Mojang Studios is taking away one alternative for gamers to select the form of content material they see in future Minecraft updates, and that would really be a fantastic 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 neighborhood occasion the place builders would current gamers with a number of potential creatures that may very well be added to the sport. In it, folks would vote to select their favourite and builders would add it. It sounds cute sufficient, however the occasion finally went on to garner mass criticism from followers who argued that the observe 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 a component of a bigger shift at Mojang the place the staff will change the frequency it engages with followers, and the way the staff releases updates. Now as an alternative of doing one massive outdated Minecraft Reside per 12 months, the staff will do two, and every occasion will probably be a “extra centered” broadcast with data on what the staff is engaged on and normal Minecraft information. Along with modifications in neighborhood occasions, the staff will even change cadence for releasing new content material. The staff received’t simply present one free replace in the summertime, however will launch a “variety of free recreation drops all year long.”
The submit additionally emphaized that the staff 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 to vote so you will get an lovable penguin added to the sport anymore, there are not less than some avenues for gamers to offer suggestions.
