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As video games develop more and more over the years, companies have been making them more and more realistic-looking. I can guess this is related to expectations, but am I the only one who doesn't care about graphics? We could be using the same processing power to store worlds that have as much exploration potential as the Earth itself if we weren't afraid to save on processing power by going back to 8-bit.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

TIL Minecraft is considered an Indie game. I thought it was a company one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Microsoft bought Mojang after a few years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ah, that's where the confusion comes from then.