Minecraft

5 Important Stats about Minecraft:

• Multi-platform.
• Open sandbox.
• Started as an indie.
• 125 million copies sold.
• Created by Marcus Persson.

Critically and commercially successful. (people who judge and how many copies sold).
The game was created in the summer of 2009. By the first weekend, it sold 40 copies. In the summer of 2010, Mojang was set up. A company owned by Marcus Persson to help with the owning of Minecraft. January 12th 2011 - over a million copies sold.

Why its successful:

• Appeals to those with a creative mind as a sandbox game (infinite replay-ability). 
• Appeals to those of all age ranges. 
• Forging relationships - help social skills and teamwork. 
• Multiple platforms.
• Not just one genre. 

Video Games and Gaming

In class, we had a minute to name as many Video Games as we could individually.
After we made the list, we had to think of how to categorise the games.
This is the list I came up with:

1. GTA (Grand Theft Auto) - RPG, Open World.
2. FIFA - Sports.
3. Skyrim - Fantasy, Open World.
4. PUBG (Player Unknown's Battleground) - Action, Strategy.
5. Cooking Mama - Simulation.
6. Mario Kart - Fantasy/Sports - racing.
7. NBA - Sports.
8. Don Bradman - Sports.
9. F1- Sports - racing.
10. Just Cause - Action, Adventure, Open World.
11. Far Cry - First person shooter, Open World, Action.
12. UFC - Sports.
13. WWE - Sports.
14. Nintendogs - Simulation.
15. FIFA Street - Sports.
16. Minecraft - Sandbox, Open World.
17. Fortnite - 3rd Person shooter, Strategy, Action.
18. Rainbow Six Seige - 1st Person shooter, Action, Strategy.
19. The Division - Strategy, Action.
20. Assassins Creed - Open World, Action.
21. Call Of Duty - 1st Person shooter.
22. Battlefield - 1st Person shooter. 
23. Dead By Daylight - Horror.
24. Watchdogs - Open World, Action, Strategy.
25. Sims - Simulation.

Categories of games:

• Sports
• Sandbox
• Open World
• Fantasy 
• 1st person
• 3rd person
• Strategy
• Role Playing Game
• Simulation
• Horror
• Action
• Adventure

Platform - different ways media is distributed.

Sandbox - creation/construction game.