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Minecraft surpasses 3 million sales

44 points by DanielRibeiro 15y ago

woodall 15y ago
I bought the game during alpha when it was 13.25$ USD. I'm quite happy with it at that price, but now that it's up to ~21.00 USD I can't say I'd purchase it again. I am constantly nagged with 'This is an unlicensed copy :( or logged in from a different location'; neither nor or true, I've got documentation. Keys stick all the time. It's gotten slower in the past updates. I bought the game because a) works in linux(my only battle station), b) ran fine at lower specs. Now I can't see dumping that much into it. If more work was done to make the game more adaptable/stable/patching exploits(remote code execution) than adding achievements/characters/ect I might reconsider... but I'm glad I got it when it was cheap.
- Pinckney 15y ago
  Keys stick all the time. This is usually fixed by updating LWJGL to the latest version. See http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Update_LWJGL http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Update_LWJGL (Not that this justifies the bug in stock configuration).
- ugh 15y ago
  I think it’s kinda important to clarify that your issues are not at all common. Your experience is not the typical experience. There is something wrong somewhere with your copy of Minecraft. (Have you tried deleting it completely and re-installing it?)
  - woodall 15y ago
    I'm on my third copy. Might mention I'm using Ubuntu with the newest Java update as well. Nothing against them game, it's awesome, but the bugs bug me.
    - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
      I use minecraft on a ubuntu 10.04, with java version 1.6.0_25, and I don't have any such problem. Unless I use bad password or my connection gets into trouble. Then I can use the offline version, which outputs this message.
      - woodall 15y ago
        Guilty until proven innocent. I'd rather them not output this message at all. It's a bit discouraging as a paying customer to see this as I usually only play the game offline; due to my incredible slow Internet speed. It's one of the better "DRM"s, but could use work.
    - RyanMcGreal 15y ago
      My son plays it on my (admittedly underpowered) PC running Ubuntu 10.10, and it's rather crash-prone. I suspect it might be due to an issue with the graphics driver.
- nextparadigms 15y ago
  They DRM'ed the game? I thought they didn't mind piracy.
  - trobertson 15y ago
    Last I heard, that "you're a pirate :(" message was the entirety of the DRM. It will still let you play the game.
- curiousposter 15y ago
  I won't buy it unless perhaps performance increases. I tried it with the humble indie bundle and on both my computers with okay specs it was extremely laggy and noticeably slow. (i5 i5 m480 and an older e6300 oc'd) For a 16 bit game I just find it sad that it performs so badly. Tried in linux and windows on both machines (with 4gb ram each) and both did indeed experience the sticky keys.
joshfinnie 15y ago
This is great for the company, but I wonder if it is the best thing for the game. You have to remember that this is still in beta. Does any 1 game really need 3 million beta testers? I think you really start diluting comments that will help you advance the game and start caving to a mass of people looking for a complete game.
- beaumartinez 15y ago
  "Beta" is a very loosely-defined term. Gmail was in "beta" for years. All it really means is that it isn't the "final product".
  - joshfinnie 15y ago
    "Beta" for gmail was different. "Beta" for Minecraft means just that. The 1.8 update is suppose to completely change the direction of the game adding adventure and NPCs. My fear is this is because of the 3 million beta users and grand views of the masses.
    - ugh 15y ago
      Not really. Giving the game some sort of (optional) goal (i.e. actually turning Minecraft into a game) was always Notch’s plan. Nothing special about that.
      - joshfinnie 15y ago
        Right, showing how it's in beta. I guess my main point is that 3 million users might not be the best for a beta game. It might work in the end, but I think Minecraft might get bogged down with 3 million users making suggestions to a non-complete game.
        jerf 15y ago
        Why are you hypothesizing about how the way things currently are might be a problem, when they in fact visibly aren't a problem? What's your point?
bond 15y ago
Stats: http://www.minecraft.net/stats.jsp http://www.minecraft.net/stats.jsp Statistics 11447747 registered users, of which 3003640 (26.23%) have bought[*] the game. In the last 24 hours, 45219 people registered, and 10093 people bought the game.
weaksauce 15y ago
The quoted math is wrong, it's actually 6 million total and 210k per month so far.
- citricsquid 15y ago
  uh, what? I think your math is wrong. The game retails for 15 euros, that's 10,000 * 15 per day. The total revenue for the game is about 40 million euros.
  - weaksauce 15y ago
    yup you are right. I guess I slipped when I was typing in the calculator to check the figures. That's what I get for rushing to write a comment before eating. oh well thanks.

