And 62 million of those were in the last two-and-a-half years.
    • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
      12·
      1 year ago

      Minecraft is absolutely incredible, if you look at some popular SMPs like Hermitcraft or Scicraft it gives you an idea of what you can do with it. It is also flawed and could be improved in many ways, but it’s still under development and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. So there is still hope on that front.

  • mogul@lemmy.world
    24·
    1 year ago

    I read somewhere that Tetris has sold 520 million copies world wide.

    EDIT: I read the article and they make the distinction of Teris having sold 520 million copies but it’s a total of variations. Do they not consider Minecraft also has variants as well (Xbox One, Xbox 360, Bedrock, Java, Pocket Edition which are the “same” game but different)? All I know for sure is I bought like 7 or more copies of Minecraft so they better thank me lol.

    • ackzsel@kbin.social
      91·
      1 year ago

      And in Tetris’ case it’s about actually copies of a game. Not just some license to play under ever changing terms.

      • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m interested now if Minecraft ever had a physical copy. I did get a demo on disc with Maximum PC magazine back in like 2011-12 and then bought the full version online a few months later for around $9, still can’t believe I’m getting free major content updates in that same game

      • mogul@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Well a bunch are physical copies but they made the distinction of “mobile” versions as well (Gameboy physical version yes lol)

  • Nevrome@lemmy.ca
    92·
    1 year ago

    Good, and it deserves it. I bought multiple copies over the years and sunk way more than 3000h in this game. Congrats Mojang/Microsoft.

  • hactar42@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    Wonder how many are like my son who had it on the Xbox 360, then the PS4, then the Switch, and now on PC.

    • Rednax@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I still own a copy that Notch sold with the promise that you would get all futute updates and versions. I wonder on how many platforms I can get the game via that original purchase.