Minecraft XBLA closes out the year by reaching 5 million sales milestone

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Minecraft dug deep on New Year's Eve to reach 5 million sales on Xbox Live Arcade before the close of 2012. The news is maybe not surprising given the franchise's prolificacy across the board over the last 12 months, including 453,000 sales on Christmas Day alone, but the achievement still represents a momentous way for developers 4J Studios and Mojang to see in the new year.

Not that there's time for 4J Studios to rest on any laurels, as the team is off its festive break and back at work remedying some of the problems encountered with Title Update 7. The developer says a bug-fixing patch is being released later this month.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/03/minecraft-xbox-360-closes-out-the-year-by-reaching-5-million-sal/#comments

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SynybunPosted:

CNTB I hope they start pushing out updates fast for xbox


They seem to be making them faster than before, maybe it will catch up to the pc someday.

ChugJugPosted:

I hope they start pushing out updates fast for xbox

MoanPosted:

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CuddleMuffins They deserved this, after all they have done. I would say they are very successful.


Indeed. I would want to see what else Mojang has up there sleeves.


What else do they have?

BurialPosted:

CuddleMuffins They deserved this, after all they have done. I would say they are very successful.


Indeed. I would want to see what else Mojang has up there sleeves.

MoanPosted:

KittyRa1n Easily the best game on the marketplace.


That might be true!

KittyRa1nPosted:

Easily the best game on the marketplace.

_Soldiers_at_War_Posted:

Moan
CNTB Mincraft for the 360 rocks its sooo fun


It is fun, if you don't have it already you need to get it.


true that but it can get boring after awhile

MoanPosted:

CNTB Mincraft for the 360 rocks its sooo fun


It is fun, if you don't have it already you need to get it.

YoloPosted:

Wow good job 4J

PlusnetPosted:

CuddleMuffins They deserved this, after all they have done. I would say they are very successful.


Agreed. They did such a good job with this.