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Re:Minecraft generated 5 million euros in March for Mojang by xal on Friday April 08, 2011 @09:16AM (#2423601)
I can guarantee you that there are apps who make far in excess of 10m in the app store.
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Re:Minecraft generated 5 million euros in March for Mojang by rudiger on Friday April 08, 2011 @09:48AM (#2423742)
Which apps have made that much in the app store?

Minecraft has made somewhere around 30 million U.S. dollars, with incredible growth (7 million U.S. dollars in the past month) and they'll probably sell millions more. And since they do their own distribution (Amazon Web Services, I believe), they don't give Apple 30%.

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Re:Minecraft generated 5 million euros in March for Mojang by xal on Sunday April 10, 2011 @04:35PM (#2430334)
There are games that make more then a million dollars a day through the two major platforms. At this moment.

Minecraft is incredible but the mobile platform is actually giving the blockbuster console titles a run for their money (literally). Let that sink in. Console blockbusters have seen 300m+ opening weeks.

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