mccNov 17
I'm using Windows 10 rather than Windows 11 because I imagine if I use the outdated version I'll get only security updates and I'll be less likely to get hit with Microsoft project tying. And yet when i click the start menu i see
Show threadmccNov 17
Someone at Microsoft like… hmm you know what isn't popular enough… Minecraft… we gotta juice the numbers somehow
Show threaddreid
@mcc someone had an OKR and wants a promo.
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Show threadGlyphNov 18
@dreid @mcc I strongly suspect the OKR being juiced here is Minecraft for Windows™️ not Minecraft per se (i.e. Bedrock Edition). which is vastly less popular than actual Minecraft (i.e. Java Edition) and in the middle of a medium-sized scandal about being so buggy that it’s useless
Show threadGlyphNov 18

@dreid @mcc

edit: oops, looks like they actually shipped this last year, and I have misunderstood some more recent bedrock/hardcore issue

like a big controversy at the moment is that they are working on (but have not yet shipped) Hardcore Mode for Bedrock, but it is *so common* to simply uncontrollably die due to widely-known and frequently bugs in Bedrock that players expect they won’t be able to ship it. it is commonly called “bugrock”, for obvious reasons. it’s … a very big mess

Show threadGlyphNov 18
@dreid @mcc also, https://www.reddit.com/r/BugrockMoment/
Show threadJason Petersen (he)Nov 18
@glyph @dreid @mcc that Bedrock is the default on all consoles and mobile devices means it’s at minimum vastly larger. Java is the niche edition that requires a PC to play, bugs or not.
Show threadGlyphNov 18
@jason @dreid @mcc I guess “popular” is misleading. people who play minecraft seriously (to wit: streamers, speedrunners, youtubers) overwhelmingly play java. bedrock has for sure sold more units and thanks to it being microtransactioned to death it is almost certainly responsible for waaay more ongoing revenue. prooobably bedrock has more MAUs but weirdly microsoft refuses to release any numbers on that, which seems suspicious to me
Show threadmccNov 18
@glyph @jason @dreid i bet their MAUs will shoot up if they count everyone who ran the uninstaller as "active"
Show threadcthos 🐱Nov 18
@mcc @glyph @jason @dreid congratulations, you are now the lead product manager.
Show threaddreidNov 18

@mcc @glyph @jason we call that one the U2.

> Songs of Innocence was made available to more than 500 million iTunes customers in 119 countries, for what Cook marketed as "the largest album release of all time".