Minecraft - Official release date set 11/11/11

[MelodieOctavia]

Will there be expansions/stuff like that?
'cause I believe Notch said that pre-beta buyers get all new stuff that gets released after the official game for free

Alpha/Beta buyers still get the expansions. If you buy the official release version, you have to buy them.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

Will there be expansions/stuff like that?
'cause I believe Notch said that pre-beta buyers get all new stuff that gets released after the official game for free

Alpha/Beta buyers still get the expansions. If you buy the official release version, you have to buy them.

No, I'm pretty sure only Alpha buyers get expansions for free, if by expansions you mean stuff like DLC.
Sucks for me, I bought it like a week after it came into Beta.

 

[Sausage Head]

I bought the game one day before Beta came, just to be sure to get those free expansions

 

[Wizerzak]

Will there be expansions/stuff like that?
'cause I believe Notch said that pre-beta buyers get all new stuff that gets released after the official game for free

Alpha/Beta buyers still get the expansions. If you buy the official release version, you have to buy them.

No, I'm pretty sure only Alpha buyers get expansions for free, if by expansions you mean stuff like DLC.
Sucks for me, I bought it like a week after it came into Beta.

Damn. Doesn't look too good for beta buyers, maybe i'll just wait until it's open sourced and pirate in mean time. But looking at this it seems pretty vague.

QUOTE

What you get for purchasing
Please note that Minecraft is currently a work in progress and NOT a finished product! The sandbox mode available right now. However, you may buy a discounted beta account today, which will also include the full game!

As we at Mojang continue to release more complete builds of the game, we will also be reducing the discount gradually until we reach the final version and full price of the product. So the earlier you buy, the better value you get! Although we are very passionate about this project, we cannot guarantee that it will be completed - that's why we offer the discounted price When you purchase the game, you pay for it as it is right now. Future updates are an added bonus.

Source

 

[Joe88]

Will there be expansions/stuff like that?
'cause I believe Notch said that pre-beta buyers get all new stuff that gets released after the official game for free

Alpha/Beta buyers still get the expansions. If you buy the official release version, you have to buy them.

beta buyers do not get free expansion packs

it was stated by notch that he was adding a condition when beta came out that expansions would not be free, but bug fixes will
since the condition didnt exist when alpha was out everyone who bought in alpha stage will get the expansions free

 

[CannonFoddr]

Will there be expansions/stuff like that?
'cause I believe Notch said that pre-beta buyers get all new stuff that gets released after the official game for free

Alpha/Beta buyers still get the expansions. If you buy the official release version, you have to buy them.

No, I'm pretty sure only Alpha buyers get expansions for free, if by expansions you mean stuff like DLC.
Sucks for me, I bought it like a week after it came into Beta.

Hang On..... I didn't even KNOW about Minecraft when it was 'alpha' (in fact I only found out about this Alpha/Beta business due to this thread) so does that mean us 'late starters' paid for the priviledge of being screwed of not getting any expansion packs.... ??

Surely for us supporting him/them on this we should at least get expansion packs 'for a limited time' (e.g. for 1year after the full game is released) &/or get a discount after this time on any future packs.

It's those who have the pirated/hacked version that should be penalised ....

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

Will there be expansions/stuff like that?
'cause I believe Notch said that pre-beta buyers get all new stuff that gets released after the official game for free

Alpha/Beta buyers still get the expansions. If you buy the official release version, you have to buy them.

No, I'm pretty sure only Alpha buyers get expansions for free, if by expansions you mean stuff like DLC.
Sucks for me, I bought it like a week after it came into Beta.

Hang On..... I didn't even KNOW about Minecraft when it was 'alpha' (in fact I only found out about this Alpha/Beta business due to this thread) so does that mean us 'late starters' paid for the priviledge of being screwed of not getting any expansion packs.... ??

Surely for us supporting him/them on this we should at least get expansion packs 'for a limited time' (e.g. for 1year after the full game is released) &/or get a discount after this time on any future packs.

It's those who have the pirated/hacked version that should be penalised ....

I guess he decided that people who have supported from the earliest point should get extra privileges, sort of like an extremely early Pre-order.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

It should be criminal to sell an unfinished product but that's just my opinion.

 

[Sterling]

It should be criminal to sell an unfinished product but that's just my opinion.

It's not only playable, but it's definitely more finished than some finished games out there. >.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

It should be criminal to sell an unfinished product but that's just my opinion.

Why do you think that?
When people buy it, they know what they're getting; an unfinished product, there are no tricks. The main site clearly says; "25% off during Beta"

 

[Sterling]

I bought it during alpha... Sweet.

 

[Berthenk]

It should be criminal to sell an unfinished product but that's just my opinion.

So all pre-orders should be illegal? Get real man, it's stated in the EULA that it's not yet finished and may contain bugs.
Following your logic, companies selling any game that has DLC should be taken to court for not putting that in the original game.

 

[Metalik]

I prefer to pay the full price. My PC can't run it right now anyway

Are you joking? Even a toaster can run it fine.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

I prefer to pay the full price. My PC can't run it right now anyway

Are you joking? Even a toaster can run it fine.

No, Minecraft is very inefficient from what I've heard, so some computers still have trouble running it.

EDIT: I am 1337.

 

[Ikki]

I prefer to pay the full price. My PC can't run it right now anyway

Are you joking? Even a toaster can run it fine.

You must have an overpowered toaster.

 

[Sausage Head]

Java is not meant for games computers.
Plus, Minecraft is coded like (amazing!) horse manure

 

[Berthenk]

I prefer to pay the full price. My PC can't run it right now anyway

Are you joking? Even a toaster can run it fine.

You must have an overpowered toaster.

All computers have a problem with Minecraft. Simply because of multiple things:

• Multiple cores: it's not optimized for more than one thread
• Background things: stuff like effects and world generation run (mostly) on the CPU. Placing that on the GPU would get you less lag.
• RAM. Minecraft isn't the best at managing RAM.

Now I feel awesome for using some BB Code...

 

[Ikki]

I prefer to pay the full price. My PC can't run it right now anyway

Are you joking? Even a toaster can run it fine.

You must have an overpowered toaster.

All computers have a problem with Minecraft. Simply because of multiple things:

• Multiple cores: it's not optimized for more than one thread
• Background things: stuff like effects and world generation run (mostly) on the CPU. Placing that on the GPU would get you less lag.
• RAM. Minecraft isn't the best at managing RAM.

Now I feel awesome for using some BB Code...

That makes even more factible that his toaster is pretty damn powerful.

 

[Berthenk]

I prefer to pay the full price. My PC can't run it right now anyway

Are you joking? Even a toaster can run it fine.

You must have an overpowered toaster.

All computers have a problem with Minecraft. Simply because of multiple things:

• Multiple cores: it's not optimized for more than one thread
• Background things: stuff like effects and world generation run (mostly) on the CPU. Placing that on the GPU would get you less lag.
• RAM. Minecraft isn't the best at managing RAM.

Now I feel awesome for using some BB Code...

That makes even more factible that his toaster is pretty damn powerful.

Compact toaster he has.

 

[thaddius]

It should be criminal to sell an unfinished product but that's just my opinion.

No one was forced to buy it in the unfinished state...