minecraft

Question 1

official initial release date and price

Answer 1

november 2011 - $26

Question 2

alpha release date and price

Answer 2

june 2010 - $13

Question 3

beta release date

Answer 3

december 2010 - $20

Question 4

pegi rating

Answer 4

7

Question 5

average age of user

Answer 5

24

Question 6

do more men or women play minecraft

Answer 6

minecraft’s audience is slightly dominated by men

Question 7

profit after less than a year

Answer 7

by 2012 mojang had a revenue of $80 million

Question 8

downloads between 2009 and 2014

Answer 8

100 million

Question 9

what type of game is minecraft

Answer 9

open world sandbox game with elements of adventure

Question 10

how many sales in total

Answer 10

over 238 million sales to date (best selling games of all time)

Question 11

when was cross-platform play introduced

Answer 11

2017

Question 12

where is minecraft being used for educational purposes

Answer 12

elementary school in seatlle

Question 13

what technique did minecraft rely on for its advertising

Answer 13

audiences aided advertising by word of mouth

Question 14

how many total youtube views did minecraft surpass in 2021

Answer 14

1 trillion

Question 15

when did microsoft acquire mojang and for how much

Answer 15

in 2014 for $2.5 billion (the acquisition allows minecraft to be targeted to a larger mass audience due to the popularity of microsoft)

Question 16

when was the pocket edition of minecraft released

Answer 16

in 2011 (this allowed users to play minecraft from their own devices easily and where ever)

Question 17

things that helped to spread minecraft’s popularity

Answer 17

forums, youtube (DanTDM,stampy), minecon, blogs

Question 18

games that inspired minecraft

Answer 18

infiniminer and dwarf fortress

Question 19

how have minecraft users become prosumers

Answer 19

by promoting the game through posting videos on platforms such as youtube

Question 20

when was the first public release posted to tig source

Answer 20

may 2009, a developmental release was posted to tig source. updated the games based on user feedback. this version was free and used open source software

Question 21

when was vr minecraft intorduced

Answer 21

2016

Question 22

when were the console versions of minecraft released

Answer 22

2012

Question 23

who created minecraft and founded mojang

Answer 23

Markus “notch” Persson

Question 24

what is minecraft realms

Answer 24

private worlds where players can play in small groups safely