10 Defining Minecraft Moments to Celebrate its 10th Anniversary

June 13, 2009: Commercial Pre-Orders and Mojang is “Born”

Just under one month later, Persson started taking pre-orders for the full PC version of Minecraft. It was still fully available to play for free following the start of pre-orders.

Thanks to the amount of money made from the pre-orders, Persson was able to cut down hours at his other job. This let him contribute more time to the development of Minecraft. Without the initial positive response, it’s entirely possible that most people never would have heard about Minecraft.

This was also the first time that the company name Mojang became associated with Minecraft. The named had been used before by Persson in the development of other games, but never before with his latest title.