章節 227: VR Game Development Principles

How popular was Minecraft in Chen Mo's previous world?

In a nutshell, it is the most successful indie game in terms of popularity and business bar none; it's the second most sold game in the world, exceeding 100 million copies, second only to Tetris.

Upon considering 2009, the year when Minecraft was released, there were already quite a few decent PC and console games, it was nothing short of a miracle to be able to achieve success like that.

Moreover, Minecraft could and was ported to PC, console, tablets and mobile.

There are some more numbers that could back up this incredible popularity.

In 2014, Mojang the studio responsible for Minecraft was purchased by Microsoft with 2.5 billion USD.

Minecraft had over 4.31 billion views on Youtube.

There were over ten million players joining the beta test, making it the most popular game in beat.

Ordnance Survey of Britain recreated the entire British Isle with twenty-two billion blocks.