Minecraft franchise sells 453K units on Christmas

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It's Christmas, the presents have been opened, turkey and ham consumed – it's the midday lull. What to do? If you're like over 400,000 other people, you buy whatever version of Minecraft is handy. Across all available platforms, Minecraft sold 435,000 copies on December 25, according to the block maestro himself, Markus "Notch" Persson.

Be careful folks, that's not a festive, green holiday decoration – it's a Creeper.

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KelpPosted:

Sounds awesome, I can't believe minecraft has grown this big.
I remember playing the beta on the computer for 12 hours straight, and the only time I wan't playing was when I was sleeping.

darkhezPosted:

I love Minecraft. I own Minecraft on my computer ever since it came out in beta stages. I own it on my Xbox on the 1st day it came out and on my Iphone and Android device. I saw the Minecraft Documentary and it made me sad and happy. It made me happy because I saw how Minecraft was made but the sad part was that Notch gave his position to Jeb because Mark wanted to develop other games so he can always have a fresh start. He didn't wanted to continue on Minecraft because how he saw that there were little kids playing and how over millions of people start playing it so he didn't want to upset them. I am also happy how Jeb got the job and still continues on Minecraft, so Minecraft will never end and will also change not like other games but it will add new features to make it more fun. So that is why I love Minecraft and I am in high school. I am trying to start a club in my school for Minecraft hopefully the board says yes and this club will show people what they really are and show their art skills and their imagination skills. So thank you for reading this and I love Minecraft if there was a rating 1-10, I would give it an because thats how much I truly love it.

oohPosted:

Wow, kinda hard to believe such a simple game has come so far.. Great game though. :)

SmurfsPosted:

Wow that's a lot!

AnkokuPosted:

well it is a easy fun addicting game :)

Commando_84Posted:

wow thats alot

BowChickaWowWowPosted:

wow thats a lot they deserve it though its a great game

CentPosted:

That's a lot of sales, I really didn't think there was that many people that loved Minecraft and didn't have it yet.

DecoyPosted:

wow thats a lot!
435,000 just on Christmas?
congrats to him haha.

MortarPosted:

That is an impressive sales figure, I am surprised they're still bringing in large sales. I would have thought most people, if not all who are into Minecraft, already own a version of it, maybe even two.