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That game franchise will generate more revenue and employ more people than the purchase price. It'll be a real cash cow.
by astrodust 12y ago
That game franchise will generate more revenue and employ more people than the purchase price. It'll be a real cash cow.
- EduardoBautista 12y agoMicrosoft would have to sell 92,592,592 copies of minecraft to break even. So far, 16,730,534 have been sold.
- iand 12y agoThat's just PC sales. In April this year XBox 360 sales reached 12M and PS3 sales were 1.5M. That aside, the real money is in merchandising and tie-ups
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoMinecraft also makes more on merchandising sales than software sales.
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- robotresearcher 12y agoHalf the under-13s in the country have or will have a Minecraft t-shirt, lunchbox and/or action figure. The game revenue is a small part of it. If you have kids you probably know the mindshare this game has. It's bigger than any video game I remember.
- amorphid 12y agoIt'd be interesting to see Microsoft make Minecraft a free addition to every licensed copy of Windows.