Minecraft PC has 100 million users, 14.3 million copies sold

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Mojang founder Markus "Notch" Persson has announced that the PC version of Minecraft has racked up 100 million registered users.

That is the number of people who have created free Minecraft accounts - a required step in downloading the Minecraft demo from the official Mojang site.

Persson has also announced that the game has achieved a "14.3% conversion rate to paid accounts", meaning around 14.3 million of those registered users went on to purchase the full game.

Mojang had announced the game had sold 13 million copies at the end of December 2013, and 14 million copies by February 3, suggesting a still significant rate of sales for the game released in November 2011.

The company also recently announced sales of 10 million copies of the Xbox 360 version and one million copies of the PlayStation 3 version, the latter having hit the million milestone after only five weeks on sale.

Plans for Xbox One, PS4 and Vita versions of Minecraft were announced in August 2013.

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AcroPosted:

Minecraft is a pretty good game and it does not require much to run so lots of people have been able to play.

ValorPosted:

Kex
DJSLobbies A simple game which is actually amazing to play, it has gone so far


Yeah, it's too confusing now. Especially some of the mods for it like Nuclear Reactors and stuff.
I wan't them to add more animals in it like Lions.


Yeah it has changed a lot, so many different combos.

MawderzPosted:

DJSLobbies A simple game which is actually amazing to play, it has gone so far


Yeah, it's too confusing now. Especially some of the mods for it like Nuclear Reactors and stuff.
I wan't them to add more animals in it like Lions.

YopPosted:

Minecraft became popular incredibly fast!

RGHSignedPosted:

DJSLobbies A simple game which is actually amazing to play, it has gone so far


I know right? Making bank on something that wasn't really supposed to get much attention.

-DanPosted:

A simple game which is actually amazing to play, it has gone so far

BapPosted:

Absolutely stunning to see where the game has gone, who would have thought a simple java indie game would revolutionize the indie genre?

DissPosted:

Sanctorum Wow. That's a huge amount of users. There are around 1500 pupils in my school and I know of at least 100 who play MC on PC so it is a VERY common game.


It's because it appeals to a lot of different types of people. It isn't subjective to just one type of player but many different types.

21Posted:

Wow. That's a huge amount of users. There are around 1500 pupils in my school and I know of at least 100 who play MC on PC so it is a VERY common game.

slapshot101Posted:

Its crazy how many users that is but 14.3% is not a very high conversion to paid users rate. It is a huge accomplishment however and I am sure the base will just grow bigger and bigger each year.


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