User blog:TheKimbler1/Three Reasons I Dislike the Upcoming Marketplace

Hi there everyone! As we await the release of Update 1.1, we anticipate the introduction of a controversial feature known as the Marketplace. The Marketplace will be an in-app store featuring maps, texture packs, and skins that can be purchased via Minecraft Coins. Minecraft Coins will be an in-app currency obtained with real money.

Ever since the Marketplace's announcement, the Minecraft community has had varying responses, especially in regards to the Minecraft Coins. As a Minecraft player myself,  I personally have negative feelings toward the Minecraft Coins. Below is a list of three problems.

'''1. Minecraft Coins can potentially cost more money.''' There will be options to purchase varying amounts of coins, and the costs will range from 2 to 10 American dollars. However, there is no evidence that a player can make a custom purchase. Thus, after Minecraft Coins are spent on a product, there will likely be some Coins left over, but not enough to buy another product. Let me give an example. (Note: The amounts used are for illustrative purposes and do not reflect any actual amounts!) Suppose you want to buy a texture pack that costs 8 coins. Your only two options are to purchase a stack of 5 coins or 10 coins. By necessity, you purchase 10 coins, and then buying the texture pack leaves you with 2. Two coins are not enough to buy anything else, so you have to make a second purchase of coins, and therefore spend extra money. Even though the left-over coins would slowly accumulate to a valuable amount, this is very likely to cost extra money in the long run.

'''2. It's flat out inconvenient.''' Honestly, why bother with Minecraft Coins? Because they're cool? Because they're a special currency? They have no real function, and they are directly parallel to real money. They simply add an uneccessary, annoying step to what would otherwise be a simple, quick purchase.

'''3. There is no practical or interesting way to obtain coins besides real money.''' If this third point were false, the first two points would be void. If Minecraft Coins could be obtained by performing or completing certain actions in the game itself (while purchasing larger amounts via real money could still be an option), they would add a whole new aspect to the Minecraft experience. But nope, they just have to be purchased with real money. Booooring!

So those are three problems that I have with Minecraft Coins. Obviously, if Coins could be obtained by certain in-game actions, the three issues I described would no longer be problems. Do you share the same opinions as I do? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!