The saga of Minecraft's adventures in the Republic of Turkey continues. In February, we reported that Turkey's Family Ministry was looking to ban Minecraft across the entire country, due to it's 'violent nature'. The news just got stranger from there as the Ministry declared it finished it's investigation in March, now claiming children could begin to confuse Minecraft with real life.
But even with a nation-wide ban looming over the game (and yet to be finalized by it's legal courts), it's still one of Minecraft's best markets. Patrick Geuder, a data/systems manager at Mojang, posted the following tweet earlier today:
https://twitter.com/pgeuder/status/582591346600476672
He went on to say that the United States and Brazil are leading the number of Minecraft downloads. One Twitter user got a bit angry about Turkey's possible ban of the game, for which Geuder replied:
https://twitter.com/pgeuder/status/582593622656311296
We're not sure if just Geuder, or the whole of Mojang, is waiting to see if Turkey falls through with it's ban on Minecraft. If it does, this could mean Mojang will legally intervene (perhaps, as the data shows, citing a loss in profits for the company if the game becomes illegal). Only time will tell.
But even with a nation-wide ban looming over the game (and yet to be finalized by it's legal courts), it's still one of Minecraft's best markets. Patrick Geuder, a data/systems manager at Mojang, posted the following tweet earlier today:
https://twitter.com/pgeuder/status/582591346600476672
He went on to say that the United States and Brazil are leading the number of Minecraft downloads. One Twitter user got a bit angry about Turkey's possible ban of the game, for which Geuder replied:
https://twitter.com/pgeuder/status/582593622656311296
We're not sure if just Geuder, or the whole of Mojang, is waiting to see if Turkey falls through with it's ban on Minecraft. If it does, this could mean Mojang will legally intervene (perhaps, as the data shows, citing a loss in profits for the company if the game becomes illegal). Only time will tell.