Minecraft Franchise Fact Sheet

March 2019

Minecraft Availability by Platform

Title Developer Publisher Platform(s) Launch Date

Minecraft: Java Edition Mojang Microsoft Studios Windows 5/17/09
Mac OS X
Linux
Minecraft (Bedrock Mojang/Microsoft Studios Microsoft Studios Android 8/16/11
Engine) iOS 11/17/11
Windows 10 PC 7/29/15
Gear VR 4/27/16
Oculus Rift 8/15/16
Fire TV 12/19/16
Kindle Fire 9/13/12
Windows 10 Mobile 2/22/17
Xbox One 9/20/17
Windows MR 11/21/17
Nintendo Switch 2018
Minecraft: Console Mojang/4J Studios Microsoft Studios Xbox 360 5/9/12
Editions (Legacy PlayStation 3 12/17/13
Console Editions) PlayStation 4 9/4/14
PS Vita 10/14/14
Wii U 12/17/15

Minecraft: Console Mojang/Other Ocean Microsoft Studios New Nintendo 3DS 9/13/17
Editions (Legacy Interactive
Console Editions)
Minecraft: China Mojang/NetEase Microsoft Studios Android 9/15/17
Edition iOS
Windows 10 PC
Minecraft: Education Mojang/Microsoft Studios Microsoft Studios OS X 11/1/16
Edition Windows 10 PC
Minecraft by the Numbers:

Interesting facts:
 Minecraft has sold more than 154 million copies to-date to players from virtually every country in
the world.
 More people are playing Minecraft than ever before – every month ~91+ million unique
Minecraft players engage across all platforms.
 The average Minecraft player age is 24 (U.S.)
 In 2018, Minecraft was ranked the #12 Game of All Time in Game Informer’s 300th issue
 Minecraft is the best-selling PC game of all time, and also one of the highest rated (93 Metascore)
 Minecraft is a No. 1 most-viewed game on YouTube
 More than 160 million people have watched more than 5 billion hours of Minecraft video content
on YouTube.
 Minecraft’s “Togetherness ACTIVATED!” YouTube ad for the Better Together Update placed #6 on
YouTube’s list of top game-trailer ads of 2017, garnering over 11.8 million views.
 51 percent of U.S. children aged 9-11 play Minecraft
 90 percent of the U.S. online population is aware of the Minecraft brand
 About ¾ (77 percent) of the U.S. general online population age 8-65 has heard of Minecraft.

Accolades and Awards:

Minecraft is one of the most widely recognized games of the past decade:
 In 2018, Minecraft: Java Edition was nominated in the Favorite Video Game category for the
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards
 In 2017, Minecraft received the Double Platinum PlayStation Award for exceeding 2M in sales on
PlayStation Platforms in Japan, with only 13 other titles receiving this award since 1995. Minecraft
has been the only game developed and published by a non-Japanese company to receive this
award
 In 2015, Mojang’s Jens Bergensten was recognized by Fast Company as one of the top ten most
creative people in business (May 2015)
 Minecraft was named TIME Magazine’s “Game of the Year” in 2011
 Minecraft received five awards during the 2011 Game Developers Choice Awards, including the
Innovation Award, Best Downloadable Game Award and Best Debut Game Award.
 Minecraft was recognized in the 2011 Independent Games Festival, winning the Audience Award
and Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
 In 2010, the Alpha version of Minecraft was recognized as PC Gamer UK’s “Game of the Year.”

Boilerplates & Assets:

Minecraft
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Explore randomly-generated worlds
and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in Creative Mode
with unlimited resources, mine deep in Survival Mode – crafting weapons and armor to fend off
dangerous mobs, or customize your games and scenarios in Adventure Mode. Discover the latest content
and best community creations through the ever-expanding Minecraft Marketplace. Do all this alone or
with friends across your favorite platforms directly via Xbox LIVE, in massive community servers or in your
own private world with the Realms service.
Minecraft is available on 20 platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Fire TV, Windows, Mac
OS, Windows 10, Linux, iOS, Windows 10 Mobile, Android, Kindle Fire, Oculus Rift, Gear VR, Windows MR,
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS (includes New Nintendo 3DS)

Mojang
Mojang is a game development studio based in Sweden, best known for developing Minecraft. In 2014,
Mojang joined Microsoft Studios to continue work on Minecraft and bring their vision, creative energy
and innovative mindset to the development of future games.

Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) is the leading platform and productivity company for the mobile-
first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to
achieve more.

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