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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L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

Vlif
VisionaryMGMT
Coloccini
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?


omg, it's too nice. For anyone that hasn't seen:
http://kotaku.com/5948142/you-wont-believe-how-nice-notchs-office-is


WOAH! thats crazy! where can i get one xD


im actually currios of how much that cost him lol thats crazy looking

L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

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


The game was made for the right reason, love of games. Too many companies only care about the money, so they don't exactly respond to the demands of the customers. Minecraft has been updated on a regular basis since its release, to the point where you wouldn't even recognize it in its original form.

That's the best part about indie devs.


this is so true im glad that he has become so succesfull

speedPosted:

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


The game was made for the right reason, love of games. Too many companies only care about the money, so they don't exactly respond to the demands of the customers. Minecraft has been updated on a regular basis since its release, to the point where you wouldn't even recognize it in its original form.

That's the best part about indie devs.

PoonPosted:

VisionaryMGMT
Coloccini
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?


omg, it's too nice. For anyone that hasn't seen:
http://kotaku.com/5948142/you-wont-believe-how-nice-notchs-office-is


WOAH! thats crazy! where can i get one xD

PoonPosted:

Famous_Energy I still never bought minecraft for PC yet, lol


get it for PC its worth it!

PoonPosted:

Fluhfy I haven't got it for pc either but I'm guessing the PC version is better than the xbl version


Yes i have it for PC and Xbox. its going to take Xbox atleast 2 Years of Updating to catch up with PC. :P

JupPosted:

I haven't got it for pc either but I'm guessing the PC version is better than the xbl version

FamousPosted:

I still never bought minecraft for PC yet, lol

VisionaryMGMTPosted:

Coloccini
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?


omg, it's too nice. For anyone that hasn't seen:
http://kotaku.com/5948142/you-wont-believe-how-nice-notchs-office-is

NatusVincerePosted:

Minecraft is one of the best game's of all time.I mean really your just hitting blocks and making stuff breeding animals farming and mining.It would seem wow that seems so boring whats the fun in that game.After you play it for 10 mins you notice you been on the game for over 20 hours non stop.I mean what is it about this game that never gets old ?.Just amazing game 100% a 10/10 game


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