft dies, it'll leave a big hole in my heart🙁🙁

Minecraft may never die but have you seen the TF2 community??? The player base is still thriving after 12 years since the game was launched!

That's like saying the internet should be dead right now. 💀

I think what no other copycat game can replicate about Minecraft is how flexible it is Yeah you can have a adventure world with crazy storytelling but other than that what else can you use it for Minecraft has that flexibility being modded, coding, servers, pvp, survival smp and that’s what other sandbox games can’t replicate is how flexible Minecraft is

Minecraft will never die, people playing multiplayer and mods keep it up. This is because not so many people play vanilla (singleplayer) and I simply don't understand why, isn't it beautiful to see how much progress you've made? Anyways, this game will always be there for us in harsh times :-)

For a while I stopped playing Minecraft and played on Steam. Then I got tired of Steam and decided to play Minecraft again. It was so refreshing to play it again since it is so unique and fun. I then started to make mods for it and it became much more fun.

No, it was and still is the most popular modern game, and it won't die. Many people will leave it, many will join. Personally I have played MC in years 2012-2018, but I still have respect to it

i will never play again if java is removed, it is the proper minecraft and bedrock will never compare

I remember the first wave of Minecraft's popularity. The 2012-14 golden age. I was 9 when I first started playing, and omg I loved that game. Still do. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if it outlives me tbh.

No matter What take's over this Childhood Sandbox Game It will Always be my Go to Play with friends No matter how Old it is.

i love minecraft so much, it lets me put out what lives inside my imagination... Ive always loved it and still do.

9:37 This reminds me that my dad played Minecraft in its early days. I was born soon after, and with this stuff, he might have thought Minecraft was over. But now I’m getting interested in Minecraft and I want to make it part of who I am.

Minecraft is one of those games I keep going back to. Even after a long break it’s like seeing an old friend and picking up right where we left off.

Kinda sad about 1.9 and how players were feeling during that time, but I joined during 1.13 and the hype for its rebirth and I got used to the combat right away. I think it's an upgrade from the old combat code.

Mods, youtubers, multiplayer games, maps etc. I literally cannot play without mods.

I remember growing up, at a point there was no Minecraft, and then boom, everyone knew it. At that point, it was so big it felt as if it was around for a long time. And then boom, I thought it was gonna die, I had stopped playing, and all my friends did too. Then boom, it got revived, somehow.

I've never really understood the 'boom' of Minecraft again, for me, the game is timeless and I always want to come back to it. I think I didn't play it as much after 1.9, but when i came back to it a few updates later it still had that timeless charm, even if i didn't understand all the new things it had been updated with!

I swear, this game quite literally has a totem of undying.

238M copies sold?! Damn, I bought ten of those!!

unlike games like fortnite and such, minecraft can never fully die because of the infinite possibilities with building and such

I think the biggest problem with moving on from Java edition would be everything the players built. And I don't just mean all the servers and worlds, but especially the mods. To say there are thousands of them would probably be an understatement. Losing Java would also mean losing all the dedication and tech that was put into those mods.

I firmly believe that Microsoft if it really wanted to could update the game into the ground and ruin it. So long as old versions are avaliable with just the older features, Minecraft with the unlimited potential it has to be modified and built upon makes it so that even if the base game is ruined players will take things into their own hands and improve what needs to be improved. They have done it before and I believe with such a dedicated community that we as minecraft players have, they always will.

I feel like minecraft is just getting better

What makes Minecraft popular, it’s the memories we spent playing it

What is so good about Hypixel studio is that it's a team of people passionate about Minecraft that doesn't want to see their favorite game die in the hands of a trillion dollar worth company so instead they're building their own Minecraft with everything they wanted from the original game. Hytale is not a replacement to Minecraft but an evolution.

Minecraft will never die

Vintage Story will eventually get attention since it shares the origins on Hytale development bcs the creator used to work with them on 2016 and later he decided to create his own game.

it's really a miracle that people don't stop playing this game. Instead of making a fucking LODs for their game that renders everything in full detail no matter how far away it is from the player, they make some questionable updates that take them months or some even years... Also the gameplay loop didn't really change that much, despite the fact that there's like 3x or even 4x more items in game since the last time I've played it in 2013

Minecraft will always be in my heart for many reasons. In my opinion, no game can replace the feeling that Minecraft gives. Notch will always be remembered. If he hadn’t sold Minecraft, I feel like it would have been so much better. He honestly would have made more money if he didn’t sell it.

