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Roughly ~$8 million, without any distribution cut to speak of (other than bandwidth costs).

It'll be interesting to see what his newly incorporated studio does next, as he seems to be expanding fast and putting resources toward a sophomore effort already.



Technically, Minecraft IS the sophomore effort. Notch/Marcus worked on 'Wurm Online' for 4 years prior to releasing Minecraft.


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Since he qualifies for merchant rates due to his volume, it's just 1.9%. Better than he'd get with most banks.




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