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Minecraft has sold 144 million copies
- Thread starter Soony Xbone Uhh
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Game of an Industry. It prefigured the early access release model, it single-handedly popularized the crafting/survival sandbox genre, it is a global cultural phenomenon, it has outsold most decades old entire franchises in just 9 years. Minecraft Steve is Mario/Sonic/Pacman for the post-millenial generation. If there were a gaming Mt Rushmore his head would absolutely have to be on it by now.
Wonderful to see a game that encourages creativity to be this popular. It's also used for education too.
I want to see what this game is about, but I didn't liked the Android versiĂłn (fault of the phone more than the game) I want to try it out on an Xbox One X but I don't have Friends who play this game, since it seems that with more people is better
Microsoft on route to get that 10% that will make them win this generation.
Microsoft on route to get that 10% that will make them win this generation.
The monthly active users are the really eye boggling stat to me. 74 million different people playing it every month?
Jesus Christ, that's amazing. That's more than 30 franchises with more than 100 games together like FF, Zelda, DK, Kirby, Fifa, Assassin's Creed and many others. And Minecraft is only in it's first game. Impressive, really impressive feat.
I remember it had only sold around 20k copies when I bought it. I enjoyed the the game more before the Halloween update which added hunger, but then I suppose I haven't played it much since The End was added.
All of it minus the cut for PlayStation on 3 and 4 and the cut for the phones.
But PC / Xbox is 100% revenue for MS
God damn. I remember playing the in-browser-only alpha/beta version with friends way back in the day.
I know people thought MS overpaid for it, but I don't think you can put a price tag on purchasing an entire generation. When I was teaching fifth-graders Scratch a few years ago, nothing would distract them more than Minecraft-related stuff on the site.
I know people thought MS overpaid for it, but I don't think you can put a price tag on purchasing an entire generation. When I was teaching fifth-graders Scratch a few years ago, nothing would distract them more than Minecraft-related stuff on the site.
I wonder if we will ever see an actual Minecraft 2. It can't just be more of the same but then any drastic changes would be so risky given its mainstream popularity.
That is fucking crazy, it just keeps going and going.
Why would they, putting it out on every conceivable platform is far more profitable, notch made about 1,5 billion $ on the sale.
Why would they, putting it out on every conceivable platform is far more profitable, notch made about 1,5 billion $ on the sale.
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You know, I only briefly played it on the 360 when it came out.
I think about grabbing the Switch version every once in a while but then I'm not sure. I'm not creative at all and the survival aspect doesn't interest me that much
I think about grabbing the Switch version every once in a while but then I'm not sure. I'm not creative at all and the survival aspect doesn't interest me that much
Yeah it will pass tetris easily, the momentum it has will keep going for a good while.
Unbelievable numbers. That 2.5 billion looks like a steal now. Given merchandising and the like.
Yet I still haven't bought or played it.
Yet I still haven't bought or played it.
Yeah they earned that money back double or three times over by now.
I just bought this for IOS for my 3 year old kid, but more so because I wanted to see what it's about before I'd let him play it when he turns 4/5.
He was watching me fly around and basically copied me doing it. He now goes around the world on his own searching and 'petting' sheep/cows/pigs Only let him play once a week for 10 minutes, but I was amazed at how quick kids these day are able learn. I think that shows how well the game is designed
He was watching me fly around and basically copied me doing it. He now goes around the world on his own searching and 'petting' sheep/cows/pigs Only let him play once a week for 10 minutes, but I was amazed at how quick kids these day are able learn. I think that shows how well the game is designed
Insane numbers! The most impressive thing of all is that the IP is still not showing sings of slowing down.
Seems crazy to me that they kinda have a Minecraft 2 ace up their sleeve should they want to play it.
I'd love to dig out some old threads where people were laughing at the waste of money.