Great video as always :) Haven't played Minecraft alone personally, but it sounds pretty popular still. I know a few people from my college who recreated our university campus and even "minecraft game sessions" I had at work -- they seemed to really be fun because of modding -- I'm thinking this is likely the reason why it is pretty popular

I feel like Minecraft can't die honestly.. Unless they get rid of Java Edition. As that would effectively get rid of the majority of the community given how easy it is to install and play mods on that version as opposed to bedrock (which you have to buy, and most are typically limited to a specific world that comes with the pack) Even if they stop updating Java Edition, as long as it's still there, then Minecraft will likely stick around for a long time. People can create backport mods for every new feature and pretty much run a self sufficient community

Wait… I just realized I’ve watched several of your videos and I haven’t seen any adds. Do you not monetize from your videos?

“I would never play a fake Minecraft, the game is as good as it gets”

An interresting fact is that minecraft java edition even if has a lower performance with huge fps spikes, most of its problems can be solved by mods like sodium, lithium, iris shaders and some resources packs (capable even of rezolving bugs), giving rock solid performance and also increasing fps by big amount and I find it incredible. Also these solution are implemented by using api's, like forge or fabric, and not by directly modifying minecraft's code (which would give more power), and out there, there are lots of optimitation mods that make the game more lighter, more performant and enjoyable. Even if C++ would be a better programming language for mc, java still has a lot of potential for optimization, and our Modder community proved it to us. So I think Microsoft and Mojang should take inspiration from our community that loves so much that game and do these improvements.

I believe Minecraft could solve their big problems if they made 1 universal version of Minecraft bringing the positives of both versions together. There’s just something I can today my finger on with hytale that makes me not sure about it

what is the website at 10:28???

12:15 Fun Fact: You can gets Mods for Bedrock for free on websites like Java, I don't even use the Marketplace, I get mods from online for FREE

Minecraft made it so far, I've enjoyed the game from beta. Its such a fun game. You can build anything, do anything and its just a game that I think people will always love! Thanks Mojang!

ayo, i saw that snippit at 2:19 of the aot rp, Is that still around? I'd love too join a mc rp for aot

hows the shader at 0:31 called?

I am still a Minecraft fan, and I always loved it. So much new stuff added, and more ways to go forward. Its still the best game to this day. Steve was the forst, so he is basically the sans from undertale, but for minecraft. I refer to sans as people know him a lot even before playing the game, same for Steve, if you mention him, everyone knows. You can see the reactions when it hit Smash Bros. I am proud of being a part of Minecraft, so much new stuff, may not be the same as years before, but building has been getting better.

Great video again! I love your " Should be dead " Series!

What I love about MC is that I can do as I please in it. I've never been to the End, nor fought the dragon that resides there. I spend my time, walking, climbing, rowing, fishing, farming, and mining. If I can see what's over the next hill or around the river bend, I am content.

What was the game called at 3:42

Some informations here might be already a bit outdated. The Minecraft platforms were already combined years ago via community mods. Java Minecraft servers can by joined by consoles and mobile phones via the Geyser plugin/proxy, which just translates the data packets. Also there are many pros of also having a Java version: - It's the only one running on MacOS and Linux. Scrapping it would mean loosing support for these platforms. - Even if stuff is written in 2 languages, the algorithms for the world generator etc. only need to be developed once and can be used by both teams. So the additional costs might be moderate. - It also has advantages to diversify. The overall brand will be more resilient and doesn't depend on a single technology. - Using different technologies allows to use the advantages of both for different audiences. - Java is much more suited for server programming than C++. - Java Is only maybe 10-20% slower than C++. Not 100-200%. And in some scenarios faster. Proper algorithms can be used to fix performance issues. - Tons of mods and plugins have been written in Java. It's the engine where most of the community and server development takes place. - Even if Mojang would decide to discontinue the Java version, the community probably won't. - The consequences and damage for the brand wouldn't be predictable when scrapping it. Eventually having the community even split up more than before. This in a sum doesn't look like support for the Java Edition would end soon. Rather it would be possible to have a shift to a combination of C++ clients (which typically run faster on GPUs) and Java servers (which typically are better with complex CPU-bound logic and networking). Also, Simon is not working on Hytale anymore. Core of the Hypixel staff were Java Developers, not C++ developers. When Hytale was sold, the original C#/Java edition was scrapped. They then hired many new C++ developers, visible in job announcements. By that you can assume that the original Hypixel team isn't involved anymore. So the game here to come won't have all the previously announced features anymore and will very likely be a totally different one.

