{"id":26785,"date":"2011-11-21T15:27:31","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T13:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=26785"},"modified":"2011-11-21T15:29:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T13:29:54","slug":"minecraft-4000-people-per-second-logged-in-on-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/26785-minecraft-4000-people-per-second-logged-in-on-launch","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft: 4000 people per second logged in on launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, <a title=\"Game Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/20004-Minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a> is live, loud, and totally legit.<\/p>\n<p>HUGE SUCCESS!<\/p>\n<p>So huge, in fact, that apparently the game was seeing 4000 logins every second after its official, big boy version 1.0 launch on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to the developers\u2019 panel talk over at this weekend\u2019s first ever MineCon in Las Vegas, who also revealed the following impressive-looking numbers about the game:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>241,920,000 logins per month<\/li>\n<li>1,000 logins per hour<\/li>\n<li>2,000,000,000 files download by the launcher<\/li>\n<li>11,000 skin downloads (in game) per second<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier this month, Minecraft creator Markus \u201cNotch\u201d Persson confirmed that the game \u2013 then still in beta &#8211; had already sold four million copies, banking an estimated \u00a350 million for his company, Mojang.<\/p>\n<p>The developers have also dropped a trailer for the incoming <a title=\"Term Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/19908-Xbox-LIVE-%28XBL%29\">Xbox LIVE<\/a> version of the game, which is scheduled to release sometime in early 2012.<\/p>\n<p>An <a title=\"Term Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/20018-iOS\">iOS<\/a> version was released last Thursday, an <a title=\"Term Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/20076-Android-OS\">Android<\/a> version has been out since August, and anybody left out can just play with Lego in the meantime.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a title=\"Gamefront\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gamefront.com\/minecraft-by-the-numbers-2-billion-files-downloaded-from-the-launcher\">Gamefront<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_22266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 610px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft_mod_Mo_creatures_241372151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22266\" title=\"Minecraft_mod_Mo_creatures_241372151.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft_mod_Mo_creatures_241372151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft_mod_Mo_creatures_241372151.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft_mod_Mo_creatures_241372151-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft_mod_Mo_creatures_241372151-250x148.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><em>Also, expect mo&#8217; 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