44 points by DanielRibeiro 15y ago

I bought the game during alpha when it was 13.25$ USD. I'm quite happy with it at that price, but now that it's up to ~21.00 USD I can't say I'd purchase it again. I am constantly nagged with 'This is an unlicensed copy :( or logged in from a different location'; neither nor or true, I've got documentation. Keys stick all the time. It's gotten slower in the past updates. I bought the game because a) works in linux(my only battle station), b) ran fine at lower specs. Now I can't see dumping that much into it. If more work was done to make the game more adaptable/stable/patching exploits(remote code execution) than adding achievements/characters/ect I might reconsider... but I'm glad I got it when it was cheap.

Pinckney 15y ago
Keys stick all the time. This is usually fixed by updating LWJGL to the latest version. See http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Update_LWJGL http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Update_LWJGL (Not that this justifies the bug in stock configuration).
ugh 15y ago
I think it’s kinda important to clarify that your issues are not at all common. Your experience is not the typical experience. There is something wrong somewhere with your copy of Minecraft. (Have you tried deleting it completely and re-installing it?)
- woodall 15y ago
  I'm on my third copy. Might mention I'm using Ubuntu with the newest Java update as well. Nothing against them game, it's awesome, but the bugs bug me.
  - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
    I use minecraft on a ubuntu 10.04, with java version 1.6.0_25, and I don't have any such problem. Unless I use bad password or my connection gets into trouble. Then I can use the offline version, which outputs this message.
    - woodall 15y ago
      Guilty until proven innocent. I'd rather them not output this message at all. It's a bit discouraging as a paying customer to see this as I usually only play the game offline; due to my incredible slow Internet speed. It's one of the better "DRM"s, but could use work.
  - RyanMcGreal 15y ago
    My son plays it on my (admittedly underpowered) PC running Ubuntu 10.10, and it's rather crash-prone. I suspect it might be due to an issue with the graphics driver.
nextparadigms 15y ago
They DRM'ed the game? I thought they didn't mind piracy.
- trobertson 15y ago
  Last I heard, that "you're a pirate :(" message was the entirety of the DRM. It will still let you play the game.
curiousposter 15y ago
I won't buy it unless perhaps performance increases. I tried it with the humble indie bundle and on both my computers with okay specs it was extremely laggy and noticeably slow. (i5 i5 m480 and an older e6300 oc'd) For a 16 bit game I just find it sad that it performs so badly. Tried in linux and windows on both machines (with 4gb ram each) and both did indeed experience the sticky keys.

joshfinnie 15y ago

This is great for the company, but I wonder if it is the best thing for the game. You have to remember that this is still in beta. Does any 1 game really need 3 million beta testers? I think you really start diluting comments that will help you advance the game and start caving to a mass of people looking for a complete game.

beaumartinez 15y ago
"Beta" is a very loosely-defined term. Gmail was in "beta" for years. All it really means is that it isn't the "final product".
- joshfinnie 15y ago
  "Beta" for gmail was different. "Beta" for Minecraft means just that. The 1.8 update is suppose to completely change the direction of the game adding adventure and NPCs. My fear is this is because of the 3 million beta users and grand views of the masses.
  - ugh 15y ago
    Not really. Giving the game some sort of (optional) goal (i.e. actually turning Minecraft into a game) was always Notch’s plan. Nothing special about that.
    - joshfinnie 15y ago
      Right, showing how it's in beta. I guess my main point is that 3 million users might not be the best for a beta game. It might work in the end, but I think Minecraft might get bogged down with 3 million users making suggestions to a non-complete game.
      - jerf 15y ago
        Why are you hypothesizing about how the way things currently are might be a problem, when they in fact visibly aren't a problem? What's your point?

bond 15y ago

Stats: http://www.minecraft.net/stats.jsp http://www.minecraft.net/stats.jsp Statistics 11447747 registered users, of which 3003640 (26.23%) have bought[*] the game. In the last 24 hours, 45219 people registered, and 10093 people bought the game.

weaksauce 15y ago

The quoted math is wrong, it's actually 6 million total and 210k per month so far.

citricsquid 15y ago
uh, what? I think your math is wrong. The game retails for 15 euros, that's 10,000 * 15 per day. The total revenue for the game is about 40 million euros.
- weaksauce 15y ago
  yup you are right. I guess I slipped when I was typing in the calculator to check the figures. That's what I get for rushing to write a comment before eating. oh well thanks.