Minecraft is almost part of everyone's childhoods now. No wonder it's not dead nor showing any sign of dying.

Leaving minecraft behind is like quitting smoking. You will quit many times but always have that urge whenever you see it or see others playing it and come back to get your minecraft fix

You can import the stuff like in Java to bedrock as well except console which isn't restricted by Minecraft rather the console makers themselves. In bedrock you can not only import the bedrock resources but can convert and use java resources too

I got 3/4 through this video to realize it was a giant ad

Hey man , Love your videos , Would love to see some Older games as well , or why some popular games died as well

A clip of minecraft with shaders when saying the art is timeless is crazy.

True this is something iv thought about as iv grown older especially after I saw games come and go new games old games new games that loose relevancy all of it! But somehow Minecraft survived it all I think it dose have maybe popularity peaks and drops but I feel it’s always been relevant in some way it’s crazy I mean I played this game when I was a kid on ps3 in middleschool. I’m 20 in the workforce 2y in and I’m still regularly playing Minecraft as other games iv bought consumed and never tourched again, but Minecraft iv always consistently played I wonder why it’s magic never dies its crazy to think about. If the game ever goes die its going to feel surreal just like its feeling right now with some of these golden era RU-vidrs leaving one that hit me hard was mattpatt iv been watching for forever so hearing he is leaving it feels almost unreal just as it will feel if Minecraft ever dies for real! Anyways have a nice day guys!!

People keep bringing up TF2, which has a community so dedicated, that through 5 years of ZERO major updates, the game is still incredibly popular. Minecraft is an even bigger game. Unless Microsoft seriously does something awful to it, it won't die. It can't die. Throwing in my two cents, I started playing this game in 2011 when I was 5. Although I have grown up now and am almost a legal adult, I still play this game every single day. I took breaks sometimes, but in the end I would always come back for more. I know I'm not the only one who feels *this* connected to the game. Realistically, if Microsoft *did* do something that killed the game, I might honestly keep playing older versions for the nostalgia alone.

1:42 I wanna say that the performance drops are not because of it running on Java, but because of the ancient code-base that was not made to run such a big game. This is mainly due to it not being multithreaded/async in Ticking, Chunk Stuff and so on

minecraft:I ALWAYS COME BACK

I've been a Minecraft player for far more than a decade now, it was my first video game ever and even though there were periods of times where I turned away from the games for a few months or even years I always came back to it. It is my favourite game of all times. Just this summer I went back on Hypixel to play some bedwars with my best friend, the one who I started playing Minecraft with and we had the time of our life. Also I love that you mentioned "A Short Hike", it's an awesome game and deserves more attention. Played it while traveling half a year ago on my laptop because you don't need a mouse

Minecraft was such a huge part of my childhood as I’m sure it was for many others. While I don’t play Minecraft nearly as often as I used to when I do go back to it always brings back so many memories! 🥰

I really do hope Hytale succeeds, not just for the sake of their beloved developers, but also for Minecraft. I see a future for these two similar to what happened between Valorant and Counter-Strike, where healthy competition made Valve have to keep up with Valorant and improve CS on a more frequent rate.

I had this construsction set made of flat squares that could connect. It also had different little things to conect it differently, to have gate, to have car, or roof. Basicly it was the thing me and my brother played with before minecraft. That is what is so excitong since the content of game is simply not there. It is you who creates the game and it can be run fully on building or surviving, or having different mods in

I think Mojang should actually take an entire year of content into fixing the game and replanting where they want the game to go, working along side the passionate community might be a way, but even if the worse scenario happens, I don't really think Minecraft would ever fall forgotten, not even against other titles that promises to be "Minecraft but cooler" it's like being Sonic and promoting yourself to be the "Super Mario killer" it might work for a few years for sure but at the end, Mario will always be remembered as the timeless number 1, as for Minecraft.

