Consider the graphics in the ever popular Minecraft? How important are they to the gameplay and player experience?
With Minecraft, the creators thought more about the creativity and what the players can do to the world rather than adding in the high end graphics. Since the game is about creating things with blocks, adding in amazing looking graphics isn't what they were going for and isn't really needed in this type of game.
What other factors might be driving the success and popularity of this game title?
I think the game is doing well despite the graphics because of how creative you can get with the game. If you want to build it, you can. They have made the whole game completely editable. So they player can make it to how they want.
Would you come to the same conclusion about a title such as FIFA 2013 or F1 2013?
No, because Fifa and F1 want to make you feel like you’re actually there, in the seat of an F2 car driving through the cities or managing your favourite team as you switch from player to player. They focus on making the graphics as real as possible so that you can get the full effect of the game.
90's Games consoles
The first one to be made in the nineties was the Commodore 64 Games Systems
In 1993 the Amiga CD32 was released.
In 1995 the Nintendo Satellaview BS-X.
Then in 1996 the Nintendo 64 was released. A well known platform.
In 1998, the last console to be released in the 90's was the Sega Dreamcast.
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