Talk:Xbox 360 Edition/Archive 2

Release
Mircosoft release all xbla (Exception for the Simpsons Arcade) on Wednesdays; on that basis and the fact it is ready to go onto the marketplace: the release is most likely going to be the 21/3/12 or the 28/3/12!

Arcade or Indie?
Will this be released in the Xbox Live Arcade section of the XBLA store or the Indie section of the XBLA store? The reason I'm asking this is because you can't download or play games in the Indie section of the XBLA store in Australia.

It will be arcade. You can find it right now but you can only buy things like shirts and avatar items

?? Uses ??
Will online play be avalible? and if so will players be able to control or even create their own servers? It would be astonishing if gameplay for the 360 online was accessible to pc servers, or vise versa~ SuperNoobed

I personally think that it won't be a good gameplay of Minecraft on a Xbox 360 because you won't be able to point your cursor quickly to a block or a enemy, especially when you are getting hurt and your pointer moves randomly.


 * Thats great but this isnt the place to talk about your opinions. Try the forums or getsatisfaction. Toadbert

i also want to know if it will work with the controller. because i do not want to play this on the kinect. and for the person at the top... im sure they will have a sensitivity for the turning and stuff like most FPS. im just glad that this is coming to the 360 and will put fortress craft to shame!--Silverfox6000 01:24, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

yes im sure minecraft 360 will be a smash hit but what about the pocket edition wont it be a little hard to controll and also i agree with you siver fox forteress is a VERY big shame but keep totalminer in thought it stsrted off very much like mine craft but now its starting to go down its on ittle path and the creator of total miner didnt have people to help like notch did but he has done a very good job fixing bugs By:Jeffrey TDR add me on xbox(Jeffrey TDR) and ill get back to you soon beacuse im grounded seacrest out

Release Date
TIME TO STOP THE SPECULATION!

A recent blog post by Microsoft reports that the official Minecraft 360 release date will be announced on Thursday (March 22nd) Please be aware, The game will not launch on Thursday, only a definite, official date. Keep your eyes on playxbla.com! -engdan 18:31, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Source here: http://playxbla.com/minecraft-launch-date-tease/

This has also been backed up by Xbox employees Major Nelson and 'e' on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/thevowel/status/182163444726890496

(sorry for pushing my own info to the top, I just thought people would need to see this.) --

It is confirmed that Minecraft on XBLA will be released tomorrow (17th March 2012).However, it may be changed by Microsoft if it is found necessary.

Can I get a source? My xbox isn't showing me the download. EDIT: I didnt realize I saw it was March 17th when it was 12:00 AM. I'll wait a few hours :P

Guys, do some research. The Xbox live Marketplace updates on WEDNESDAY. Today it is SATURDAY. No Minecraft 360 today. Sorry guys. EDIT: Back with more fun-crushing evidence: https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/165176589737402368 -engdan 11:48, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

NO release today. (17th March) From Mojang themselves: https://twitter.com/#!/Kappische/status/180950434469523457 -engdan 16:31, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

PREDICTION OF RELEASE DATE

Mojang & Microsoft stated to expect Minecraft for Xbox around Q2 of 2012 or in other words Early Spring of 2012. The beginning of Spring 2012 starts on March 20th 2012, a DAY before Microsoft releases a new set of Games every Wednesday. Don't get your hopes up but it might come out earlier than the planned release Month which is April.(April is confirmed by Notch himself https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/165176589737402368) If not then expect the dates of Minecraft Xbox Edition's release on March 21, March 28, April 4, April 11, April 18, and April 25. (Each of these dates are a WEDNESDAY which is the ONLY day Microsoft releases XBLA games, but exceptions were made and games have been released on other days. (Simpsons Arcade is an example, released on a Friday)

In opinion, if Mojang and Microsoft are smart enough, they'll rush the release of the game before fans get out of hand like today (march 17th which was EXPECTED to be release date which was not). So don't get too hyped but POSSIBLY EXPECT Minecraft Xbox Edition to Come out March 28 or April 4th and the most last possible release date is the 18th.

BE AWARE OF TRICKEY on April 1st 2012

As stated below in "Sheep", IT IS POSSIBLE that Mojang and Microsoft will attempt an April Fools jokes (April 1st) in some way. (Examples could be "MC XBOX Is not being released anymore" or a "FALSE" release date, or even, if they go this far, a "FAKE Downloadable Minecraft Xbox Edition" game on the XBLA market and not have it work. Hopefully NONE of these will occur and they Release the game ASAP. Like MAJORITY (90%) of XBOX players AWAITING the release of the game, I expect to see the game released VERY soon. Today was a great example of how angry we players are. It's been far enough with all those EXPECTED Release Dates, with each being false. Its either now or never and RELEASE A TRUE RELEASE DATE. THAT WOULD GIVE A SENSE OF HOPE AND RELIEF KNOWING THAT THE GAME IS DONE AND AWAITING PRODUCTION ON XBLA.

