Sales are high. Ratings are high. Minecraft's only has one way to go but up. What can gamers expect from the franchise this time?
According to Patrick Geuder Saga, the head of data analysis at Minecraft Studio, Minecraft sold over 54 million copies across all available platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation3, PC, Mac, iOS and Android via his Twitter account.
To break down that data further, it seems Minecraft is getting majority of its sales in computers. They were the ones who bought almost 16million copies. The next biggest platform is Xbox 360 with 12million copies sold, and it's followed by PlayStation 3 with only 1.5million copies. , the game is expected to come for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in August 2014.
As of this moment, there is no news regarding the game coming to Nintendo platforms such as 3DS, Wii or Wii U.
The biggest reason why majority of gamers still choose to play games on PC, rather than on consoles is due to its graphics. since it is common knowledge that if one have a good computer, the visual will be way better than the console.
Even if Minecraft comes with larger world sizes in the computer version, it does not support split-screen multiplayer mode like the console does, which may be in handy if you have many friends at your place who want to play too.
Mojang, the developer of Minecraft, made a total profit of 326 million dollars in 2013 and now, with the upcoming release of Minecraft on next-generation consoles, it may score high.
