The annual revenue and monthly active player count for Xbox Game Studios and Mojang Studios' popular sandbox game, Minecraft, has been revealed.
It's already well-known that the popular sandbox game is a huge success with the masses, though, just how many active players it has and how much revenue it makes has been an unknown quantity up until now. According to
Since Minecraft is one of the rare birds that you buy once and own forever (I paid $20 in 2011 while it was still in alpha beta, and I’ve been playing on that $20 ever since), it’s outstanding that profits are still trending upwards.
Mojang could have moved to a subscription model, but they didn’t. They could have stopped work on Minecraft years ago and charged $80 for Minecraft 2, but they didn’t. Let us count our blessings.
Since Minecraft is one of the rare birds that you buy once and own forever (I paid $20 in 2011 while it was still in
alphabeta, and I’ve been playing on that $20 ever since), it’s outstanding that profits are still trending upwards.Mojang could have moved to a subscription model, but they didn’t. They could have stopped work on Minecraft years ago and charged $80 for Minecraft 2, but they didn’t. Let us count our blessings.