Minecraft Earth is gone, but Minecraft can still learn from it.
Minecraft is too big to fail at this point, and sees massive success on every platform it touches, be it Xbox, PlayStation, PC, Switch, or mobile devices like Android and iOS. However, this doesn`t hold true for Minecraft`s newly emerging spin-offs, which still have to battle to hold their own in established genres.
This battle is now coming to a close for Minecraft Earth. It was a quirky Pokemon Go-like mobile AR title, but it was announced early this year that Minecraft Earth is officially closing down in June 2021 with a final update that abandons all pretense of hope.
Minecraft Earth`s failure can be attributed to many factors (not just the pandemic, as was implied by Minecraft Earth`s closing announcement), but that doesn`t mean the behemoth that is vanilla Minecraft can`t learn a thing or two from its failing little cousin. Here are three things that Minecraft could foreseeably borrow from Minecraft Earth, and a...
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