Killzone: Mercenary shoots onto Vita on September 10
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Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault defending Vita next week
Game & Wario was originally going to be pre-installed on Wii U
The Last of Us digital download lets you start playing sooner
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Madden NFL 25's $99 'Anniversary Edition' includes Sunday Ticket
Final Fantasy 8 getting PC re-release (in Japan)
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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
Publishers like Valve should audition ideas and give people the resources to make their works come to life. They could even set it up as a stepped process with further funding available. As it stands right now game development is a chicken and the egg thing and publishers seem to be more enthralled on betting on someone who will make a shitty game then on someone with a good idea, but no name for themselves.
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