PewDiePie reveals why he originally \u201crefused\u201d to make Minecraft videos PewDiePie, YouTube \/ MojangYouTube king Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg reins as the most subscribed independent creator on the platform, following his long-lasting battle with Bollywood label T-Series: but now, the Swede has started to focus on popular sandbox game Minecraft, rather than keeping his top spot on the site. While PewDiePie\u2019s popular shows like \u201cLWIAY\u201d and \u201cPew News\u201d were once a hit with fans, he\u2019s since stepped away from the format to bring his channel back to its origins in gaming, taking a deep dive into Minecraft with increasingly positive results. However, it wasn\u2019t always so: in fact, PewDiePie claimed that he had once \u201crefused\u201d to play the game early in his career, as told during a \u201cMeme Review\u201d episode on July 25. 600https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Byz9bs_gwzb\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkAccording to Kjellberg, Minecraft\u2019s initial explosive boom was akin to the likes of Fortnite\u2019s current popularity, which made content using the game appear disingenuous to the YouTuber at the time. \u201cMinecraft became so explosively popular,\u201d PewDiePie explained. \u201cAnd everyone would just play it. It felt like people were playing it just because it was popular, and not because they were actually [having fun] doing it.\u201d (Timestamp: 5:25 for mobile viewers) Kjellberg likewise claimed that he didn\u2019t want to fall off after becoming a channel dedicated exclusively to Minecraft content, claiming that if he gets bored of the title, he can just \u201cmove on to something else.\u201d Despite his original distaste for the title, PewDiePie has effectively become a \u201cMinecraft YouTuber,\u201d putting so much time into the game that he claims he \u201cdoesn\u2019t care\u201d about internet drama like Twitch streamer Alinity Divine\u2019s cat-tossing scandal. \u201cI haven\u2019t paid attention to what anyone\u2019s doing,\u201d PewDiePie continued. \u201cIt\u2019s so goddamn liberating. Alinity threw a cat? Okay, great, I don\u2019t care!\u201d PewDiePie\u2019s Minecraft binge has even helped him reach another major milestone on YouTube, skyrocketing him to 98 million subscribers \u2013 just two million away from his previously coveted 100 million subscriber mark. While Kjellberg has since put his feud with T-Series to bed, it doesn\u2019t look like his road to 100 million is stopping anytime soon, with fans across the internet regularly tuning in to his Minecraft uploads despite his lack of internet controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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