5 Reasons Why Minecraft Is Not Free

Updated:

11 Dec 2023

Why isn't Minecraft free?

We will be answering this question today by talking about 5 factors that make the game not free, and how that's a good thing.

To find out how Minecraft not being free is a good thing for the game itself and community around it, keep reading the article. Let's begin!

5) With a paid-model, they don't need to have any in-game purchases.

The first thing in our list is the fact that if Minecraft was a free to play game, it probably would’ve had in-game purchases. You know the ones: paid skins, battle passes, all that good* stuff.

Some other aspects of the game, fan made, or developer created, might not have been free, and there even could’ve been things like monthly subscriptions for services inside Minecraft.

Well, because Minecraft is not free, don’t have to worry about things like that and can instead enjoy the game without any in-game purchases.

4) Resource packs, Mods, and so on are entirely free.

As we are talking about things that are free, we can’t overlook resource packs, mods, and other fan-made creations that are absolutely amazing to play with. Some mods are as expansive as the base game itself and add countless blocks, tools, ores, mechanics, mobs, and so on, without the need to pay a single penny for anything.

If Minecraft was free, more fan developers might’ve gone the route of selling their creations rather than making them a part of the paid gaming experience and create a community from it as such.

So, because Minecraft is not free, and instead costs an amount which is not even the price of a full-scale game nowadays, and is cheaper, we can have things like quality resource packs and mods for free.

3) It offers countless hours of fun for a one-time purchase.

We slightly mentioned the idea that if Minecraft was not free, it might’ve had a monthly subscription type of deal where you would need to pay a certain amount of money to access certain content in the game and overall, just play the game itself.

Some other video games such as World of Warcraft has adapted this approach where you need to pay monthly to keep playing the game. Meanwhile, I’ve bought Minecraft around 2012 and have been playing since then without paying a single cent.

If you can think of another single game that is a one-time purchase and is able to give you this many hours of content and so much fun, feel free to comment. I don’t think I ever seen a product that is as worth its price as Minecraft; so, yeah.

2) The game is still getting new, free updates.

Not only the game only requires a one-time purchase, it also doesn’t stay the way it is. If it did, I would still be playing on the beta versions of the game; but instead, developers have been consistently churning out new updates over a short period of time and with every update, there are new things to do, explore, and have fun while doing it.

And how much does these new updates cost? That’s the best part! They cost absolutely nothing. Even though there have been a slight stagnation in updates at a certain point in Minecraft’s lifespan, after it was acquired by Microsoft, we’ve been seen a lot more content, and updates release every year from the game, and we couldn’t be happier.

1) Because it is a great game that is expensive to make.

Not only does the updates cost a lot. But also developing the game itself throughout the years to have optimization updates, to work with different devices, different updates of OS like Windows, Android, Apple, and so on, they cost a lot of money.

Mojang is keen on making the game look, feel, and play as slickly as possible with every passing year and not letting the game look dated, forgotten, or anything of the sort. For the amount of time and effort given to the game, it is truly a wonder to think that the game doesn’t have any additional purchases and needs to spend money and instead only has a one-time purchase.

You can also see this difference with the way the game used to play and how it plays nowadays. Everything has gotten smoother and nicer to play throughout the years, that’s for sure.

With studio upkeep, advertisements, events, updates, and everything that makes Minecraft still relevant and as fun as it ever was comes with a monetary cost, and this cost is achieved by us purchasing the game.

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