He cites the example of 32-year-old Swedish developer Markus Persson who released a game called Minecraft in 2009.

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Finally, by the time Elite appears Markus Persson, creator of Minecraft, may have finished work on his space simulation game 0x10c.

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With the rollout of the beta and new features with it, sales will surely increase and Notch (real name Markus Persson) will continue swimming in cash, though he now has four employees to share the wealth with as well.

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