quick qn for game dev's ?

why was C# adopted for game dev ? compared to java given that they're both similar langauges which use a vm.

I do understand that C# has a better native interop story. than java.

and probably the only notable jvm based game was minecraft

For anyone interested, LibGDX[1] is a very nice open-source game engine for Java. It is cross-platform (mobile, PC/mac, web). Very popular and well maintained, too.

[1] https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx