Minecraft has just passed a historic milestone.
In the space of a few years, it has become a benchmark among construction video games and the most popular on YouTube.
So much so that the thousands of videos of tutorials or visual exploits have just accumulated 1000 billion views on the platform.
A figure that we can hardly imagine.
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Launched in 2012 by Swedish studios Mojang, Minecraft is a mix of creations and adventures, recognized worldwide for its cubic graphics.
It was then bought in 2014 by the multinational Microsoft, for the sum of 2.5 billion dollars.
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A record that calls for others.
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If each of these thousand billion views lasted only a second, it would represent more than 30,000 years
" welcomed the platform, which wanted to send a personal message to its community.
YouTube celebrated this feat by creating a video called
“One Trillion Minecraft Views on YouTube and Counting,”
in which she speaks.
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As our data shows, it took about eight years for this community to generate 500 billion views, but only two more to double that number to reach the trillion
."
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Minecraft
A diversified offer
Minecraft today is no longer just a "
sandbox
" game that many know.
Indeed, during the first containment in May 2020, the Swedish studios were creative by offering a new version called
Minecraft Dungeons
.
It brings a little freshness with new scripted stories such as the search for treasure or monster fights.
All in the middle of a winning cubic graphics therefore immutable.
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The game also serves as an educational tool by offering the
Minecraft: Education Edition version
.
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éléchargée more than 50 million times, it allowed young people to discover the basics of coding and practice mathematics.
To celebrate this world record, the video platform and Mojang Studios worked together to craft a gift for their community.
They then released the
YouTube Creator Skin
, a free pack already available on the Minecraft market, for a year.
By having distributed more than 200 million copies around the world, Minecraft climbs ahead of GTA on the list of the best-selling video games in history.
Even with the recent arrival of many competitors in this gaming niche, such as Roblox, Hytale or Fortnite, Minecraft seems unbeatable.
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