Minecraft versus fortnight fortnight versus minecraft when Ford and I first started rising through the ranks of Internet
Popularity a lot of people were saying it was going to catch up with Minecraft after all
Fortnight in Minecraft were the only two building related action games on the market at the time and they were also hands down
Two of the biggest games on YouTube. However over a year later
Minecraft is still still up in the youtube search results and while 49 is starting to struggle a bit in the numbers Department
Minecraft is actually trending up. So why exactly is that what is up? Everybody chaos here
Welcome to chaos top tens. And today I want to dive into the main reasons why I think
Minecraft is starting to take over for tonight. The tides have shifted
be sure to let me know in the comments which game you prefer or if you're of the
Notion that you can like two games. That's that's crazy. Thought I know and let's get into this first things first
The age range let's talk about the target demographics now Minecraft and fortnight are obviously both very diverse games in terms of who they are
Targeting both games are played by just about everybody there's no denying that fortnight is targeting a largely
Well, they're they're targeting an audience that is largely kids and teenagers
however
Minecraft doesn't really have a target audience because everybody can find their fun with this game by not
specifically trying to appeal to a certain demographic
Minecraft manages to remain a more open game for all and it keeps people of all ages playing the game. Sure
There's a lot of kids that play Minecraft
But there also a lot of adults and obviously I know there are plenty of adults playing for not as well
But my point is once you get out of fortnight's target demo the numbers drop pretty quick
So, when's the last time you heard of 40 and 50 year olds playing fortnight?
Consistently how about reputation put simply epic games is kind of in hot water right now
well
they're always in hot water for something with the community ever since the push for the epic game store and all the
Extremely poorly received moves they've made their the company as a whole
Has been kind of in shambles and it shows in their products
The epic game store is a mess in fortnight is almost always in a bad state in terms of bugs glitches server stability
So on and so forth
It is pretty much made a name for it by being
unstable now compare that to Minecraft in Microsoft now Microsoft
Definitely isn't a perfect company and they've made plenty of horrible decisions in the past
They're also much more respectable and have a much longer legacy with it
They're all so much quicker to fix their products and keep them technically stable
So when you put epic games up against Microsoft in a battle of reputation
It's pretty clear who the winner is regardless of how you feel about the business decisions of either company number eight
Minecraft is not competitive. Well, there is a Minecraft Monday competitive thing
But that's more for fun now for and I tries to sell itself as a casual game
But it's pretty clear to everyone on the planet that it's not actually casual anymore at all. Sure
The L teams can be casual and you can have creative mo. But the main modes of fortnight, they aren't casual
you've always got the ttv sweats who take any
Opportunity they can to show off and go for Twitter clips and that kind of stuff drives the less skilled players
Right away from the game
If you were to just compare the creative aspects of 49 in the creative aspects of minecraft
Minecraft would still be the clear winner because the game was designed with
Creativity in mind while fortnight was designed to be a battle royale game first in a creativity tool later down the line
They're very very different games
but if you're not a very competitive person for tonight isn't going to be the game for you and that is a big sign of
minecraft taking the lead
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Next up is stability now
I mentioned this a little bit earlier
But I want to go I want to do a deeper dive
For 9 is almost always in a buggy state or there's something wrong with the server's l teams get disabled the weapons and items get
Disabled there's bugs left and right you guys get the idea
You know what I'm talking about?
But what about minecraft think back on all the years of Minecraft how long it's been out and think to yourself
When was the last time you actually noticed a major bug in the game now?
