The total number of Minecraft sold exceeds 200 million, and the monthly number of players exceeds 126 million.



Xbox Wire, the official news blog of Microsoft's game division Xbox, said that Minecraft's cumulative sales exceeded 200 million as `` Minecraft is connecting more players than ever before '' Also, we have revealed a number of measures we are taking for users around the world who continue to wait at home due to the influence of the new coronavirus.

Minecraft: Connecting More Players Than Ever Before-Xbox Wire

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/05/18/minecraft-connecting-more-players-than-ever-before/

Minecraft still incredibly popular as sales top 200 million and 126 million play monthly-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262045/minecraft-sales-monthly-players-statistics-youtube

With the spread of the new coronavirus, it has been noticed that games like Minecraft help 'get out of everyday life' and 'cultivate social connections with friends and family.'

`` Like millions of parents around the world, I took on the challenge of balancing my child's work and home education full-time, '' said Helen Chiangmai of Mojang Studio, who is in charge of Minecraft development. This is our challenge, and to help us a little, Minecraft: Education Edition is free for educators to help children continue to participate in remote learning until the end of June 2020. We are proud to offer, and have launched the Minecraft Education Collection , where you can download educational content within Minecraft.By the end of June, we will be offering free content from our most popular Marketplace partners. The Education Collection has 50 million free educational content since it was launched on the Minecraft Marketplace on March 24th. More talks with the download have been ', has revealed how Mine craft in the period in which go out refrain from nonessential is required in the new corona virus measures have been taken any such measures.



Minecraft also announced that it has partnered with the

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to share the World Health Organization's (WHO) guidance on the prevention of new coronavirus infections. In partnership with Minecraft and UNDP, AKQA , an innovator, has released a free Block Down Simulator map in 'Minecraft: Java Edition'. This map is meant to teach players effective strategies for keeping social distance.



In addition, various new uses of Minecraft have appeared, such as attempts

to recreate a university that was closed due to the spread of the new coronavirus in Minecraft and attempts to open a graduation ceremony . Created by Lydia Winters of Mojang Studio, Blockeley University held a graduation ceremony for UC Berkeley students.




In addition, Mr. Chiang Mai also revealed that the cumulative sales volume of Minecraft has exceeded 200 million and that the monthly active users are over 126 million. Just one year ago, in May 2019, Minecraft sold more than 176 million units, making it the 'world's best-selling game.'

Minecraft's cumulative sales topped 176 million and became the `` world's best-selling game ''-GIGAZINE


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In addition, Microsoft plans to announce Minecraft Dungeons for the Xbox Game Pass and multiple platforms on May 26, 2020.



Also, to celebrate Minecraft's birthday on May 17, we changed the studio name of Mojang, who is involved in the development of Minecraft, to 'Mojang Studio' and announced a new logo.

Mojang Studios: New Name, Logo, and Trailer!-YouTube


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