It's been nearly a week since its release, and already Minecraft Xbox 360 edition has surpassed all previous Xbox Live Arcade sales, within its first 24 hours. Quite a feat, don't you think so?
The approval rating, although overall positive, is taking some hits from the lack of four-player splitscreen support on SDTVs, however. Apparently, many buyers of the game bought Minecraft on Xbox solely for the splitscreen purpose, of which their motivation was the four-player option, not the two-player option.
There are mayn sources that directly state that Minecraft can only be played on an HDTV in order to utilize four-player splitscreen, being only a short internet search away. If people would do their research on the game before buying it (impluse buying much?), they wouldn't be up at Microsoft's doors demanding refunds on their poor buying habits.
As another point, I would think that most people would own an HDTV of sorts by now, why would you play such a high-end, graphically demanding gaming console on anything less than HD? Even so, a 20" 720p monitor will only cost you around $200 at most, and the majority of the time, it'll be less than that (go here- http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_size_browse-bin_mrr_0?rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A%21493964%2Cn%3A1266092011%2Cn%3A172659%2Cp_n_size_browse-bin%3A1232879011&bbn=172659&ie=UTF8&qid=1337007464&rnid=1232878011 if you want to challenge that claim)
If you have the money to buy the extra three controllers required ($120- ~$200), you really shouldn't have that much of a problem buying an HDTV, then.
Also, PLEASE do some research on your purchase before buying something...it goes without saying that if you spend money, you should enjoy your purchase.
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