{"id":169,"date":"2015-08-26T11:49:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T16:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2015-08-26T11:49:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T16:49:19","slug":"microsoft-testing-nfc-figure-waters-with-minecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Testing NFC Figure Waters With Minecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/minecraft.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170\" src=\"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/minecraft.jpg\" alt=\"Nothing Like NFC Chips to make everything better\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>After carefully watching the NFC chip embedded figure scene for several\u00a0years, Microsoft feels confident they have what it takes to do it themselves. &#8220;We were interested after Skylanders and Disney Infinity, but when Nintendo released its Amiibo series we knew we had to get in on that action ourselves,&#8221; Microsoft XBox division head Phil Spencer said.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When asked what it has in mind for its first foray into the arena, Phil was quick to respond, &#8220;We bought Minecraft and will be using that heavily. It has not just a large audience but also a highly valuable toy line. With that we can bilk fans for all their worth and make back our 2 billion dollars in no time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for specifics, Microsoft plans on replacing its current DLC system for console Minecraft with figurine purchases. If you want a new skin or texture pack, you will have to buy the figurine that goes along with it. &#8220;Once we prove the gullibility of players\u00a0using Minecraft, we hope to expand this program to all our games.&#8221; Phil gloated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After carefully watching the NFC chip embedded figure scene for several\u00a0years, Microsoft feels confident they have what it takes to do it themselves. &#8220;We were interested after Skylanders and Disney Infinity, but when Nintendo released its Amiibo series we knew we had to get in on that action ourselves,&#8221; Microsoft XBox division head Phil Spencer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/?p=169\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30,31],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leaks","tag-microsoft","tag-minecraft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustyoutlook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}