This guy is making 55K euros/day with his online game.

[strobi]

He sold over 490 000 copies at 10 euros (14 dollars)/pop and selling around 5500/day still!

Insane!

http://www.minecraft.net/

And we are all fighting over a few grand/month in adult over here

[Phoenix]

really? thats nice coin

[JFK]

really? thats nice coin

Really NICE and in Euros as well

[strobi]

really? thats nice coin

http://www.minecraft.net/stats.jsp

He sold 7 copies more since I posted, man, some serious cash!

[strobi]

http://www.minecraft.net/stats.jsp

He sold 7 copies more since I posted, man, some serious cash!

20 copies in 10 minutes= 200 euros, 275$.

He could hire himself a full staff to do development.

[Klen]

I watched several youtube videos with people playing that game,i got headache of that bad graphic.

[Denny]

wow, good for him... serious biz

[GTS Mark]

It looks like fucking DOOM but on a rollercoaster?!!

[2intense]

cool

[Machete_]

the game looks like from out of 1990

[Emil]

A good example of that graphic isn't everything...
New games comes out with super realistic-looking graphic but the gameplay is shit. I still play WC3 and CS 1.6.

[andrej_NDC]

How do you know his stats are real? Can be simply randomly generated numbers...Do you know there are shitty paysites claiming to have 1000000 members on their main page? Just sayin'...

[bronco67]

I watched several youtube videos with people playing that game,i got headache of that bad graphic.

Really serious gamers like the superb and addicting gameplay(from what I hear). I love my Modern Warfare 2, and other high tech games, but I spend time playing crappy looking online flash games if it has good gameplay.

Plus, I think it was designed to have a retro feel. Good for him, I hope he rakes it in.

[bronco67]

the game looks like from out of 1990

It's part of the appeal. May sound weird, but true.

[strobi]

How do you know his stats are real? Can be simply randomly generated numbers...Do you know there are shitty paysites claiming to have 1000000 members on their main page? Just sayin'...

He's been on the frontpage of PCgamer and wiki confirmed the sales stats. He currently has a few coders, and some marketing guys on board so it seems (info on his blog).

from wiki:

Minecraft has received generally favorable responses from critics, and has had notably large numbers of sales. As of October 2010, Minecraft surpassed 1,500,000 registered users, and over 480,000 purchases.[12] In September 2010, after a "free to play" weekend, the game had a spike in sales of over 25,000 purchases in 24 hours.[13][14] The game has been praised for the creative freedom it grants its players in-game, and for how dynamic its overall gameplay is.[15][16][17] PC Gamer listed Minecraft as the fourth-best game to play at work in issue 200.[18] A review of the alpha version, by Scott Munro of the Daily Record, called it "already something special" and urged readers to buy it.

[V_RocKs]

Having a shitty look just means you sell it for less... There are tons of lemmings out there who will buy it in droves.

That potato peeler in your kitchen cost you only $1.79 to $3.99 depending on quality, but everyone buys one so millions are sold every year.

[Nicky]

How do you know his stats are real? Can be simply randomly generated numbers...Do you know there are shitty paysites claiming to have 1000000 members on their main page? Just sayin'...

"Minecraft is a sandbox building game which allows players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D world"

Markus "Notch? Persson is the Swedish developer.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41097/Mine...ing-350k-a-day

Saw an interview wth him on Swedish TV too, he's legit.

[SiMpLe]

Ima minecraft addict - It's amazing how it sucks you in for hours.

[BlackCrayon]

how many people have made something even better for it only to make nothing. who knows why this piece of crap caught on and others didnt..

[goodsites]

He works for Valve now. I dunno why Legos didnt hire him to make a real legos game.. Thats what I thought Lego Universe was going to be, that would have been epic

[SiMpLe]

how many people have made something even better for it only to make nothing. who knows why this piece of crap caught on and others didnt..

Very true - There's been apps on my Touch or iPad I've played for weeks and on the other hand spent $65 on a new xbox or ps3 game and played once. Minecraft is fun for realz even though it looks like ass.

[Ethersync]

Very impressive. Good for him.

[GirlsOnYou]

This game is the most successful low budget/shitty looking game of the century because of the marketing, social aspects and very addictive gameplay. So trust me it is very hard to reproduce his success. Most budget indie devs are lucky to sell a 100 copies of their games.