- My contribution to the above. - Minecraft is confirmed to have a total of 400 gamerscore, compared to the current 200 limit for arcade titles. Microsoft have stated that this increase comes into effect on the 1st April (Source:http://majornelson.com/2012/03/12/xbox-live-arcade-gamerscore-policy-change/). So, Minecraft 360 WILL release after April 1st. And as stated above, the XBLA updates only on Wednesdays. All of this info puts the EARLIEST POSSIBLE RELEASE DATE for the game at APRIL 4TH 2012. Patience guys, it'll be here eventually. (although I DO agree, a definite release date would put us all at ease.) -engdan 11:32, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Sheep
What was the picture? –The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wrpen99 (Talk&#124;Contribs) Please sign your posts with
 * The IGN article has a small preview of what Notch sent. The actual image is gone from their site, but you can still see the preview here: http://media.ignimgs.com/media/thumb/348/3489867/minecraft-20110713025816439_thumb_ign.jpg.  Notch is an awesome artist. :D   Verhalthur (talk)(contribs) 20:48, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

9.30am here in the UK and nothing has happened, starting to get doubts.

their plan might be to hold it off till april fools then tell us that it will no longer be released for the xbox.. then the next day it will come out... that would be funny ..but only on the day it comes out

Kinect
Will you have to play minecraft on the kinect or can you use a remote? (Ryanc165 16:36, 23 July 2011 (UTC)}

You can play exclusively with a controller or you can use the Kinect if you so wished. Bear in mind, Kinect support will not be available on launch and will instead be added in a later version. -engdan 11:59, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Kinect
Kinect will be optional

disc
Will you be able to get this on disc or do u have to have xbox live and is it only for kinect? (Ryanc165)
 * No disc it is a Live arcade Game, and it will be compatible with the standard controller.

Ps3/360
I think that minecraft will be on both consoles at some point in the future.. WHY? Xperia.. is a sony product and this new commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d6FhtpcHrsU has a logo in it at 1:05 with "playstation certified". So why would it not hit ps3 soon after the 360 version? :o -- Throex  '''TALK 18:17, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Because there's a whole slew of licensing and bureaucratic red tape quite apart from the technical issues surrounding a PS3 port. If any such thing was being planned, I'm quite certain we'd've already heard about it from Notch or Jeb by now. 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 18:27, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure we would have heard about it, unless microsoft made them sign a contract to be silent about other console releases so that the xbox could suck in all the glory of the first console with minecraft. Also..the SONY Xperia is a playstation product.. so why would it not hit PS3 in the future? -- Throex  '''TALK 20:25, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * If Mojang was under a strict gag order on a PS3 port, it wouldn't be from Microsoft, it would be from Sony (if there were a PS3 Minecraft port in the works, and Microsoft tried to keep Mojang from revealing it so that MS had a better chance of getting more profits from the Xbox Minecraft version, Sony would be all over them).
 * I'm not saying there will never be a version of Minecraft for the PS3. I am saying that, because we haven't heard word one from any official source about any such thing, there is almost certainly not one in the works at this moment. There is also a very big difference in terms of licensing between developing a game for Random Handheld Device #4783 and developing one for a name-brand console like the PS3 - while the Xperia Play is a Sony product to be sure, it runs the Android operating system and makes use of the Android app store/marketplace, which is entirely outside of Sony's control. 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 06:33, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

trivia
The new trivia post that was made today is about Oblivion/Elder Scrolls.. Does anyone else think its a bad idea to have that listed considering the law suit going on right now? -- Throex  '''TALK 16:38, 16 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Why would it be a bad idea? The lawsuit has nothing to do with 4J Studios past work. Them porting TES IV to the Playstation 3 console is something notable and fits well in the trivia section as this shows that they have past experience with porting games to consoles. They are not part of Zenimax/Bethesda who are responsible for the lawsuit and I believe people will understand that. Kamrat 17:05, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Wrong release date
Somebody should really fix the release date. It isn't even out, but still the infobox says it was released on November 18th 2011. Also, it's pretty ridiculous, since literally one line above that, on the "Latest version" line, the information given is "Not yet released". Just pointing that out. 82.54.144.61 03:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure the infobox was a copypaste from the Pocket Edition article. It needs to updated, that's all. - Asterick6 01:12, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

I just saw that they changed the release date to Marth 28th, got excited, i google it, and nothing, came back and it was changed to "Spring 2012" u_u -happiness destroyed- 200.56.140.86 04:35, 15 March 2012 (UTC)DalisDL

360 Interface/Gameplay in the Windows version
One epic thing would be to plug the 360 USB Controller in the computer, so the Windows version (I don't know if it would work on Mac) would be like the 360 version, with the same interface and gameplay.

Do you think Mojang will update the Windows version to be compatible with the 360 USB Controller when the 360 version will be released ?

skin import
I have heard on an early video that if you have an account than your skin will be imported to the xbox. Any truth to this? TTiscoming 01:43, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Kaplan mentioned skins will be editable but later in the future along with skin customization, we will be able to edit our own texture packs. and know i don't think our accounts will be linked to the 360 version until the massive 2 month update is over.

To all people, it is confirmed that Minecraft xbox edition IS coming this wednessday March 21. Mojang has already sent the files to Microsoft with a couple of notes, and now were all waiting for them. It is true that Microsoft doesn't have a lot of games to release, so lets cross our fingers they don't forget minecraft is on the list!

Official Release Date
Just updated the page with the Official Release Date's announce -DalisDL