Minecraft launches on the Nintendo Switch tomorrow, giving us all another reason to lose months of our lives building worlds, fighting enemies and meeting up with friends.
If you're currently on the fence about purchasing this title then perhaps knowing the file size will be enough to convince you to change your stance; according to EU game page, it will only take up 512MB of storage space.
Are you surprised about how much space Minecraft is going to take up, or do you think this is about right? Let us know with a comment, and keep your eyes peeled for our review of the game.
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Not surprised, because that's been on the coming soon page for weeks now...
Good.
The less space it uses, the more space I have left for future games
That's great and now they will pass on the savings on to us in the physical cartridge
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Wow!
Seems reasonable enough. Also, nice to finally actually have a concrete price.
30 Euros!!!! - what's going on with the price then? Minecraft on the Xbox is (and always has been) about £16-£17... why is the Switch version almost double?????
@stylon It was also five dollars if you had it for the 360 and were trying to get in on the One.
If I ever got minecraft on the switch it would be during a sale.
Zelda, Metroid and Dankey Kang Mashup pls.
@ANeonChicken You are not wrong - I'd forgotten about that - I bought it on the 360 first too. I also bought it on PC before that and it was only £15. Bit of blatant profiteering going on here I think
I do think it's fair, both space occupied and price.
It's a Microsoft product, so it's obvious that cost less on their platform.
I'm not interest on this, though I like that costs less than the Street Fighter II 'redraw' with the laughable price of 39.
It interests my child though.
@stylon Believe the switch version (Like Wii U version) comes with certain DLC packs. Shame we don't have the option of having without.
@Tetsuro It more then ten dollars more than the xbox one and ps4 versions.. No way that is fair. Also when it features a smaller world than the One and Ps4 too.
@ANeonChicken It does look to have extra content (extra modes to take care too), it pays a lot of royalties to Nintendo, userbase is low, etc. I wont cry for that being you, it's not 59.
It's no surprise that the game takes up so little space - that's always been the case for Minecraft. Using Mods & Shaders is what really eats up your RAM & harddrive.
As for the price, a little goes into the Nintendo tax for the cartridge, the rest goes into development costs for this version (though they shouldn't be THAT much considering how easy porting things is on the Switch).
I'd guess it would have been cheaper if Mojang was still running the ship 100%. I'll just stick to Minecraft PE & enjoy my infinite world generation.
Time to get practicing your builds, I certainly am...
It's the included Nintendo DLC that drives the price up. So those 10 bucks extra go straight to Nintendo.
@Jeronan Outside of a Resource Pack & Nintendo based skins... what additional content do you get? I think many PC players are spoiled from being able to get hundreds of skins & packs for free (I make skins myself, would be embarresed to charge more than 50p a dozen).
That joke would have been funny if the Switch had the data displayed as "blocks". Thankfully they used the MB formate. The use of displaying data as "blocks" on the Wii was just silly.
@DanteSolablood it's skins, resource pack and an entire world based on the Super Mario IP. Licensing from Nintendo never comes cheap!
@Jeronan Lol, wouldn't be surprised at Nintendo charging a company to use their IP... to make exclusive content for their own console. Wish I could get paid for my builds & skins the same way MS does.
@stylon because this version is a fresh version, not one several years old. It's one thing not to sell NES games for 60 bucks in this day and age anymore, but how many people will even be motivated to port and republish games on new platforms (let alone squeeze in new features like local multiplayer) if they have to discount them to the average sale price out of the gate?
Besides, Minecraft is popular enough that the publisher may be hoping to earn extra on that, let's not forget this factor. People said 1-2-Switch wouldn't sell for 50 bucks either. XD
a bit pricey. Its one of that games I just never got into. It was a age ago when It first came out I tried it. I wonder what size for saves of maps etc.
@nhSnork But it's not a fresh version though is it? It's just a port of the most recent console iteration of the game. Besides - I bought Minecraft on PC when it first came out and it was £15. I bought it again on 360 when it was ported to that platform and it was £15. When it was ported again to the Xbox One it was still £15 (and existing owners could get a discount). It was the same price on the PS3 and PS4 too. I'm talking about the price it was at launch on those platforms too... not a discounted price now. This is the first time I've been looking at buying it on a Nintendo platform but have to say I find the price quite shocking to be honest - I see no reason why it should cost any more than the other platforms did.
All the console versions come with a nicely crafted world for you to explore - this one might be Nintendo themed but that doesn't justify a massive price hike.
I'm surprised it takes up that much memory. I remember downloading a 2.5 MB file onto my Mac 7 years ago and thinking "is that it!?".
