Minecraft PC hits 8 million sales, Persson 'grinning'

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Minecraft is still selling by the bucketload, it seems, as the game has sold another million copies over the nearly three months.

"The PC version of Minecraft just passed 8 million sales," said series creator Markus 'Notch' Persson via Twitter today.
"My face is making grinning sounds, so I assume it's grinning," he added.

That's another million copies logged since Persson announced 7 million PC sales in mid-August.

Its success isn't limited to the PC version, with Minecraft on Xbox surpassing four million sales as of October 1, according to developer 4J Studios.

The game broke previous XBLA records by selling more than any other title in its first 24 hours of availability on the digital platform. It went on to sell over a million copies in less than a week.

Mojang recently released the latest major update for the PC version, 'Update 1.4: 'Pretty Scary Update'.

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Dexter-HollandPosted:

Donation Damn, so. much. money.
With that many sales, they must be doing something right.


I would have bought a bouncy castle :)

But seriously, have you seen Mojang's new office?

WestPosted:

Damn, so. much. money.
With that many sales, they must be doing something right.

sw4gPosted:

MGMT So much cash, I'd be grinning too.


Right?


Jesus. Well deserved though, for making such a simple yet elegant game.

L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

wow thats so good but xbox is getting better finally

TheyPosted:

I'm not surprised it's sold so much. It's one of the best games ever.

JigeePosted:

To people wondering that's an approximate of $25,100,000,000. So yeah, he's made a couple bucks off of minecraft.

OasisPosted:

Can't wait for his new game to come out.

GaryPosted:

Pretty big milestone for Mojang cant wait for it to hit 10 Million maybe they'll do something special

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

So much cash, I'd be grinning too.

USCGPosted:

hes rich!


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