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Paypal has frozen the accounts of many large people. Notch, for instance.

redthrowaway 15y ago
Yes, but Louis CK is way, way more well-known than Notch is. The dollar amounts might be similar, but Louis CK is regularly on late night talk shows and the like. The backlash would be far greater.
- staunch 15y ago
  The dollar amounts are not similar. Notch is earning a hell of a lot more and he's not in the US. He's making like $220k/day. Something like $70+ million total sales.
  - redthrowaway 15y ago
    I doubt that $70MM is sitting around in his paypal account, though. IIRC, he had something like $350k frozen.
  - kenjackson 15y ago
    Really? Is there a source for that? Not that I don't believe you, but I'd love to cite this data myself. That's incredible.
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    - ugh 15y ago
      Minecraft.net has a stats page: http://www.minecraft.net/stats http://www.minecraft.net/stats I’m pretty sure that someone somewhere on the web has recorded those numbers – but I’m too lazy to search right now. Calculating the average is something I can do, though: On January 12, 2011 Minecraft had sold one million copies. Since then Minecraft sold another 3.4 million copies in 345 days – that works out to an average of a little less than 10,000 copies per day. That works out to €150k daily revenue for 309 of those days (during beta, €15 per copy) and €190k daily revenue for the rest of the time (after the release, €20 per copy), resulting in a revenue around €50m for 2011.
  - georgieporgie 15y ago
    Holy cow, seriously? Apparently, yes: http://texyt.com/minecraft+persson+notch+indie+game+success+00127 http://texyt.com/minecraft+persson+notch+indie+game+success+... At the end, they note that sales were settled in to about $100k/day in September 2010, from a relatively brief peak of $350k/day. Amazing numbers.
    - lostsock 15y ago
      Well to be fair CK has made $83k / day so far... I doubt that it'll continue...
izak30 15y ago
No reason to bring weight into this. I don't think that PayPal is fighting against Louie's crotch belly.

Yes, but Louis CK is way, way more well-known than Notch is. The dollar amounts might be similar, but Louis CK is regularly on late night talk shows and the like. The backlash would be far greater.

staunch 15y ago
The dollar amounts are not similar. Notch is earning a hell of a lot more and he's not in the US. He's making like $220k/day. Something like $70+ million total sales.
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  I doubt that $70MM is sitting around in his paypal account, though. IIRC, he had something like $350k frozen.
- kenjackson 15y ago
  Really? Is there a source for that? Not that I don't believe you, but I'd love to cite this data myself. That's incredible.
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  - ugh 15y ago
    Minecraft.net has a stats page: http://www.minecraft.net/stats http://www.minecraft.net/stats I’m pretty sure that someone somewhere on the web has recorded those numbers – but I’m too lazy to search right now. Calculating the average is something I can do, though: On January 12, 2011 Minecraft had sold one million copies. Since then Minecraft sold another 3.4 million copies in 345 days – that works out to an average of a little less than 10,000 copies per day. That works out to €150k daily revenue for 309 of those days (during beta, €15 per copy) and €190k daily revenue for the rest of the time (after the release, €20 per copy), resulting in a revenue around €50m for 2011.
- georgieporgie 15y ago
  Holy cow, seriously? Apparently, yes: http://texyt.com/minecraft+persson+notch+indie+game+success+00127 http://texyt.com/minecraft+persson+notch+indie+game+success+... At the end, they note that sales were settled in to about $100k/day in September 2010, from a relatively brief peak of $350k/day. Amazing numbers.
  - lostsock 15y ago
    Well to be fair CK has made $83k / day so far... I doubt that it'll continue...

izak30 15y ago

No reason to bring weight into this. I don't think that PayPal is fighting against Louie's crotch belly.