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Minecraft Live is Microsoft's recurring showcase for its block-building franchise, and this tag collects WindowsForum.com coverage of those announcements and the player numbers shared alongside them. The tagged thread reports that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma cited more than 300,000 first-time Minecraft players on an average day, a figure tied to the September 26 Minecraft Live event and the reveal of The Sift. The discussion also draws a careful distinction between a daily flow of new players and the number of people playing at any one moment, a useful nuance for anyone reading growth claims about a game that has been public for more than 17 years.
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    Minecraft Reportedly Adds 300,000 First-Time Players Daily as The Sift Is Announced

    More than 300,000 people play Minecraft for the first time on an average day, according to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. It is a striking claim for a game first made publicly available more than 17 years ago—but the words “first time” and “average” matter as much as the number. Sharma shared the figure...