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Minecraft Has Now Sold Over 25 Million Copies on PC and Mac (neowin.net)
An anonymous reader shares a Neowin article: Minecraft is a 3D video game created by Markus Persson, and published on PC by Mojang back in 2011. Ever since its release, it's been very popular and has become a global phenomenon. Received positively by reviewers and consumers alike, it has been a commercial success. In fact, its continuing popularity prompted Microsoft to buy Mojang for $2.5 billion in 2014. It so happens that the game has sold over 25 million copies on PC and Mac to-date. According to the latest statistics publicly available on Mojang's website, Minecraft has sold 25,072,545 copies on PC and Mac.
I played Mario when I was young and I played Minecraft. Actually I have played thousands of hours both. Minecraft is far superior, but not because of Mojang and only because it is written in Java. Here are reasons why Minecraft is so good:
- It is multiplayer
- It is a sandbox game, giving you a lot of freedom.
- It is educational game. it teaches you that iron is mined under ground and sand is used to make glass. You can also learn math with it. My kids already know that half a stack is 32 items.
- It is not a violent game, sort of.
- Other games are just so bad that this one stands out. Sure there are fun and good games, but you usually get bored with them within a week.
- It has 3rd party hosted servers where you can play castle siege, hide&seek, paintball war, CS, etc. (created by 3rd party groups). These give you weeks of extra "oh, new game" time.
- It has mods and modpacks, Mojang has not helped (much) creating these, but because the game is written in Java, it was possible for others to make these. These mods add huge value to the game, In normal game you have shovel and sword, cats and dogs. With mods you got magic and machines, giraffes and dinosaurs and a lot of other new stuff like gas explosions and metallurgy. These give you months of "oh, I wonder what this does" time with the game. After playing several mod packs, I have to say that the original game is really boring, even I liked when I first played with it. THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY MINECRAFT IS SO GOOD.
- It is multiplatform (Again, this was easy because it is written in Java)
For those who have Minecraft and they have not tried modpacks, I recommend you to install AT launcher: https://www.atlauncher.com/ and trying skyfactory 2. If you are anything like me, after playing the Skyfactory, you will understand why these modpacks are what makes Minecraft a good game. Those who are new to minecraft, I recommend you to play the normal game until you get bored before moving to modpacks, because the learning curve would be way too big.