Minecraft still incredibly popular as sales top 200 million and 126 million play monthly

Minecraft sales have officially topped 200 million, with 126 million people playing the game monthly. Microsoft is detailing the latest sales figures just as Mojang Studios celebrates 11 years since the first Minecraft alpha build was originally released.

Microsoft has also seen a big increase in Minecraft usage during the pandemic. Minecraft saw a 25 percent increase in new players last month and a 40 percent spike in multiplayer sessions.

[Spurg]

50 million copies at the time MS bought them and now it's at 200 million. Impressive

[Jin_Sakai]

As if the game wouldn’t continue to be popular and sell without Microsoft purchasing them.

[Obscure_Observer]

Well, it´s a EPIC sucess under MS and it´s all that really matters. ;)

[Spurg]

It would have not been as successful as it is now.

[Atom666]

Tell that to the detractors who tried to say that MS bought it after its peak.

For an even better time, check out some of the poor takes in old articles about the purchase from this site:

https://n4g.com/news/158578...

[Kiwi66]

You can't even give them any credit can you

[coolbeans]

Nobody argued otherwise. What WAS argued at the time was whether MS' acquisition was a good purchase. Do you have an answer for that in hindsight?

[AngelicIceDiamond]

4Show "I get the feeling that if in 1 year micro created 5 studio's from the ground up and bought out 1 you guys would still complain."

He said that all the way back in 14 and he was right ppl are still complaining. I need his crystal ball.

[EasilyTheBest]

Atom666. Thanks for taking the time to put up that old N4G post, it's a brilliant read.
How wrong can some ppl get it..

[danny818]

People swore MS was gonna kill off the IP tho

[DJStotty]

@Jin_Sakai

You would say the same comment if it was Sony that owned them.

[Obscure_Observer]

"50 million copies at the time MS bought them and now it's at 200 million. Impressive"

Most impressive indeed.

More money to fund new first party studios, big name industry talents, games and IPs. :)

[TeamIcoFan]

I certainly hope so.
No more kinect shit!

[Nasdac]

Still this studio is clearly Multiplatform because the Brand name of Minecraft is way more powerful than Xbox. It is under MS but with the power to do anything they want and publish anywhere they want, if that wasn't the case, Minecraft never reach the unreachable.
The scale of sales over platforms..
PC > PS4 > Switch > Xbox

[DJStotty]

@TeamIcoFan

Seriously doubt we will see anything kinect related seeing as the device was discontinued years ago.

[DJStotty]

@Nasdac

Just imagine if they created a Minecraft 2 only on xbox/pc, how many kids/adults would jump platforms?

[i3eyond the Circle]

They can play their cards right having the only DXR console on shelves. It’d absolutely be stupid to not bust the vast casual majorities ray tracing cherry with showing that just alone and detailing Xbox is the only feasible place you’re playing Minecraft DXR.

It could snowball into a ridiculous amount of sales...yes Minecraft can do that.

[Atticus_finch]

Lol

[Kabaneri]

Looking forward to Minecraft Dungeons later this month.

[rlow1]

I don't think that's their is any get even close to this in terms of numbers. Alot of people said MS paid to much or were going to ruin it.......looks like the opposite came true.

[timotim]

Congrats Mojang, Microsoft and XGS...monster success.

[P_Bomb]

I have three copies. PS3, PS4, PC. Did my part.

[aragon]

Wow thats pretty good. Even though i thought it was a silly move for ms when they bought mojang. Guess it was a good.move

[Sgt_Slaughter]

This thing is available on the following:

PC, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Wii U, Switch, New 3DS, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Windows Phone

That averages out to around 13.333 Million copies per system (not even factoring the different PC versions) and I have to imagine people have bought this game multiple times on said systems. I would have been shocked if it didn't reach this amount.

[aragon]

But still people bought it. Im not a minecraft fan btw. Ugly looking lego graphics im just amazed it sold so much

[Looper]

That's a dumb thing to say. Just because it's available on all platforms doesn't mean it'll necessarily sell well.
You make it sound as though every single game that's available on a lot of platforms manages to sell like this. It's the best selling game of all time because it's a popular game first, not just because it's readily available.