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[–] mogul@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I read somewhere that Tetris has sold 520 million copies world wide.

EDIT: I read the article and they make the distinction of Teris having sold 520 million copies but it's a total of variations. Do they not consider Minecraft also has variants as well (Xbox One, Xbox 360, Bedrock, Java, Pocket Edition which are the "same" game but different)? All I know for sure is I bought like 7 or more copies of Minecraft so they better thank me lol.

[–] ackzsel@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And in Tetris' case it's about actually copies of a game. Not just some license to play under ever changing terms.

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm interested now if Minecraft ever had a physical copy. I did get a demo on disc with Maximum PC magazine back in like 2011-12 and then bought the full version online a few months later for around $9, still can't believe I'm getting free major content updates in that same game

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The console versions have DVD versions

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ahh right that's so fucking obvious it's embarrassing lol

[–] mogul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well a bunch are physical copies but they made the distinction of "mobile" versions as well (Gameboy physical version yes lol)

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Great gameplay, continuous updates for over a decade, AND Linux support!

[–] Nevrome@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Good, and it deserves it. I bought multiple copies over the years and sunk way more than 3000h in this game. Congrats Mojang/Microsoft.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

I wonder if the telemetry measured what % was modded (having some mod loader installed)

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wonder how many are like my son who had it on the Xbox 360, then the PS4, then the Switch, and now on PC.

[–] Rednax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I still own a copy that Notch sold with the promise that you would get all futute updates and versions. I wonder on how many platforms I can get the game via that original purchase.