{"id":8175,"date":"2011-02-20T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T20:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8175"},"modified":"2018-07-26T18:09:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:09:21","slug":"minecraft-heading-to-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/minecraft-heading-to-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9951 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/minecraft_mobile-S-e1428554027136.jpg\" alt=\"minecraft_mobile-S\" width=\"400\" height=\"211\" \/>FEB. 20, 2011 \u2022 The hugely successful sandbox computer game Minecraft is being adapted to the iOS platform by its developer, Mojang. This new version will be touchscreen.\u00a0 Minecraft iOS Apple platforms is expected to release later in 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Impact: With virtually no marketing budget and a development team composed of a single programmer from Sweden, Minecraft has compiled an astounding 1.75 million sold copies and over 6 million user registrations (both as of April 1, 2011 according to Mojang) with cumulative gross revenues estimated between \u20ac20 and \u20ac30 million.\u00a0 On the Apple App store there are already dozens of Minecraft related guides and companion apps, including a $2.99 iPad\/iPhone \u201cWorld Explorer\u201d that allows users to import saved Minecraft worlds from the PC game.\u00a0 The Minecraft\u2019s user base already has a significant overlap with the iOS audience. Given the viral nature of game, and kid-friendly graphics and content, there is significant potential for Minecraft to become a breakout hit on the Apple platform.\u00a0 However, the game is significantly more complex than iOS sensation Angry Birds \u2013 and is likely to be priced higher \u2013 such that we don\u2019t expect Minecraft to reach nearly the same unit sales level even if it becomes a major success compared to typical iOS games.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEB. 20, 2011 \u2022 The hugely successful sandbox computer game Minecraft is being adapted to the iOS platform by its developer, Mojang. This new version will be touchscreen.\u00a0 Minecraft iOS Apple platforms is expected to release later in 2011. Impact: With virtually no marketing budget and a development team composed of a single programmer from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40,78,66],"tags":[55,52,389],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8175"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16675,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175\/revisions\/16675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}