How long will minecraft last?


I was watching a podcast when this subject came up, "how long will minecraft last"? This may or may not have came up in a conversation you have had with your friends at anytime but it really hit me at that moment that question came up. Minecraft has been around for a long time now, I'm seeing minecraft toys in shops now, it's amazing it really is, but it all has to come to an end eventually, right? Of course with the addition of mods in minecraft which can transform the game into practically anything you want whether you want to be a knight, mage or archer in an old medieval world, or captain of a ship... what the heck an airship even patrolling the skies from practically any enemy your heart desires, or one step further minecraft in space, right? The possiblities are endless in the sandbox game we call minecraft, so what will change? What will make you decide one day that you've had enough of minecraft? Will it be another game? I heard "everquest landmark" will be the next minecraft and honestly it looks really good and I will play it in the future, but I don't think it will replace minecraft, if anything it may potentially draw more people into thebuilding aspect of the game which in turn may actually draw more fans to minecraft, who knows? The future is uncertain.


I look around at other games to get an idea of how long some have stayed in the spotlight, the stand out one for me was world of warcraft which is still going strong at 10 years old, not to mention the first warcraft game was released in 1994 so the franchise itself is 20 years old!! So let's look at this and think to ourselves can minecraft last 10/20 years? Or better yet ask yourself, will YOU be playing minecraft in 10 to 20 years time? I would really love to hear your answers because I am honestly curious.