Minecraft sells one million copies
Minecraft, the block-building game from Mojang Productions, has sold one million copies.
Persson announced the milestone on his personal blog, making no further comment other than 'exclamation mark'.
'It feels bizarre and amazing and huge, and I can’t stop talking about it,' Persson said earlier this week, as Minecraft approached the mark. 'One. Million. Copies. Sold. Wow!'
It's also worth bearing in mind that, not only is Minecraft a PC-exclusive indie game that's only just moved out of Alpha, but it also has no publisher attached to it and has had no retail release. That means, few overheads and no need for Persson to split the profits with anyone.
Minecraft was previously available for 10 Euros to those who bought it in Alpha phase, but the move to Beta has upped the price to 14 Euros as new features are added.
Minecraft drops players into randomly generated worlds made entirely of cubes. There are no goals per se, but players often focus on exploration, collaborative building in multiplayer and invention using some of the more advanced types of cube. We've seen everything from working computers to replicas of Minas Tirith crop up in the game.
Bit-Gamer is still divided on the issue of how fun Minecraft really is, however. There are those who love exploring it, then there's those who consider it a waste of time. Let us know who you agree with in the forums.
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Notch is Swedish, and he already was a millionaire.
It's no longer just big corporations that can successfully market a good idea. In many ways and specifically regarding games this hasn't been true since the "infancy" of computer gaming in the 80s.
Minecraft as such hasn't really wowed me, but I can certainly appreciate the effort and also its charms. I say Notch's success is welldeserved.
By the way, could've sworn I already posted this, but apparently not...
good post,
LET THE FLAME WARS BEGIN
£8.488 million if all the purchases to date have been at the 10 euro price.
I'm with ya. I'm happy for the guy but I think his game is crappy and I only think it sold so well because of some weird viral hype machine gone haywire, based on the frenzied buying of people who want to try whatever everyone else is talking about, not based on how good the game actually is.
Come on, part of it's success was it's ease of access. Anyone can get a feel for the beta in a browser!
It does not run on Xbox, PS3 etc so that makes it PC exclusive?
The clue is the fact that the article did not say 'Windows' exclusive. It said PC, which stands for Personal Computer regardless of what OS is installed.