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crissindahouse on 02 September 2013

that game will reach one billion in revenue for all systems combined anytime soon. it's unbelievable...

then there is lego minecraft and other licenced stuff with which they make more money...



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crissindahouse on 02 September 2013
BasilZero said:
crissindahouse said:

that game will reach one billion in revenue for all systems combined anytime soon. it's unbelievable...


Yes. Have you played it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=PLgU0IdjAiGw7HSGKScBIoHYBPF6pSgrno&v=Gnf1Qxxw7Lg#t=682

yeah have it on pc and 360. but didn't play both versions for a while



Zappykins on 02 September 2013

And 8 Million on the Xbox 360, but it is coming out soon on all other platforms.

How much does Notch make from that?

Still with all that, it's only 1/3 what the last James Cameron movie made. Amazing.

And it would take a minimum wage worker in the USA over 6 thousand years to make that much. Assuming they could live, work, eat for free (and live that long.)



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

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brendude13 on 02 September 2013

And I'm partly responsible.



Fayceless on 02 September 2013

Those revenue numbers aren't quite right, many such as myself bought the game alpha when it was cheaper (when it was just notch alone making the game), there are a few who even got it for free one time when the servers went down or something. It's quite impressive nonetheless.



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Zappykins on 02 September 2013
pezus said:
Zappykins said:
And 8 Million on the Xbox 360, but it is coming out soon on all other platforms.

How much does Notch make from that?

Still with all that, it's only 1/3 what the last James Cameron movie made. Amazing.

And it would take a minimum wage worker in the USA over 6 thousand years to make that much. Assuming they could live, work, eat for free (and live that long.)

Actually, Avatar made about 2.7B dollars if I remember correctly. So it's about 12% perhaps 

Edit: But if you count all versions, it's probably almost 1/3 of Avatar!

Yea, I did say about 1/3, but I remember that number was box office only, but it's also on DVD/Blu-ray and had that Pasasonic Exclusive for a while.  Plus I'm sure there is a TV broadcast deal after it goes through other sources. 

Usually a movie make the same amount on rentals/sales that it made in the box office.  So even if Avatar only made half, there is still another 1.35 billion to add to the totals.

Amazing is it!



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

Tell me a funny joke!
richardhutnik on 02 September 2013
BasilZero said:
pezus said:
It seems like this game reaches a milestone every week


If only Terraria could get the same exposure n_n

 

Still waiting for ver 1.2 for Terraria!

That could be partly due to Tobuscus no longer playing Terraria, if I recall correctly.



Seece on 02 September 2013

360 version is nearing 9mill, last update I heard.



 

richardhutnik on 02 September 2013
BasilZero said:
richardhutnik said:

That could be partly due to Tobuscus no longer playing Terraria, if I recall correctly.


Awws you would think the game would get additional exposure by other LPers xD.

I was kinda joking, but your take on it does end up raising a valid point.  Terraria doesn't seem to have too many Let's Play folks on it.  I am not even sure it has a Walkenthrough.

On the Internet, being notice tends to breed getting noticed.  Things less known end up staying that, or it pops.  That happened to me September 2012 on BoardgameGeek with my game W.W.B.  It rose on the activity list, because it was on the activity list.  I happened to go along for the ride.

I believe Tobuscus played Terraria befor Minecraft (at least that is what I thought):



richardhutnik on 02 September 2013
BasilZero said:
richardhutnik said:

I was kinda joking, but your take on it does end up raising a valid point.  Terraria doesn't seem to have too many Let's Play folks on it.  I am not even sure it has a Walkenthrough.

On the Internet, being notice tends to breed getting noticed.  Things less known end up staying that, or it pops.  That happened to me September 2012 on BoardgameGeek with my game W.W.B.  It rose on the activity list, because it was on the activity list.  I happened to go along for the ride.

I believe Tobuscus played Terraria befor Minecraft (at least that is what I thought):

 


I see!

I plan to do a walkthrough/LP with my friends once 1.2 comes out (if it ever does that is xD).

Good luck.  Embed yourself in the fan base with the game, so you get more exposure.