I'm not saying it all that minecraft is flawless as a game in terms of technical performance
But what I am saying is that it's a lot more stable than fortnight
and that kind of stuff leaves an impression on people if you're looking for a fun creative game and you had one that felt very
Inconsistent and features kept getting turned on and off while the other one was always consistent
You would more than likely gravitate towards the second one at number six
minecraft isn't
pandering
People know when they're getting pandered and that's something fortnight is extremely guilty of and where you go
You see fortnight stuff for night toys closed dances
advertisements and it's all very
self-indulgent for tonight's culture and promotional material is very aggressive to someone who doesn't play the game and that's what you don't want when you're
Trying to bring people in think about it
If someone didn't know anything about Minecraft and they saw some of the promo material they would probably be somewhat interested
But if they didn't know anything about fortnight and they saw the promo material in the fan base surrounding it
It would probably kind of back off of it. They wouldn't want to try it out
That's the double-edged sword a fortnight's hike culture and it is a hype
Culture on one hand most of your fans love it and it makes them want to be part of it on the other hand it
makes the people who aren't part of that community kind of feel alienated and
Uninterested and I'm not saying in any form or fashion that minecraft doesn't promote either because they do
but I just I feel like for tonight's hype culture could keep people from wanting to come in and try and
number-5
microtransactions personally
I have no problem with for tonight's
Microtransactions and I think in the world of modern gaming most of us can agree that for tonight's business model is pretty solid
But it still doesn't change the fact that the microtransactions are very prominent
You've got character skins weapon skins emotes pickaxes sprays the battle paths so on so forth and they're all put on display
During gameplay now. Let's compare that to minecraft
microtransactions while not everyone likes minecraft system
I think we can agree that they're much less intrusive than fortnight's if you want to play Minecraft and not spend any money
There's a good chance. You'll never even be presented with the option to spend money
But if you want to play fortnight and not spend any money
It's pretty much impossible to not be advertised to constantly buy the game itself in people playing it
next up
Options. Yeah, it's a pretty obvious one. You have way more options when creating things in Minecraft
Like I said before
fortnight is a battle royale game with creative tools thrown in later while I
Definitely think that for tonight's creative mode is pretty awesome
It really really is and it's certainly one of the best on the market right now. If not the best. It's still nowhere near
Minecrafts level of zatia n-- and
options the things people making minecraft are
Incredible and some of those things you wouldn't actually believe unless you see them with your own eyes if you want to game about shooting
Things you obviously won't go to minecraft
But but if you want a creativity tool minecraft is still the best on the market by a landslide
Mods why the heck hasn't fortnight added mod yet. Honestly mods have a pretty massive impact on a game's lifespan
Just look at games like GTA 5 fallout 4 skyrim witcher 3 and many many more
These are all games that have a pretty limited shelf life on paper
But thanks to the PC community adding more material to them via mods
They've remained some of the most popular games on the platform to this day
The same can be said about Minecraft which has a massive
Modding community and there's seemingly new content being added via modding every single day
The mods people are made for minecraft are pretty incredible and they've added a ton of shelf life to the game plus
Since minecraft shelf life was already pretty infinite as it was the continued growth of the modding community
Will only keep going it's only gonna make it go. It's gonna make it go forever
Honestly fortnight fortnight would probably do themselves some justice by adding at mods
Number 2 more laid back gameplay. Now. This is obviously it's to each his own. You know, I mean if you like more laid-back,
Minecraft if you like the sweat fest fortnight or not is increasingly getting more difficult to play casually
In fact, some would even say that casual fortnight is totally dead at this point personally
I've got mixed feelings on this but that is for a different video
The point of me saying that there is a whole lot of people really like competitive multiplayer games
But the majority of gamers they don't there may be millions and millions of people playing for tonight
But there are way more people playing other games when you look at the best-selling games of all time
None of them are competitive multiplayer games and there is a reason for that
Despite how much competitive games are often promoted and advertised they make up a relatively small portion of the market
Compared to the casual games the single-player games and the creativity tools like minecraft roblox and gmod if you want to play a game competitively
Well, there are absolutely games for that like fortnight
But if you want to play a game that's more relaxing
For tonight's probably at the bottom of that list
and I mean it really is right now whereas minecraft is probably pretty close to the top for many people if
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Finally more laid-back promotion
I mentioned this briefly earlier, but I'm gonna bring it up again because it's very important
It is for tonight's promotion is very high energy
Colorful explosive loud and in-your-face to capitalize on the hype culture surrounding the game
It's working for them Minecrafts promotion on the other hand. Very laid-back
Just like the game now if you're an average person looking for a creative game
Which of these two would you gravitate to just off the promotion?
minecraft
because one thing that gamers hate is when they're being told that they should be excited about something minecraft takes the opposite approach and lets
you make your own excitement for a night will continue to capitalize on its hype culture as long as it can but you have to
Wonder what will it do when the hype culture runs out does Epic Games have a back-up plan
What's the roadmap look like? What's playing ABCD what would happen to fortnight if the high culture?
Disappeared and that is where Minecraft
Shines and longevity is remained on top of the world without any massive hype culture without telling players to get super excited
About updates. They just host the game get the word out about it and let the players have fun and do the talking themselves
So there you go. Those are 10 reasons why minecraft may be
Overtaking fortnight. It's been a battle for tonight. Obviously is dominated last year
But over the last couple months
Minecraft has made the push to get back on top
and once again once again
If we lived in the world where everybody can like all games and you don't have to pick well
That would be something wouldn't it?
But we like to put everything at versus everything. So I'll leave it to you guys. Do you like Minecraft more or fortnight?
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