{"id":298718,"date":"2025-03-24T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351558"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:05:15","slug":"in-minecraft-they-are-clear-they-are-not-going-to-switch-to-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/in-minecraft-they-are-clear-they-are-not-going-to-switch-to-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"In Minecraft they are clear: they are not going to switch to free-to-play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minecraft has maintained its status as the best-selling video game of all time and, surprisingly, its popularity continues to rise in 2025. <strong>As numerous leading games in the industry adopt free-to-play models, such as Fortnite or Roblox, Mojang decides to stick with its one-time payment approach,<\/strong> arguing that the essence of the game does not align with more contemporary monetization systems.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does not fit with what they want to do with the game<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ingela Garneij, producer at Mojang, stated in a recent interview with IGN that &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t fit with the way we build the game.&#8221; <strong>She emphasized that Minecraft&#8217;s business model focuses on the initial sale, which she considers &#8220;the best deal in the world.&#8221;<\/strong> This decision reflects a commitment to preserving the values and culture that have made Minecraft a global phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agnes Larsson, director of Minecraft, also shared her perspective in the same interview, emphasizing that the payment structure is an intrinsic part of what defines Minecraft. &#8220;<strong>It is an aspect that strengthens the game,&#8221; she stated, reaffirming that her philosophy is based on providing a complete experience from the moment of purchase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Minecraft LIVE \u2013 March 2025: BIGGEST MOMENTS!\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mfgZNRRAbF8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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It doesn&#8217;t fit with what they want to do with the game Ingela Garneij, producer at Mojang, stated in a recent interview with IGN that &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t fit with the way we build the game.&#8221; She emphasized that the model [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":298719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[9686,1668,1094,9687,9688,1116,9689,9690,1108],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-298718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-agnes-larsson","tag-fortnite","tag-free-to-play","tag-ign","tag-ingela-garneij","tag-minecraft","tag-mojang","tag-pago-unico","tag-roblox","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308574,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298718\/revisions\/308574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298718"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=298718"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=298718"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=298718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}