Tue, May 15, 2012 | 01:08 BST
Minecraft Xbox 360 sells more than 1 million units in less than a week
Over 1 million copies of Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition have been snapped up since the sandbox title released less than a week ago.
Gamers are giving the game a thrashing if the statistics released by Microsoft are anything to go by. They’ve spent more than 5.2 million hours with the game on XBLA.
Over 4 million multiplayer sessions have been noted, which clocked a handsome 2.4 million multiplayer hours.
The game launched for Xbox 360 on May 9 and costs $20 on XBLA. This means it’s made more than $20 million, which is apparently going to be split in parts between Mojang, port developer 4J Studios and Microsoft.
5 comments
#1
DuckOfDestiny
15/05/12, 1:36 am
Surely that’s a good percentage of the Psychonauts 2 funding right there, and the guys at Mojang didn’t even need to lift up a finger.
#2
Phoenixblight
15/05/12, 1:40 am
@1
They had to lift a finger to re-code the game to fit the standards of the 360 along with Mojang had to pay for the certification of the game and MS takes 30% off the top.
#3
Kona
15/05/12, 2:32 am
Such an overrated game.
#4
Yoshi
15/05/12, 9:13 am
I’m sorry Fortress Craft? What was that? Yeah go cry in a corner
#5
Cobra951
15/05/12, 3:18 pm
It’s so well done. It may lack some of the PC’s amenities, but it stands up very nicely on its own merits. Great job on the programming. Quite a contrast from the buggy and herky-jerky Fez.