Mojang Studios is taking away one alternative for gamers to select the type of content material they see in future Minecraft updates, and that would truly be an important factor.
The Minecraft developer introduced that it’s retiring its divisive mob vote through a weblog submit on Monday. Began in 2017, the mob vote was a group occasion the place builders would current gamers with a choice of attainable creatures that might be added to the sport. In it, individuals would vote to select their favourite and builders would add it. It sounds cute sufficient, however the occasion ultimately went on to garner mass criticism from followers who argued that the follow scrapped nice concepts; in 2023, gamers organized a organized a Change.org petition to do away with the mob vote that greater than 530,000 helps signed.
The canceled occasion is an element of a bigger shift at Mojang the place the crew will change the frequency it engages with followers, and the way the crew releases updates. Now as a substitute of doing one huge outdated Minecraft Reside per 12 months, the crew will do two, and every occasion will probably be a “extra targeted” broadcast with data on what the crew is engaged on and basic Minecraft information. Along with modifications in group occasions, the crew can even change cadence for releasing new content material. The crew received’t simply present one free replace in the summertime, however will launch a “variety of free sport drops all year long.”
The submit additionally emphaized that the crew values participant’s ideas on the sport. “Your suggestions doesn’t simply assist encourage what goes into the sport, it additionally helps us iterate on options all through improvement, too,” the submit mentioned. So when you may not be capable of vote so you will get an lovely penguin added to the sport anymore, there are at the least some avenues for gamers to supply suggestions.