As a Hytale enthusiast, I'm pleasantly surprised to see it was mentioned and it's potential talked about in this video. I've been so excited for Hytale because I'm one of those people that feel like Minecraft will never fix it's biggest issues and that it always had potential to be more than it already is. Hytale would be the answer to that. But I feel like many people have forgotten about Hytale, since updates from the developers have been pretty slow recently and it's been 4 years since it was announced. I'd like to believe that it will still reach great heights once it releases. Maybe it won't beat out Minecraft in the long run but it could at least be as popular as something like Terraria. We'll have to wait and see once it releases.

Minecraft is an experience, and an experience that fun and good can never die that easily. Even if it does it will be a monument that took the world by surprise and will always be remembered as the Greatest of all games

I'm part of the legit modded survival group, yay :D

Minecraft IS dead. It may have a lot of players, but it's nothing like in the old times. The true essence, true soul of minecraft is long gone, and so minecraft is dead.

Minecraft (and Terraria too) are like the TF2 of pixel sandbox games. The old animations and community are never going to go away completely. They might get down to absurdly low amounts... but they will mever be truly gone.

The main issue with hytale is the development progress, the initial trailer is now 4 and a half years old, and they've delayed the game for the foreseeable future "2024" but they said the same thing "2023" back in 2022 when they delayed it the first time. Hytale will either flop or overtake minecraft instantly because of what the development team has been doing.

15:38 I'd like to play it when it comes out but the block and character textures look very bad. I hope they add an pack and when you equip the pack the textures look more like Minecraft's.

It's like every time Mojang makes a bad decision, a totem noise plays and Minecraft just gets back up without a dent

Even despite the amount of times i say i quit due to the game crashing in the 1.20 update Minecraft always finds me crawling back without a word 😂

It's a good game and that's why we haven't seen it die, but Microsoft will *certainly* try

Minecraft is like a phoenix, it feels like the game died but a few years later somehow they come back even more popular than before

Minecraft is timeless, an open ended canvas to anything

The simplest answer being - The children yearn for the MINES

Minecraft and technoblade will never die

I think that the biggest bonus for Minecraft is mods and that oportunity that if you don't like the latest version you can still play the older versions

1:22 no way a german. i watched the whole video now it is great you definetly deserve more subs!

Hytale shows a lot of promise, but it feels like it will never release. Like, ever. But, looking at their blog, it does seem they are still working on it. I believe that once it realeases, even if it takes another 5 years, it will absolutely detonate in popularity. that being said, at least early on. people liked Minecraft's simplicity and janky blocky nature. Hytale almost seems TOO polished and great. But time will tell if it succeeds. Side note, being written in C++ really has no effect on performance in the long run. With mods, Java edition can completely blow Bedrock Edition out of the water in terms of performance. It all depends on how much effort the team puts into optimizing the game. In fact, using Java might be a reason the game succeeded; Java applications are extremely easy to beak apart and modify - They didn't even need an official modding API, because the programming language itself allows for moding by default. Compare to C++ where modding without an official API is basically impossible.

As nice as Hytale looks, the difference is high pixel count to Minecraft's more retro low pixel count. Hytale to me is not giving off the retro 8-bit vibe of Minecraft, but it is giving off the kinda MMORPG style vibe similar to games like Warcraft and Runescape, but with the added feature of being a sandbox. Hytale will gain a great audience, but to call it the next Minecraft, is like saying the Nintendo Switch is the new Game Boy. Also the issue with Java is an issue with Java script itself, Im not sure the company that makes the program for Java but they may be limiting the programs capability which then dominos down to Mojang having to work with Java's strength and weaknesses.

Minecraft haters dont care about other feeling Me 2019: I know don't how to make a world Me 2020: I make my first world I am just walking around Same night of 2020: Dig down a tree and full night under tree Me 2021: Now I know how to make simple tools me 2022:I am playing Java Me 2023: I am too good now Nothing can compete your first day in minecraft

I love ur videos. Also pls make a video on lego video games, they are so underrated❤