Now that fans were given the choice some took that to mean "gun to head, forced to buy". Switch and XB have no prior version of FF8 at all and PS4 only had access to PSN FF8 that uses PS1 FF8.įF8 Remastered is offered on Steam first, to make money, and second, because if they didn't release it on Steam then fans would be upset they weren't given the choice. There is no way to release this as an "HD DLC Texture Pack" on Switch, XB, PS4 because none of those systems have a version of FF8 where DLC can be applied. The retail pack will carry a $29.99 price tag.This is primarily a release for consoles, especially consoles not made by SONY. The Minecraft property is hot and they should most definitely cash in while the audience is still eating it all up.Īs mentioned on the Xbox news wire, you can look for the Favorites Pack bundle that includes the texture packs, skin packs and Minecraft Minecraft: Xbox One Edition to go live starting June 7 in the Oceania territories followed by a worldwide release on June 24. Bringing the Favorites Pack to retail isn't a bad way of leveraging the Minecraft brand, but I would have expected more exclusive Xbox content by now. Given that they purchased Mojang, the creators of Minecraft, it gives them a prime opportunity to start using the brand to help give the Xbox One a little bit of marketing reach with potentially exclusive items, deals, discounts and content.
Right now Microsoft is in that difficult position right now where they're being spanked across the market by Sony with the PS4 and they really need to leverage their software brands to help move hardware. Ultimately the big challenge is trying to convince parents to invest the $350 to buy an Xbox One so their kid can import Minecraft from the Xbox 360. They try to sweeten the deal by letting gamers know that buying the new Favorites Pack bundle will still allow them to access and import their old maps from the Xbox 360 onto the Xbox One.
Microsoft is also hoping that the Xbox 360 crowd will make the leap over from Minecraft on the 360 to Minecraft on the Xbox One. Each of the packs have been very popular, so Microsoft decided to put them all together in a single bundle for both retail and digital purchase. There's more than 120 character skins bundled up within that pack, along with the five different texture packs, so that it's possible to create brand new worlds with new UI and in-game music. You'll get all of those skin and texture packs in addition to the base Minecraft game.
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