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according to that he sold 230,441 copies which comes out to €2,292,887.95 euros. 1 euro = $1.36 USD so that comes out to $3,118,327.612 After all the fees a
by vaksel 16y ago
according to that he sold 230,441 copies which comes out to €2,292,887.95 euros.
1 euro = $1.36 USD
so that comes out to
$3,118,327.612
After all the fees and costs, that's 3 mil before taxes,
- bond 16y agoHe has sold 272,233 copies, making about $3.6million http://minecraft.net/stats.jsp http://minecraft.net/stats.jsp
- studer 16y agoHis company (Mojang Specifications) is a sole proprietorship, so the tax situation is interesting (i.e. most of it is taxed as personal income, and Sweden has a progressive tax system, and he has to pay insurance contributions as well). I can understand why he's scrambling to establish a real company :)
- barrkel 16y agoIndeed, a quick glance at online calculators indicates it's pretty horrific, i.e. that he'd be lucky to see more than 35% of gross, assuming that sole props get whacked for employer taxes too, which I'd expect to avoid a simple loophole.