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Minecraft has sold 176 million copies worldwide (plus 200 million registered users in China.)
- Thread starter JINX
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Just absurd how much Minecraft has sold. Its funny to think about though. Before video games got super popular kids were growing up with Legos, and now kids are growing up with Minecraft, which is essentially Video Game legos lol
Nope. Especially with the education version. Lots of schools use it for team building exercises.
Sales:
176 million - mid of May 2019
154 million - end of September 2018
144 million - mid of January 2018
122 million - end of February 2017
MAU:
91 million - end of September 2018
74 million - mid of January 2018
55 million - end of February 2017
F2P China Version:
200 million - mid of May 2019
150 million - end of October 2018
100 million - mid of May 2018
176 million - mid of May 2019
154 million - end of September 2018
144 million - mid of January 2018
122 million - end of February 2017
MAU:
91 million - end of September 2018
74 million - mid of January 2018
55 million - end of February 2017
F2P China Version:
200 million - mid of May 2019
150 million - end of October 2018
100 million - mid of May 2018
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One of the best games ever made and it keeps getting better with free updates. Say what you will about the bedrock marketplace but you can avoid all that crap and stick with the base game and continually be surprised with that they add to the game.
Unlikely. The underground and cave systems are the next part of the game that need a huge overhaul. While the actual cavern generation has improved, theres been nothing new added to the underground in forever. Theres the stronghold for getting to the End, ravines, monster spawners, and abandoned mines, and thats it.
They did a pretty awesome job of making the ocean a cool ass place in previous years, and recently made Villages more interesting, so hopefully they are working on the core part of the game where you spend all your time mining now.
While I don't generally think Minecraft should take things from Terraria, being a different kind of game, I think making the underground deeper and having distinct layers similar to Terraria would add a lot.
So 54 million copies sold since Feb 2017. 54 million times $30 is $1.62 billion. They've nearly made their money back just in the last 2 years on just game sales alone. But they bought it in 2014 and make money on a bunch of licensing tie in stuff. Safe to say they are making a big profit on what seemed like a big investment at the time.
This is fucking insane. Although if they keep producing amazing updates like 1.13 and 1.14 then these numbers will continue to rise.
Minecraft is a timeless and perhaps the most open and "free" game ever created.
Honestly, the more kids get born and the more platforms its on, it will only keep going. Games a monster
This. The "mining" part of the game needs to be improved greatly. Underground biomes, new ores, recipes, items, etc. We got ravines and abandoned mineshafts like 7+ years ago, and then they added diorite, andesite, and granite around 4 years ago. And that's it.
Underground needs a huge overall.
$30 is to high as ASP
The mobile Version is still quite cheap.
Thanks for quoting. Otherwise I wouldn't recognize my March May typo.
In the meantime Minecraft is at #2 top paid on the US Xbox store.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-paid/games/xbox
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-paid/games/xbox
Shocking number!
I bought this originally in Alpha way back at the beginning.
Then I bought On:
IOS
PS4
XBO
PC again
3DS
Switch
Telltale full series
Lol! If there are more crazies like me then I can see how it got to such massive numbers.
They deserve the sales! I was in my early 30s when I started playing so I was an adult and the game is just pure magic. It's infinitely replayable and only limited by your imagination. I still play it to this day, on both my Switch and Xbox One X. Can't wait to see where it goes in the future :)
P.S. It came from space lol
I bought this originally in Alpha way back at the beginning.
Then I bought On:
IOS
PS4
XBO
PC again
3DS
Switch
Telltale full series
Lol! If there are more crazies like me then I can see how it got to such massive numbers.
They deserve the sales! I was in my early 30s when I started playing so I was an adult and the game is just pure magic. It's infinitely replayable and only limited by your imagination. I still play it to this day, on both my Switch and Xbox One X. Can't wait to see where it goes in the future :)
P.S. It came from space lol
What?! o.O
Is it on sale, the Game Pass effect? That just seems bonkers.