Minecraft

[SCRIBBLE]

First of all, you're not paying $10, you're paying more like $14 once you mark it up to USD and pay exchange fees. I don't really understand your whole 9.99 argument. I look at that and immediately convert to 10, because that's how prices work, everywhere, since money became prevalent. Where have you been in the past, I dunno, ever? And why shouldn't you pay for it? Because it's not your type of game, the dev doesn't deserve to be paid for his work? I think his sales say otherwise. Welcome to the capitalist economy - things are worth what people are willing to pay.

Second, this guy made a game that's fun and simple, like a lot of the cash cows out there today, except a lot less stupid, a lot more creative, and with a lot more potential. Do you have any idea how much money Farmville makes? That's worse than Minecraft, but people still pay (large sums of) real money to do stuff in it. You know why? Because they enjoy it. I think it's retarded, but it's not my place to tell them not to do what they enjoy.

Thirdly and finally, this game gives me no nostalgia at all. Playing old games that you used to play gives a person nostalgia, not low-bit graphics on an entirely new game. Yet I still like it! Imagine that.

I get that this isn't your thing, and that's fine, but you clearly have no idea what you're talking about as to why other people like it. That said, I 100% agree with the last line of your post - I just don't think you quite understand the solid market part of it.

That was really long.

tl;dr: Minecraft is fun by its own right, not by nostalgia, and worth the (paltry sum of) money to people who enjoy it.

I didn't mean $ as in US currency, just didn't take the time to find the €.

The 9.99 thing is a classic sales technique that's used every day in every market. Simply put, people are more likely to buy a product that costs $9.99 rather than a full $10.00 (or whatever currency). If you don't understand that there are less intelligent people in this world that don't make the connection that 9.99 is essentially 10 then I'm sorry, look around you.

I'm also not telling anyone what to do or what to enjoy. I'm not sure why you brought this up at all. There are thousands of flash/java games of equal or higher stature than this and those games are free.

I say nostalgia because most thought I was emulating an old NES game.

I tested the game and I gave what I consider my review; I'm not trying to out this game as a piece of shit or the worst game in history.

edit: the solid market wasn't in reference to nerds with nostalgia, but simply a compliment to the 497,844 copies sold.