Now, I know with upcoming releases (1.8 I cant' wait for you) people think Minecraft is far from dead, but lets take a look to see if that statement has any truth to it. Minecraft has been around for a LONG time, looking back it's original release date was May 17.... 2009. That was almost 5 years ago. It doesn't seem like it's been that long, but it has well at least for some of us. Those of us who aren't hardcore and haven't been there since the beginning we probably joined around the time of it's full release, November 18, 2011. Now even if you knock of the two years, three years is still a long time. Now I know what you are thinking, three or even 5 years is nothing I've been playing (insert game here) for 10 years and it hasn't gotten old. Well as that might be true it doesn't mean that game is relevant anymore.





For example, lets take a cult classic Pokemon. Pokemon debut in 1998 in North America regions and became a huge success, it was everywhere from clothing, to toys, even as far as having it's own cereal. It was a cultural phenomenon, every man, woman, and child took part in the craze known as Pokemania. However, it was not suited to last. Like so many things Pokemania was naught but a fad, popular one week and gone the next. Now if you haven't already lets draw some connections to Minecraft. Minecraft offically released in 2011 has garnished over 35 million total sales. That's not including the wide range of merchandise that has been sold. Minecraft is everywhere, from every nook and cranny of the internet to the hands of countless children worldwide. It has become a huge hit, but I'm sad to say it is going to face the same fate as Pokemon.



With console sales blooming, and new sales records being reached it might not look as so. However, many of these new players will spend their piece with Minecraft and leave. In the beginning every ounce of play, and every new update meant a lot to the players. They thought their ideas were being heard, and it made them stick around, feeling that they can take some credit for the game's greatness from their contributions as players. But this is slowly coming to an end. With an ever growing amount of console players and overall abundantcy of updates, the group of people who once thought their opinions mattered is dwindling and they aren't being replaced. The core gamers that once played are leaving and those more casual gamers are replacing them. These casual gamers (nothing wrong with them of course) stick around and continue to play the game for a much shorter amount of time. Basically what I'm trying to say is the older more loyal gamers are leaving and younger gamer less loyal gamers are replacing them. This is causing drops in both quantity and quality of user-generated content for the game. Also once well respected sites like Minecraft forum and this site itself are being filled with lower grade content. Now you may not share my sentiments but the proof is in the pudding, Minecraft is dying even if it is doing so slowly. So lets look back at Pokemon for an example. Pokemania lasted three years, guess how many years it's been since Minecraft's official release?


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