Wargame: Airland Battle trailer details dynamic campaign
Halo 'Bootcamp' confirmed by Microsoft
Weekend PC download deals: Tomb Raider for $14
Game Dev Tycoon studio outlines future plans
Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced already has 350,000 words of new content
Minecraft is Making a Lot of Money
by Brian Leahy, Sep 28, 2010 5:30pm PDTMinecraft, that indie-game that people are making computers in, is making a lot of money for creator Markus "notch" Persson and his three co-workers. A page has been setup to track and visualize Minecraft registrations and sales taken from the official Minecraft site (via Joystiq).
The day following the unplanned free-to-play weekend brought on by server troubles, which took down the purchasing process, saw sales of 25,936 copies and 48,800 registrations. In the last week, the game has sold over 80,000 copies. At around $13 a copy, this amounts to around $1.1 million in the last seven days.
It doesn't hurt that Penny Arcade mentioned and created two comics about the game, as well. Congratulations on the success, Persson. Good luck with the company. I'm pretty sure Valve will buy it at some point.
Comments
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 17 replies.
Oh wait I reread your post...
You must be logged in to post.