by Stone Marshall | Nov 10, 2018 | Awesome Book News, Free, Intro, Minecraft News, Minecraft questions, news, parent-news, State of Stone, Stone Marshall Book News, Stone Marshall Books, Stone Marshall Club, Stone Marshall Minecraft Adventures, Uncategorized |
The Minecraft Marketplace kept some of its momentum from launching on Switch and its first Summer Sale. The unified version of Minecraft served up 373,361 downloads across Windows 10, mobile, Xbox, and Switch. While that’s nowhere near the 669,795 downloads from July, it’s still a big number for a month without a massive sale.
August was a relatively quiet month for Minecraft. The block-building phenomenon’s Summer Sale happened in July. Also, the Switch version launched in June. That introduced the Marketplace to an entirely new audience. As a result of the dearth of major events like those, you would expect a big decline. But downloads were only just below June’s 396,511.
But Minecraft has a lot going on right now. Target partnered with Microsoft and The Minecraft Team to bring a huge slate of new products to the retailer earlier this month. And this weekend, the global fan festival Minecon Earth is taking place. This is where the game’s biggest fanatics get together at Microsoft Stores around the world to celebrate the game. It’s also where Microsoft will have big new announcements.
That should keep interest high, and that could translate into Minecraft Marketplace sales.
Let’s get to the charts.
Top 10 most downloaded
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Here’s the list:
City Life
Millionaire Mansions
Mineville Highschool
Zombie Apocalypse
Prison Escape
Mineville University Roleplay
Dinosaur Park
Castles & Dragons
Construction City
Fright Night 13
Top 10 highest grossing
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Here’s the list:
City Life
Millionaire Mansions
Zombie Apocalypse
Prison Escape
Dinosaur Park
Castles & Dragons
Mineville Highschool
Construction City
City Builder Mash-up
Mutant Battle Arena
That’s the Marketplace report for the month. Check back in October for more!
by Stone Marshall | Nov 10, 2018 | Awesome Book News, Free, Intro, Minecraft News, Minecraft questions, news, parent-news, State of Stone, Stone Marshall Book News, Stone Marshall Books, Stone Marshall Club, Stone Marshall Minecraft Adventures, Uncategorized |
The Minecraft Marketplace had its biggest month since we began tracking it in September. Fans downloaded 1,351,438 marketplace creations throughout the month. Downloads were up from 373,361 in August and 669,795 in July. That applies to the unified version of Minecraft that runs across mobile, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10.
That huge growth was likely due to a combination of factors. Third-party content creators had some big new releases on the Marketplace, and the MineCon Earth fan event gave away some free downloads. The Minecraft Team will want to carry that momentum forward, and it should have a good chance of doing so with the gift-giving holidays coming up soon.
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Microsoft and Mojang have also done a lot of work to engage Minecraft fans. During the MineCon Earth fan gatherings, the companies partnered with Target for local event and to sell new merchandise. This likely also reminded players that they can buy currency cards with cash to make digital Marketplace purchases. It’s impossible to say if that will lead to future months of more than a million downloads. For now, however, the people who make content for the platform are likely just happy to see those kinds of numbers are possible.
Let’s get to the charts.
Top 10 most downloaded
Here’s the list:
Grid Runners by Noxcrew
Abstraction: Minecon Earth by Jibarbov Productions
City Life by PixelHeads
Millionaire Mansions by Noxcrew
Mineville Highschool by InPVP
Zombie Apocalypse by PixelHeads
Mine Zoo by Cyclone Designs
City Mash-Up by Everbloom Studios
Oakridge High by Aurrora and Syclone Studios
Castle & Dragons by Noxcrew
Top 10 highest grossing
City Life by PixelHeads
Millionaire Mansions by Noxcrew
City Mash-Up by Everbloom Studios
Zombie Apocalypse by PixelHeads
Mine Zoo by Cyclone Designs
Zoo by Shapescape
Extreme Sky Block by Mineplex
Castles & Dragons by Noxcrew
Papercraft Adventure by Jigarbov Productions
Mineville Highschool by InPVP
That’s September. We’ll have the results from October soon.
by Stone Marshall | Nov 8, 2018 | Awesome Book News, Free, Intro, Minecraft News, Minecraft questions, news, parent-news, State of Stone, Stone Marshall Book News, Stone Marshall Books, Stone Marshall Club, Stone Marshall Minecraft Adventures, Uncategorized |
Microsoft’s acquisition of Mojang, the gaming company behind Minecraft, is paying off. The tech giant has revealed that Minecraft continues to dominate the gaming market, sharing the second-place position only behind Tetris, based on the total number of game sales.
This mean the game continues to do even better than Fortnite, a game that has been trending in the headlines for quite some time now. The free first-person sandbox shooter has an active player base of 78 million monthly players, still shy from the almost 91 million active players of Minecraft.
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Part of the game’s huge success might have to do with the game’s regular release of feature updates which Microsoft will continue to push for the unforeseeable future. Microsoft’s head of Minecraft, Helen Chiang, explains to Business Insider,
“That’s why our updates our free. We don’t want to ask [players] to move from ‘Minecraft 1’ to ‘Minecraft 2.’”
On the other hand, the company hasn’t been shy about releasing spin-off games based on the game. The first spin-off was Minecraft: Story Mode, followed by the newly announced Minecraft: Dungeons game, due for release next year.
With its high player volume and more than 154 million overall sales, it’s no wonder Microsoft chose to acquire the massive hit block-based building game for the jaw-dropping amount of $2.5 billion.
