Markus Persson Markus Persson Markus Alexej Persson (; born 1 June 1979), better known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known for creating the sandbox video game "Minecraft" and for founding the video game company Mojang in 2010, alongside Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser. Persson's principal venture for founding Mojang was "Minecraft" which gained popularity and support since its tech demo in 2009. Since then, he has gained significant notability within the video game industry, winning multiple awards and establishing relations with the industry's figureheads. He retained his position as the lead designer of "Minecraft"
Minecraft in five weeks. The release of the game's PlayStation Vita version boosted "Minecraft" sales by 79%, outselling both PS3 and PS4 debut releases and becoming the largest "Minecraft" launch on a PlayStation console. The PS Vita version sold 100,000 digital copies in Japan within the first two months of release, according to an announcement by SCE Japan Asia. By January 2015, 500,000 digital copies of "Minecraft" were sold in Japan across all PlayStation platforms, with a surge in primary school children purchasing the PS Vita version. "Minecraft" helped improve Microsoft's total first-party revenue by $63 million for the 2015 second