@nayfz Hey if that turns out to be true then I'll be very happy!
Considering the game was less than 100 megabyte at the 1.0 release, I'd say it's still a lot.
@Pod That was just the old base game with limited block and resource types.
It's the mods, skins, resource packs and pre-rendered worlds that take up the space.
@BenAV lol price has been on the eShop for a few weeks lol
@Tetsuro Right I bought the SF2 redraw years ago on PS3 for something like $20. The $40 Switch price is out of my budget. I understand the cartridge price adds to the cost and it's a new system Capcom wants to profit from. Hopefully a digital version will go on sale down the road (I'd pay up to $20). But I wouldn't mind a physical card on a good offer so long as they don't stop production on the game before then increasing the value (like Lego City Undercover or Tank!Tank!Tank!).
As for Minecraft Switch Edition it includes a lot of extra content on Switch (like Wii U). It's like paying $14.99 base price and then having to pay $1.99 several times over for all the skin, Mashup, and level packs. So the value is there and was likely dictated by Microsoft to make money. But yes of course they would make the best value on their console (it is their product). I'm looking forward to it as the price will likely not go on sale.
@BenAV Price is and likely always will be $29.99 like Wii U. It's a good value as you're paying $14.99 plus getting an extra $15 of mashup and Nintendo themed skins. It's an obligatory price with the extra content but Microsoft gives you a good amount of content and map sizes are larger than Wii U with Switch.
Really looking forward to finally playing Minecraft when the retail version is released. I'll probably go all Google Earth on it and build something stupidly mundane, like my house.
So the game is 24€ in the UK and 30€ in the EU. Well... OK...
When i found out it was download only i almost just did not buy it. but now that i know its only half a GB i will get it. Thx For this it was really Helpful!
@nayfz Thanks for the photo (I'm in work, so had no way of checking the price myself) - definitely a day one purchase for me now too! Can't wait
The base game maybe, but this sucker's gonna have updates for years and years.
According to the eShop listing, it has touch screen support. I wonder in what way.
Excellent.
My self imposed rule to save space is to download only if less than 1gb.
Never played Minecraft before.
@stylon point taken, then. The crossplatform price statistics do make this case seem like a fair concern.
I'm honestly hoping we can join online servers like in the PC version so it's easier to meet new people who also play minecraft.
This price plus all the dlc is a lot of money..
@Tetsuro I'm not crying over anything. I'm happy with my xbox one version but it makes no sense to charge 10 dollars extra for a version that is smaller.
@stylon because Microsoft owns both brands and is tying one to the other to promote sales?
@stylon You can always check the price at your localized nintendo homepage... you can directly shop eshop titles there (and you see coming soon titles too) which will be downloaded to your console automatically... all informations that are visible in the eshop of your console are visible on the nintendo website too...
@sevnlabs Thanks - I didn't know you could order stuff from the website and have it install automatically which is awesome!
Sadly (at least for the UK site) the Minecraft page simply says "This game is not available to purchase in Nintendo eShop yet" so there is no price listed.
@stylon Just checked it in the german store and got the same message... seems that I was wrong regarding coming soon titles... but as soon as the title is available you can buy them while being at work and then at home you can just pick up your switch and start playing (that is what I do )
Works for 3DS titles as well!
@Jeronan
Alright if they got worlds in there that aren't seed generated, that totally makes sense then.
@Pod
Seriously people. All the extra's are listed on the main product page.
Minecraft on Nintendo Switch includes six content packs in addition to the Super Mario Mash Up which delivers:
40 Super Mario themed skins including Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach, as well as troublemakers like Bowser, Wario and all seven Koopalings
Super Mario World itself! Professional Minecraft builders have remade the likeness of the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond, with Mario themed versions of the Overworld, The Nether and The End for you to explore.
So many Mario inspired surprises to discover, from islands shaped like Warp Pipes to towering sculptures of Nintendo's iconic characters. We've recreated villainous hideouts, too: like Bowser's Castle, Bowser's ship, and Boo's House.
Super Mario style textures, numerous Mario themed puzzles, dozens of character skins and music from Super Mario 64 to enjoy
@Slim1999 Not in the Australian eShop. It was in the coming soon section with the release date but the price was missing.
@Nico07 The price is exactly what I was expecting ($40 AUD), but you never know with the Australian eShop and I had forgotten how much I paid on Wii U and couldn't be bothered to check, so it's just nice to know for sure.
@Jeronan
To be completely fair, none of that would necessarily take up 400 additional megabyte though. In fact, I'm still a little surprised it does, so I'm still not in tune with the headline of the article.
@BenAV It's 249 NOK here, so about 29 USD.
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