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Minecraft has sold 144 million copies

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Up from 122m as of end of February 2017.


This averages 2 million copies sold per month.
The game is still snowballing, as the previous average was 1.7 million per month.

MAU are up to 74m from 55m a year ago.



Platform release information:
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Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux : 18 November 2011
Android : 7 October 2011
iOS : 17 November 2011
Xbox 360 : 9 May 2012
Raspberry Pi : 11 February 2013
PlayStation 3 : 17 December 2013
PlayStation 4 : 4 September 2014
Xbox One : 5 September 2014
PlayStation Vita : 14 October 2014
Windows Phone : 10 December 2014
Windows 10 Edition : 29 July 2015
Wii U : 17 December 2015
Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV : 19 December 2016
Nintendo Switch : 11 May 2017
New Nintendo 3DS : 13 September 2017​
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Whew. I can see why though, playing this game with friends is one of the best possible gaming experiences.
 
King_Moc

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Wow, has to be the biggest selling individual game ever? Excluding free to download stuff.
 
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I know some people have predicted that Minecraft is dead because it doesn't chart at the top of NPD anymore but I think that's because almost everyone already owns it on every platform.
 
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22 million in a year is nuts. I am interested in how many of those are from the Switch. It's the only factor I can think of that might have accelerated the sales to this degree.
 
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God DAMN!

Minecraft will just keep selling, don't see what stops it as more and more people are introduced to it every day.

3DS and Switch were 2 new platforms last year right?
 

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wow... and I thought wii sports or Mario kart wii sales were impressive..

why ms is not keeping this xbox exclusive is a mystery. how much money did Markus Persson make?
 
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Rychu said:
I know some people have predicted that Minecraft is dead because it doesn't chart at the top of NPD anymore but I think that's because almost everyone already owns it on every platform.
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It's because it's only a $20 game in a revenue based chart.

But make no mistake it's still selling huge amounts
 
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Zedark said:
22 million in a year is nuts. I am interested in how many of those are from the Switch. It's the only factor I can think of that might have accelerated the sales to this degree.
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Switch is probably a big part of it (along with the Xbox One X update and Better Together). I think they're going to run into a problem though where everyone owns the game on all platforms in a few years and they'll need to add new platforms to continue selling and growing Minecraft's userbase.
 

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Platform : Release date

Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux : 18 November 2011
Android : 7 October 2011
iOS : 17 November 2011
Xbox 360 : 9 May 2012
Raspberry Pi : 11 February 2013
PlayStation 3 : 17 December 2013
PlayStation 4 : 4 September 2014
Xbox One : 5 September 2014
PlayStation Vita : 14 October 2014
Windows Phone : 10 December 2014
Windows 10 Edition : 29 July 2015
Wii U : 17 December 2015
Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV : 19 December 2016
Nintendo Switch : 11 May 2017
New Nintendo 3DS : 13 September 2017
 
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Wonder how much more it'll do once the retail release is out on Switch. Feels like they've left a lot to sales on the table, though it is due to the update being delayed
 
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just bought a copy on ps4 last week, lol. I had been waiting YEARS for it to go on sale, but of course it never did so I just pulled the trigger. It's fun, but seemingly has fewer features that its 2d counterparts like Terraria, which is surprising.

Are of the skin packs worth it?
 
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I think i have bought the game 6 times.

Once on 360
Minecraft came with my Xbox One
Bought the $5 upgrade on Xbox One as i had the 360 version. Sold the disc version of Minecraft
Once on PS4
Bought the Pocket Edition for $1.50
Got the Windows 10 Edition for $2 from a user on the old forum
 
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One thing that's also of note is that the game is free to play in China right now and that version already has notably more than 20 million players.
 
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Manfred said:
Plateform : Release date

Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux : 18 November 2011
Android : 7 October 2011
iOS : 17 November 2011
Xbox 360 : 9 May 2012
Raspberry Pi : 11 February 2013
PlayStation 3 : 17 December 2013
PlayStation 4 : 4 September 2014
Xbox One : 5 September 2014
PlayStation Vita : 14 October 2014
Windows Phone : 10 December 2014
Windows 10 Edition : 29 July 2015
Wii U : 17 December 2015
Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV : 19 December 2016
Nintendo Switch : 11 May 2017
New Nintendo 3DS : 13 September 2017
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I steal this for the OP
 
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holy shit
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RellikSK

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My brother is a teacher and he said they are going to start using Minecraft as a educational tool at his school. It is going to carry on going up.
 
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Rychu said:
Switch is probably a big part of it (along with the Xbox One X update and Better Together). I think they're going to run into a problem though where everyone owns the game on all platforms in a few years and they'll need to add new platforms to continue selling and growing Minecraft's userbase.
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Eh, they'LL have dozens of million to sell to on Switch in the coming years, as well as to new PS4 and XB1 owners. Minecraft is GTAV on steroids: everyone is buying it on every platform, so it'll probably go on for a good while still. I wouldn't be surprised if Minecraft is going to outsell entire massive franchises like COD and Pokémon in the end.
 

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I remember playing the alpha versions but never went further. I can't believe how successful it's become. Even though Notch is a goof, he has made one hell of a milestone video game.
 
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The insane thing here besides the sales is 74 million active users per month.

74 fucking million per MONTH
 
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Zedark said:
Eh, they'LL have dozens of million to sell to on Switch in the coming years, as well as to new PS4 and XB1 owners. Minecraft is GTAV on steroids: everyone is buying it on every platform, so it'll probably go on for a good while still. I wouldn't be surprised if Minecraft is going to outsell entire massive franchises like COD and Pokémon in the end.
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I think we could eventually see a Minecraft 2 (when sales slow down for Minecraft) because Microsoft doesn't really tell Mojang to do anything except Minecraft and they have to make another game at some point right
 
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