[SmokeyTheBear]

paypal froze his account with euro 600k in it , ouch http://hyip.pramudita.com/paypal-fre...00k-euros.html

[Phoenix]

paypal froze his account with euro 600k in it , ouch http://hyip.pramudita.com/paypal-fre...00k-euros.html

damn...but we should use them for adult

cause they have never froze adult money...lol

[seeandsee]

paypal froze his account with euro 600k in it , ouch http://hyip.pramudita.com/paypal-fre...00k-euros.html

fucking paypal is greddy

[strobi]

paypal froze his account with euro 600k in it , ouch http://hyip.pramudita.com/paypal-fre...00k-euros.html

I would be suspecious too if there was a paypal account receiving about a million/month and rising! But still, must have hurth.

[Django]

10 days worth of salary

[FighterSpirit]

He sold over 490 000 copies at 10 euros (14 dollars)/pop and selling around 5500/day still!

Insane!

http://www.minecraft.net/

And we are all fighting over a few grand/month in adult over here

OMG

that is business

but paypal freeze account

[Django]

Updates:

Tuesday, 28th September 2010 at 2:37 pm
Minecraft creator earning $350k a day

[Argos88]

Mainstream Gaming is HUGE CASH....

Ever wondered why Marc DE (yes, the guy with 5 ferraris leave ADULT "ARS" and went to work for the mainstream gaming business??)

The current action and money is on Mainstream now, Gaming is just one of their niches... Mainstream is what adult used to be in 1999...

3473847347341943 times easier to make money and 485742875827785 faster to make money...

......

[CPA37710T]

How do you know his stats are real? Can be simply randomly generated numbers...Do you know there are shitty paysites claiming to have 1000000 members on their main page? Just sayin'...

i agree with you, just some hype to entice ppeople to signup thinking the game is good

[xxweekxx]

Mainstream Gaming is HUGE CASH....

Ever wondered why Marc DE (yes, the guy with 5 ferraris leave ADULT "ARS" and went to work for the mainstream gaming business??)

The current action and money is on Mainstream now, Gaming is just one of their niches... Mainstream is what adult used to be in 1999...

3473847347341943 times easier to make money and 485742875827785 faster to make money...

......

ya.. ive made 5 figs one day mainstream, but it slowed down for me tho...
also know a close friend who makes 6 figs a week profit.. ya.. $xxx,xxx a week :-)

[stocktrader23]

How do you know his stats are real? Can be simply randomly generated numbers...Do you know there are shitty paysites claiming to have 1000000 members on their main page? Just sayin'...

They are real, dude.

[stocktrader23]

damn...but we should use them for adult

cause they have never froze adult money...lol

Right. If you ran money services for millions of people you wouldn't have an automatic freeze put in place for accounts that jumped from 0 to 600k in sales overnight. Nuh uhn, that would be foolish!

[Maxi]

Farmville (Flash Game) Earns over $150m a year.

[BIGTYMER]

I'm in the wrong business.

[GatorB]

paypal froze his account with euro 600k in it , ouch http://hyip.pramudita.com/paypal-fre...00k-euros.html

Pay Pal does that a lot. A reason why I'll never use them. This is what happens when you don't have to follow any kind of regualtions.

[Fat Panda]

thats some serious jack, too bad paypal froze his coin

[stocktrader23]

Pay Pal does that a lot. A reason why I'll never use them. This is what happens when you don't have to follow any kind of regualtions.

As should anyone taking in $600,000 for a third party in such little time. It takes a couple of simple steps to have your money unfrozen, unless you are a fuckup.

[Chosen]

Paypal sucks big time...

[Konkan]

that is serious cash, indeed. Actually most of the games connected with Facebook are kicking asses. But Minecraft somehow tried to turn back the 90`s and obviously he made a goal in the first run. If many guys will repeat his step of making money it will be a mess

[madawgz]

all thanks to the reddit effect lol

[HomerSimpson]

this game looks retarded...

[Davy]

I have seen his game before. Pretty crazy. I don't get why people are so crazy about it.
But then again, I guess they just want to play something different from farmville and the rest.

[djroof]

very cool!

[OneWhoKnows]

A friend of mine is working as game designer for a company only developing/running subscription based browser games.

They started like 2 or 3 years ago with 2 people, now they have like 50 employees and make millions each month. Mainstream online games generate LOADS of money!

[fatfoo]

Life is all about playing a game better. The question is: have you made it to the next level? Have you seen a hidden character such as Noob Saibot, or something?

[Chris]

this game will never leave "alpha"stages lol been like it forever and people still buy it

i dont get it

[The Duck]

He was in the papers last week and it's true, he really does make that much. Game looks cool as well if you can get past the shitty graphics.