Is it possible to get Minecraft for the PC?

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Pawnless Endgame

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I've been Youtubing Minecraft to see what the rave is. Seems to be a nice blend of Repton (digging earth for diamonds and avoiding monsters), The Sims (for the building element) and World of Warcraft (for the crafting and equipping of items). Graphics are quirky too, everything made to look like lego.

Anyway, Wikipedia seems to make out that distribution is electronic download only. So I hop over to www.minecraft.net , click buy now and see these 2 boxes as the available purchase options:

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Seems to only offer it as an Xbox download or as an iOS/Android app. So I'm curious as to how people are able to take in-game videos and upload to Youtube. Any lead into this or am I stuffed?
 
If you register (choose a good username because that'll be your in game name) the box on the left should change.

I've just logged in on my Minecraft account and it says "This account is
already premium. Thank you!" above the XBL banner.

It was originally PC only, I bought it back in the early Beta. Can't remember how much I paid for it though.

Edit: Ninja'd... twice xD
 
wedgie said:
I am extremely confused :confused:.

Of course you can buy the pc version, those are simply ads for the other versions.
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To be fair, it isn't exactly obvious on the website if you aren't logged in. They're definitely pushing the other versions over the PC version.
 
Thanks guys for the serious answers lol. My eyesight isn't great and couldn't find anything obvious, so that was why I asked :-) I will get myself registered and join the craze, as this looks right up my street.
 
Huw said:
To be fair, it isn't exactly obvious on the website if you aren't logged in. They're definitely pushing the other versions over the PC version.
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Don't know that I'd agree with that, Minecraft is synonymous with the pc, the other versions need some form of presence otherwise many won't even know they exist.
 
Monserrat said:
Thanks guys for the serious answers lol. My eyesight isn't great and couldn't find anything obvious, so that was why I asked :-) I will get myself registered and join the craze, as this looks right up my street.
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Never tried it myself but it seems fun. I will one day. Glad you adjusted your eyesight, enjoy :) I am to busy with The Old Republic and Enter The Matrix atm.
 
bakes0310 said:
Im thinking of getting minecraft later on. My brother loves it and i watch him play sometimes. Anyway this mod tekkit, i watched the trailer and from what i can tell is that it just has more different resources?
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its a collection of mods and adds hundreds of new items to the game.
its mostly about moving the game into an industrial era so you can create complex machines and factories rather than the game seeming almost caveman like. (btw you can even make computers and have them networked inside the game)

minecraft = plain old lego what you see is what you get
tekkit = technic lego giving you the pieces to make complex machines (you can even make nuclear reactors! )

theres some other mod packs you can choose from via tekkit launcher aswell like yogbox that turns minecraft into more of an rpg/exploration game kinda like skyrim.
 
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