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Why is minecraft a popular game?
I guess if you have been in the VPS world for more than a few days, you must have seen the word "Minecraft", in fact, it is difficult for me, who frequently come over to LET and WHT, not to see Minecraft for not a single day.
I am not a gamer, but I have seen a few youtube videos about the game. However, does anybody care to explain to me why it is so wildly popular these days? I mean, there are other good games too (used to play COD and before that, CS and I know you could have a game server for those) but why they are much less discussed compare to Minecraft?
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I have no idea. It looks like the dumbest game ever made. Play it, you still won't know why it's good, nor will you be able to stop.
Hey whatever brings in the money
@jarland: LOL, I won't go that extreme but I am really curious about it. Or is it because it is just so easy to set up the server that anyone could pay 10 bucks a month to buy a VPS and set up a Minecraft server to make some quick cash?
@PytoHost: that is exactly where I failed to understand: HOW?
Not sure, I don't play it just host it. It makes my computer run to hot
But I think people like it because you can do almost anything in it via mods. It has a HUGE community which really helps too.
This. And since it's summer, I'm sure sales will increase
Yup you know exactly what im talkin about :P My sales have actually risen drastically in the past 2-3 weeks. I would say due to summer. I wish it was always summer then!
Garry's Mod?
You can do a whole lot more in it than Minecraft.
You can do a whole lot more in it than Minecraft.
idk ive never plaid that game before. I just know that MC has a huge community I would say one of the largest and people love it for some reason.
Never played it, never will. I don't get the appeal either, I've seen grown man that's obsessed with Minecraft, and I simply don't get why. :S
@PytoHost: LOL, but then we have fans for Britney Spears...that explained a lot
It has a tiny client, it's cheap, and it's fun. Those are the main reasons.
It is horribly written though. It is starting to get better but just a bad language.
That it is.
Me too as curious as the OP about Minecraft.
Any good pointers to writeup on how to setup a minecraft server for making money?
This generations version of Lego's?
Ever played with Legos?
That's why.
Legos with zombies, more blocks, mindstorms-esque components (redstone!), and more. There's a massive community around it, and it's extremely addictive.
You can't understand the addictive nature of Minecraft until you really start playing it. Once you do, you're hooked : P
Couldn't one ask this question about any game?
Why is CoD popular? Why is Halo popular? Yada yada yada.
Haters gonna hate.
Why is CoD popular? Why is Halo popular? Yada yada yada.
Haters gonna hate.
But it's easy to understand why people like those games.
-Good story/plots
-Better graphics
-Guns(Need I say more?)
All I know is Minecraft creator is making BANK, believe I read he makes likes a 100k a week or a month, can't remember, either way that guy never has to work again
Compare this:
to this:
Man way more than that.... At least during his beta stages he was doing like a half mill - mill a day.
Francisco
The stats get actually published here. In the last 24 hours he has made ~250k€ o0
I'm in the wrong industry! Lol gees, that's some serious money.
Not even counting the sales on the Xbox
Considering that they sold 6 181 819 copies lets calculate:
Around 2mil before beta - 10$ each
Around 2mil at beta - 15$ each
Around 2mil retail - 20$ each
So lets put it together:
(2 000 000 * 10) + (2 000 000 * 15) + (2 000 000 * 20) = 90 000 000 USD or 71 965 456 EUR (exchange rate 08.06.12) which is taxed at ca. 30% in Sweden:
71 965 456 - 21 589 636 = 50 375 820EUR after tax
Now lets split this in months and deduct workforce and hosting costs (assumptions):
Minecraft is on sale since 06.2010 which are till now exactly 24 months:
50 375 820 / 24 = 2 098 992EUR monthly
Now we deduct 3 employees at an average salary for a computer programmer in Sweden + 10%: 42240 SEK or 4734EUR:
2 098 992 - (4734 * 3) = 2 084 790EUR
Deduct Notchs salary, i guess a flat 10k:
2 074 790EUR
Now assume the hosting costs at 5000EUR straight (which is likely too high):
2 074 790 - 5000 = 2 069 790EUR
Office, Travel to conventions etc etc, again 10k EUR per month:
2 069 790 - 10000 = 2 059 790EUR
This is a profit of 2 059 790EUR per month after tax - or 67 534,0984 per Day - or 2813,92077 per hour - or 46,8986795 per minute - or 0,781644658EUR per second
Of course most of that are assumptions i also did not deduct Swedish VAT which cuts it by another 25% (on around 10% of the sales by guess, since most is likely non-EU) and payment gateway fees etc.
But it likely is a safe guess that they make a profit of over 1,5mil EUR / month.
Fun calculations:
If they have 25mil on the bank at an average 3% the profit from this alone is yearly 750 000EUR or 62 500EUR before tax per month
To buy a new Porsche valued at 100k EUR Mojang has to work 1,48Days
For a new house valued at 1mil EUR 15days
So yes, indeed very profitable
EDIT:
Ok, i'm dumb - after all this is Sweden and the yearly reports are public:
http://www.allabolag.se/5568192388/bokslut
http://www.allabolag.se/5568192388/Mojang_AB
Shows an income of 61,7 Mil Euro in 2011 and a profit of 5,3 Mil Euro after all costs
Minecon was actually a loss, according to Mojang
btw @Will: The prices for Minecraft are in €, not in $
Really?
I'm fairly sure i paid in USD