You will be surprised to know the average age of the Minecraft gaming community

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Minecraft still one of the biggest “names” in the world – the game owns the largest number of players Fortnite and GTA5 – but the majority assume that the majority of Minecraft players are children, even more in number than Fortnite. This judgment comes from the game’s simple graphics and LEGO-style design – but according to Microsoftin fact, the average age of Minecraft players is higher.

The latest issue of the magazine Edge (#337) reported on an interview with the head of Minecraft, Helen Chiang that revealed some interesting things about the players of this fascinating game. Chiang says the average age of Minecraft players isn’t in the kid’s age range at all – in fact they fall around 24 years old. It can be seen that Minecraft also owns a large number of adult players.
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Chiang shared in the interview: “People are surprised to know that the number 24 is the average age of Minecraft gamers. I think this shows the size and scale of the game. Besides the gamers.” kid”, the game is also loved by players of all ages!”

However, Chiang admits that the Minecraft audience includes a significant percentage of children, so Microsoft needs to be careful with how the game is developed and marketed – especially when money is involved. We needed to show simply and clearly how we intend to monetize the game.”
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Helen Chiang also mentioned that the number of Minecraft players has skyrocketed, this month reaching about 112 million players. In addition, the game also has impressive sales, with the achievement of being the second best-selling game in August 2019.

You can follow the interview in 337 in Edge, with content focused primarily on Microsoft’s new Minecraft Earth – a Pokemon Go-like AR game for mobile phones that may or may not be released on PC.​