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Re:Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offer... by lujz on Thursday September 30, 2010 @06:30AM (#1742835)
His business model is very appealing to the customer: pay only once and receive all future versions. The "downside" is that, once market saturates, you have to come up with a completely new product.
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Re:Minecraft creator banks $350k a day, turns down job offer... by ido on Thursday September 30, 2010 @09:06AM (#1743107)
That's basically how almost all games work tho (with a handful of exceptions) - most people eventually get tired of playing the same game and move on to something else.
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