Minecraft Becomes the First Video Game to Sell 300 Million Copies

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Is the popularity of Minecraft finally starting to dwindle? Not quite, it seems, as the official Minecraft site has confirmed that the sandbox game from Mojang Studios, which originally released over a decade ago in November 2011, has now gone on to sell over 300 million copies. This is a number that would effectively cement Minecraft as the best-selling video game title ever, beating Grand Theft Auto V and Tetris (EA Mobile), its closest competitors, by many, many millions, according to lists that can be found online. Markus Persson, Minecraft's creator, became a billionaire after Microsoft decided to buy Mojang for $2.5 billion in September 2014.

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[DrezKill]

Well that is very depressing. I also see Wii Sports and PUBG on that list. Ugh. I do not like this list.

 

[MadMummy76]

There need not be a better proof for popularity doesn't mean quality.