PC / Mac version of Minecraft topped 20 million sales

Sandbox game boasting explosive popularity both in Japan and abroad "Minecraft(Mine Craft)"Finally broke through 20 million books by the number of software sales of PC / Mac version.

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https://minecraft.net/stats

Swedish game developer, NotchMarx · PerssonMine craft is the game that Mr. developed. Since it was born as an indies game in 2009 and received an explosive popularity too much, the developer Notch is for development and copyright management etc. of MinecraftMojang ABI founded a company called "a company."

You can tell how Minecraft was born and how it came to be a big hit by reading the following article.

What is the process that Minecraft achieved 30 million pieces sold from indie games? - GIGAZINE


After that, the release of Xbox 360 version (2012 actually released) is announced in 2011, and it will be Android version since thenMinecraft - Pocket Edition(2011), PlayStation 3 version (2013), PlayStation 4 version (2014), Xbox One version (2014), PlayStation Vita version (2014), and the current PC / Mac version Year) and various other versions are released one after another.

And in September 2014, Mojang AB, the developer of Minecraft, will be acquired by Microsoft.

Microsoft acquired "Minecraft" developer for 268 billion yen, what is the background? - GIGAZINE


After acquisition, Microsoft released its own development tool "Visual StudioMinecraft atMODEnhanced function "Minecraft Mod Developer Pack"Or distributing head-mounted display currently being developed by MicrosoftMicrosoft HoloLens supports MinecraftWe announced to do, actively and actively.


And the number of sales of the PC / Mac version displayed on the page "Statistics (Statistical Data)" on the official site of Mine Craft finally exceeded 20 million books. According to this page, at the stage of writing the article Minecraft sales reached 1,028,449, and the number sold in the last 24 hours was 16,81.


It is also clear that Minecraft sells the official original soundtrack as a CD.

[News] Ghostly To Issue C418's Beloved Minecraft Ost On Vinyl And Cd - Ghostly International
http://www.ghostly.com/news/2015/6/1013-NEWS-GHOSTLY-TO-ISSUE-C418S-BELOVED-MINECRAFT-OST-ON-VINYL-AND-CD


Premiere: This Minecraft Soundtrack Sampler Is Uplifting and Beautiful | Nerdist
http://nerdist.com/premiere-this-minecraft-soundtrack-sampler-is-uplifting-and-beautiful/

It was Mr. Daniel Rosenfelt C418 that composed the BGM of Minecraft, which revealed that Minecraft's original soundtrack will be released. The soundtrack is scheduled to be released on August 21 under the name "Minecraft Volume Alpha", and it seems that it will also sell LP version for 1000 sheets only. The case of LP version is designed by C418, it seems to be three-dimensional thing printed with 3D printer.

Since "Minecraft Volume Alpha" has already been downloaded and sold on the web, you can view the songs that will be recorded on the soundtrack from the following page.

Minecraft - Volume Alpha | C418


·bonus
In the main craft, in the gameWord processor with storage deviceIt is also possible to build up an ore called "Redstone" for this. A number of amazing devices made using such Redstone can be seen in the following movies.

Minecraft 50+ REDSTONE Creations Showcase - YouTube