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 "",
Markus Persson was released on 18 November 2011. Persson left his job as a game developer to work on "Minecraft" full-time until completion. In early 2011, Mojang AB sold the one millionth copy of the game, several months later their second, and several more their third. Mojang hired several new staff members for the "Minecraft" team, while Persson passed the lead developer role to Jens Bergensten. A version for Android and iOS, the "Pocket Edition", has also been released. An Xbox 360 edition of "Minecraft" was released on 9 May 2012. The Xbox edition features updates including a tutorial and skin packs.