Minecraft Is The Best-Selling Video Game In History
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Subscribe to The Hustle Daily Newsletter now: https://clickhubspot.com/22m On this day in 2011, Minecraft was released. When coding the game in JavaScript, it’s unlikely Markus Persson had any inkling his project would become the best-selling video game in history, with over 238 million copies sold. Less than three years after its release, Microsoft snapped up the game for $2.5 billion. Video Hosted by Michael Sikand.