Minecraft for XBLA reaches 3.6 million units sold

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Developer Mojang continues to dominate the Xbox Live Arcade charts, announcing today that Minecraft for the Xbox 360 has sold 3.6 million copies. Mojang's business developer Daniel Kaplan revealed the latest numbers on the game on Twitter earlier today, saying he was "really surprised" to learn of Minecraft's latest milestone.

Minecraft on XBLA broke sales records when it launched, becoming profitable within an hour of its release. In July, Mojang founder (and Minecraft mastermind) Markus "Notch" Persson revealed the game had surpassed the three million unit sales mark.

On PC, the tree-punching simulator has surpassed seven million units sold. That's a lot of punching.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/27/minecraft-for-xbla-reaches-3-6-million-units-sold/#comments

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IglesiasPosted:

Take that PS3 ! Just kidding, nice achievement Mojang.

SwiftPosted:

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BLX 3.6 million x $15 = $56000000

Holy crud


But Microsoft will probably take a fair bit from that. It also doesn't include PC sales which is probably a much larger number.


Thats right


Oh that is kind of true...

WamBamThankYouMamPosted:

GoldenDiamonds
G7G7S7 more people will probably buy it when creative mode comes out.


Totally agree


Duping until that happens :)

GoldenDiamondsPosted:

G7G7S7 more people will probably buy it when creative mode comes out.


Totally agree

AlbericiPosted:

WTF I have the same map as on here???
But I wish they would make a big update add clay men and everything from pc.

OrigamoPosted:

Wow, congratulations to them.

Can't wait for 1.8.2

G7G7S7Posted:

more people will probably buy it when creative mode comes out.

RevealPosted:

That is an amazing achievement for them.

MaJoRvR3MiXPosted:

holy cow that is lots of cash going to them!

were is my share for buying it? haha

Nit3KrawlrPosted:

They are making some serious bank on this game.