Minecraft is already one of the best-selling games of all time. That milestone in an of itself already puts the title in a special echelon above a lot of its other contemporizes. Apparently, more than 15 years after it launched 1.0, it’s still raking in some crazy numbers. At the annual Minecraft Live event, developer Mojang revealed that Minecraft has now sold more than 300 million copies, increasing the already insane sales statistic that it’s compiled.
The last time that Mojang communicated any sort of metric of sales was back in April 2021 when they stated that Minecraft had sold more than 238 million copies. Since then that number has apparently increased exponentially, so much so that it’s now reaching the sales figures of the entire Tetris and Super Mario franchises, something that we never thought we’d see in our lifetime. The Head of Mojang’s studio, Helen Chiang, stated that the 300 million units sold number was a “milestone no one could have dreamed of when we were all placing our first blocks.”
Speaking of first blocks, Minecraft is also going to celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2024. The plans for the celebration were not disclosed, but considering this recent sales achievement along with the longevity of the title, we’d imagine that the studio has some big things planned for the fans. While the official release date for the title shows November 18, 2011, the title had been publicly available to play since May 2009.
That was the original Java Edition, which quickly gained steam as one of the most popular titles on the PC gaming market. Mojang continued to add and improve to the title, which culminated with the release of 1.0, making the 2011 date its official release date. Even before that took place, it was already the most dominant title on the market. Mojang was eventually sold to Microsoft for whopping $2.5 billion in 2014, essentially giving the massive company the keys to the most accessible title in the industry.