The popular game Minecraft has surpassed 200 million cumulative sales in its 11th anniversary since its 2009 alpha release. Considering that it exceeded 100 million in 2016 and announced 176 million in 2019, the 10th anniversary, this means that it sold 24 million in one year.
In addition to sales, Minecraft has 126 million players per month. According to Microsoft, the number of players has increased significantly as they refrained from going out after the Corona 19 epidemic. In April, the number of new players increased by 25% and multiplayer increased by 40%.
In addition, free educational content was introduced until June based on Minecraft (Educational Edition) when schools are closed. In addition, among the most played games on YouTube in 2019, Minecraft overwhelmed 2nd place Fortnite 60.9 billion times with 102 billion replays. Minecraft is releasing Minecraft Dungeons, a spin-off on May 26th. Related information can be found here .