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Minecraft Has Now Sold Over 25 Million Copies on PC and Mac (neowin.net)

Posted by msmash on from the gaining-traction dept.

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.

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  1. MS Nutty aquisitions by avandesande · · Score: 1, Interesting

    at 2.5billion that's 100$ per copy of minecraft sold

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    1. Re:MS Nutty aquisitions by sunking2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Add in consoles, cell phones, extra skins and other dlc. And then merchandising. They are cleaning house with that acquisition. Not to mention they bought it oversees so paid for it with money that they couldn't bring back to shareholders without being taxed anyway. Whoever landed that deal deserved every stock option they gave him.

  2. FTB Infinity by nevermore94 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I am a long time gamer, but I just could never get into stock Minecraft nor could I understand how many people would be so interested in it. Then, a coworker talked me into trying his modded Minecraft: Feed The Beast: Infinity server and it literally opened up whole new worlds and I am currently a daily addicted player.
    So, my advice is if you grew bored with the original, seek out some modded servers. It can really be so much more entertaining with the right mods.
    https://ftbwiki.org/Feed_The_B...

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