It was a way to get people talking about the update. If you argue for your favourite, you're talking about it. The first one was a point when I think they wanted to show that the game was getting new content.
I wonder if sony would allow a company to include a JVM in a ps5 game. It seems like they wouldn't like it because it would probably be easier to exploit to jailbreak the console
There's an annual Minecraft event where they announce what's coming in the next update (among other stuff). In the past, players could vote during the event to choose which of three mobs (animals/creatures) would be added to the game. Now they've announced they're no longer doing that.
Previously, people could vote for a new mob each year. It was constantly made fun of because either the mobs people could vote for were so tepid they didn't care or they were all so interesting people were annoyed they couldn't all be added. Couple this with people claiming that the "worst" option was picked after each vote, and that the mob vote replaced what used to be a yearly "biome vote" (which was like the mob vote, but significantly bigger in scale and much more liked by the community), and the mob vote was never especially popular (though it did help the community feel engaged with the game to a greater degree).
I'm really gonna be interrsted what kinda new ideas will they try with this mob vote. Also it's interesting that they will do smaller feature windows, whatever are they planning I'm in it.
Not gonna lie I always felt like the mob vote hate was a little overdone. Like yeah, it's a marketing gimmick, that's how marketing works. Either pick one or don't.