Minecraft accolades. Social media, parodies, adaptations, merchandise, and the MineCon convention played large roles in popularizing the game. It has also been used in educational environments ("Minecraft Education Edition"), especially in the realm of computing systems, as virtual computers and hardware devices have been built in it. By late 2018, over 154 million copies had been sold across all platforms, making it the second best-selling video game of all time, behind "Tetris". In September 2014, Microsoft announced a deal to buy Mojang and the "Minecraft" intellectual property for , with the acquisition completed two months later. Spin-off games, such as "",
Minecraft Nintendo's consoles, as they were the only major platforms to not officially receive "Minecraft" at the time. These clone titles include "UCraft" (Nexis Games), "" (Cypronia), "Discovery" (noowanda), "Battleminer" (Wobbly Tooth Games), "Cube Creator 3D" (Big John Games), and "Stone Shire" (Finger Gun Games). Despite this the fears were unfounded with official Minecraft releases on Nintendo consoles eventually resuming. In 2012, Mojang received offers from Hollywood producers who wanted to produce "Minecraft"-related TV shows; however, Mojang stated that they would only engage in such projects when "the right idea comes along". By February 2014, Persson revealed that Mojang was in