Minecraft Information for Xbox 360

[Jawsh]

Here's some answers that were given about what minecraft will have when it's released and for future plannings:

Will Xbox players be able to modify the textures and skins of characters?
Right… this is one of the areas of development that we’re looking at in great detail. The easy answer is, at launch, no. But this is definitely something that Mojang, 4J Studios (the developer handling the conversion) and Microsoft are looking at, with a future in mind. Whatever we do will be a custom solution for Xbox, and will be for the Xbox version only. There are definitely some thoughts in that area.

Will Xbox players be able to download mods, and if so, how?
The easy answer is no, because it’s a closed system. But we’re aware of how important that mods are for Minecraft so… it’s going to be a tougher nut to crack. It would definitely be a nice thing to do. It’s something on the list of things to investigate. It might be for something further down the line. The priority we’re looking at things is in this order: skins, textures and then mods. That’s how we’ll tackle things.

How many people will be involved in a multiplayer session?
The game will support four-player local splitscreen and eight players over Xbox Live, and you can mix and match the splitscreen and online modes. Also, you can only play with people on your Friends List, so there’s no griefing from strangers.

Will the game support Achievements?
There are achievements obviously – and they’ll be very familiar to Minecraft players. I can’t talk about it yet though. There’s a reason for that… it’s a nice reason.

Will there be any interaction with the PC version?
Early on, there was a lot of chatter around that. Mojang, 4J and ourselves would all say that would be amazing. But the situation is, one version is significantly further ahead than the other version. If they were running in parallel it would potentially be viable, but on two different versions, it’s very difficult.

Will you be releasing any Avatar clothes so you can dress your character up as Steve?
Ah… you know… I don’t think I’ll get myself into to much trouble if I tell you that we are going to be looking at Avatar collections for Minecraft. I’m not going to say what it entails.

How about Kinect compatibility?
It won’t be for launch. We took on quite a task bringing this game to Xbox 360, and we didn’t want to break Minecraft. But it’s not off the menu.

Have you announced a price yet?
No, we’re not talking about price just now.


You can read it all here: Minecraft for Xbox: four-player splitscreen! Avatar collections! More! | Hookshot Inc.

[Whatsnew]

I know it will be great anyway!
I think a good price would be 1200msp just saying but cant wait!

[Kezonz]

Would be Better if it was F2P With Single Player and then You could purchase a Premium Version (Kind of like PC) to Change Skins and Have a Online Ability and stuff.

[Panther]

The cross-platform was something I doubted would be implemented. I don't like that you can only play with friends though, they should have made it so you can choose to allow or disallow guest players. I really hope they get textures working, I don't really mind skins or mods.

[Jawsh]

The cross-platform was something I doubted would be implemented. I don't like that you can only play with friends though, they should have made it so you can choose to allow or disallow guest players. I really hope they get textures working, I don't really mind skins or mods.

Yea, i think the allowing of guests would be a good idea as well.
Some people may not have any friends at all that play minecraft or will get it on xbox.

It'd benefit them and others by enjoying some new people coming into their world helping them build.