A look at how Microsoft is monetizing the Minecraft ecosystem, having paid out $7M to Marketplace creators so far
Jared Newman / Fast Company : Tweets: @rebecca_yeun , @marc_irl , @simoncarless , and @onejarednewman Tweets: Rebecca Gordius / @rebecca_yeun : This is an awesome look at the Minecraft Marketplace - way more than your average game store! Changing lives and bringing the community fun content, one skin pack at a time. <3 http://www.fastcompany.com/... Marc Watson / @marc_irl : Minecraft Marketplace has paid out more than $7 million dollars to creators since last June. Read the article if you want to get a peek into where the Minecraft Content Team spends most of its time. We (four!) are some of the “moderators” they mention. http://www.fastcompany.com/... Simon Carless / @simoncarless : Aha, Microsoft trying to monetize the Minecraft platform with paid mods, like Roblox has been. Some success already, but maybe a bit LTTP: http://www.fastcompany.com/... http://twitter.com/... Jared Newman / @onejarednewman : Microsoft has paid out $7 million to Minecraft Marketplace creators so far, up from $1 million in September. Here's my deep dive on their attempt to make a business out of Minecraft mods: https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...