{"id":1157547,"date":"2026-02-09T13:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/HrdNomBoMRgVutJ8cNK8FM"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:45:24","slug":"minecrafts-never-going-free-to-play-because-as-it-stands-its-the-best-deal-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/minecrafts-never-going-free-to-play-because-as-it-stands-its-the-best-deal-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft&#8217;s never going free-to-play because as it stands it&#8217;s &#8216;the best deal in the world&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It&#8217;s Minecraft Live time, and developer Mojang has announced the latest content coming to the perennially popular block builder: including, in the year of our lord 2025, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/in-the-year-of-our-lord-2025-mojang-is-finally-adding-shaders-to-minecraft-making-reflective-lighting-and-water-effects-more-accessible-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\">fancy new shaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One topic raised was the game&#8217;s business model. There are various deluxe editions, but the standard version of Minecraft is the &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/store\/minecraft-deluxe-collection-pc?tabs=%7B%22details%22%3A0%7D\" target=\"_blank\">Java and Bedrock<\/a>&#8221; edition that retails for an upfront price of $30 \/ \u00a320. On top of this you can buy skins, texture packs and so on in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/catalog\" target=\"_blank\">Minecraft marketplace<\/a>, and there are two optional subscriptions: Marketplace Pass and Realms Plus. But the important thing is that the base purchase really does have everything you need, and the game never feels like it&#8217;s trying to upsell you.<\/p>\n<p>But this is one of the most popular games in the world, at a time where alternatives like Fortnite and Roblox are free-to-play. Mojang, however, is not into that way of doing things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, it doesn&#8217;t really work with the way we built it,&#8221; Ingela Garneij, executive producer of Minecraft Vanilla, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/minecraft-wont-go-free-to-play-its-the-best-deal-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\">told IGN<\/a>. &#8220;I mean we built the game for a different purpose. So monetization doesn&#8217;t work in that way for us. It&#8217;s a purchase of the game and then that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For us it&#8217;s important that our game is available for as many people as possible. And so I think that&#8217;s a very core value that it should be accessible for everyone. It&#8217;s the best deal in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Garneij isn&#8217;t wrong. I bought my son Minecraft on Switch for \u00a320, since when he hasn&#8217;t played a single other title on there, and I don&#8217;t think he even realises there&#8217;s a marketplace of paid-for content. I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s &#8220;the best deal in the world&#8221; but it is unquestionably excellent value-for-money.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Microsoft puts any pressure on Mojang to find new ways to monetise the experience, Garneij says &#8220;no, no. What&#8217;s important for us is that many people can enjoy it still, and that&#8217;s going on strong still.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1307px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.08%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"VotK2HMKGRUbqfCph2VdcX\" name=\"minecraft.jpg\" alt=\"Minecraft official artwork - Steve and Alyx stand on a grassy hill made of cubes with a sheep, creeper, zombie, skeleton, and pig.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/minecrafts-never-going-free-to-play-because-as-it-stands-its-the-best-deal-in-the-world.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1307\" height=\"733\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Mojang)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hey, you want to get highfalutin about this? Let&#8217;s get highfalutin. &#8220;For me it\u2019s part of the important values of Minecraft,&#8221; says game director, Agnes Larsson. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s become such an important thing of what Minecraft is and the perfect culture and values, and I think we all here can agree on that. It&#8217;s a thing for the game and it&#8217;s one part of what makes the game strong. It has strong values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure what values Minecraft really has beyond &#8220;mine stuff&#8221; and &#8220;kill creepers&#8221;, but one could extrapolate the wider point that this remains a phenomenon among younger people and, especially, children. I do think it&#8217;s important that every kid who&#8217;s into Minecraft gets the &#8220;full&#8221; experience for the standard price, and to be fair to Microsoft it has done a lot since acquiring Mojang but never touched this aspect of the game.<\/p>\n<p>And let&#8217;s not beat around the bush either: Minecraft is an absolute cash cow, and will continue to be so for a long time to come. Hell A Minecraft Movie is about to come out, and may well be the first film to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/movies-tv\/based-on-its-new-trailer-i-predict-a-minecraft-movie-will-make-a-trillion-dollars\/\" target=\"_blank\">make a trillion dollars<\/a> (OK, I&#8217;m kidding, but it&#8217;ll make a lot).<\/p>\n<p>The new <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/minecraft-spring-to-life-update\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spring to Life update<\/a> is released today, free for all players naturally, which adds more ambient features and different mob variants, as well as some A Minecraft Movie-inspired minigames. But the most exciting change, as someone who&#8217;s spent way too much time staring at their colour palettes, is that spawn eggs are getting a visual overhaul.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"47927474-15b7-4203-9630-816748b26c48\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/minecrafts-never-going-free-to-play-because-as-it-stands-its-the-best-deal-in-the-world-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"47927474-15b7-4203-9630-816748b26c48\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/minecrafts-never-going-free-to-play-because-as-it-stands-its-the-best-deal-in-the-world\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Minecraft Live time, and developer Mojang has announced the latest content coming to the perennially popular block builder: including, in the year of our lord 2025, fancy new shaders. One topic raised was the game&#8217;s business model. There are various deluxe editions, but the standard version of Minecraft is the &#8220;Java and Bedrock&#8221; edition that retails for an upfront price of $30 \/ \u00a320. On top of this you can buy skins, texture packs and so on in the Minecraft marketplace, and there are two optional subscriptions: Marketplace Pass and Realms Plus. But the important thing is that the base purchase really does have everything you need, and the game never feels like it&#8217;s trying to upsell you. 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