Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Surpasses One Billion Hours Played

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Oh how we love when studios decide to release information about just how successful their games are, don’t we? In the case of Minecraft, though, it is easy to turn away and enjoy it. Minecraft is one of those games that seems to transcend the normal “gamer” boundaries and appeal to just about everyone. That is why this latest number released about Minecraft isn’t all that shocking, especially on the Xbox 360 Edition.

Since its launch last year, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has helped to dominate Xbox Live as one of the most-played games without fail. Tons and tons of gamers have purchased Minecraft on the Xbox 360 and it doesn’t look like it will slow down any time soon. So the cool number released today is that players have logged over one billion hours on the Xbox 360 Edition of Minecraft. Now if only 4J Studios could fix that silly lighting bug that they introduced and we all could get back to mining.

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Source: http://www.explosion.com/28434/minecraft-xbox-360-edition-surpasses-one-billion-hours-played/

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MortarPosted:

One billion hours played? That is unbelievable! I wonder how many hours have been played on the PC version, surely that would be beyond comprehension.

slapshot101Posted:

Fuz
Woobie Pretty damn insane how much money this game has made on both the platforms.


It's a game thats changed our generation.

It's always funny how the most simple ideas change the generation.

FuzPosted:

Woobie Pretty damn insane how much money this game has made on both the platforms.


It's a game thats changed our generation.

slapshot101Posted:

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Woobie Pretty damn insane how much money this game has made on both the platforms.


what really gave them the cash flow is the disc version

The disk version isn't even out yet for the Xbox. It got delayed about a month or so.

MeetPosted:

Woobie Pretty damn insane how much money this game has made on both the platforms.


what really gave them the cash flow is the disc version

WoobiePosted:

Pretty damn insane how much money this game has made on both the platforms.

yayPosted:

Zyphr How do they keep track of these things?


They most likely just do an estimate based on average play time, then they calculate it up. I'm sure that's not EXACTLY how many hours, but more than likely close.

SynybunPosted:

Zyphr How do they keep track of these things?


I'm sure they have something that keeps track of a bunch of random statistics.

ZyphrPosted:

How do they keep track of these things?

SynybunPosted:

I wonder how many hours the PC version has.