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Minecraft Sales Aren't Slowing Down

Mojang said today Minecraft for PC and Mac has now sold over eight million copies to date.

"That’s a lot," said Mojang's Owen Hill. "Not as many as the The Sims 2 or Half-Life 2, but more than the Sims 2: Pets and Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty according to this page. It’s a big number, basically."

Minecraft on Xbox Live Arcade recently surpassed 4 million sales and even overtook Call of Duty as the most played game on the service for a week.

[Source: Mojang]

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  • Hmm. I'm thinking about either getting this for the Xbox 360, or waiting to get the Dragonborn DLC. Decisions decisions.
  • Crazy!
  • Not super surprising but that's good! ...Nothing is gonna be able to combat BO2 release week...lol.
  • He got so rich from such a simple game...
  • So add in Xbox and you get 12 million. That's awesome.

  • I just got back into it with a friend. It's kind of turned into one of those classics that you will pick up a some point down the road. Doesn't surprise me it's still selling. More than something like SC II however is remarkable.

  • Shame that after recent updates I get bad lag in single player :(
  • good! it's a fantastic game and the modding community is extending it's life tenfold.

  • Having sold more units than Star Craft II is a feat.

  • Cause it's a third of the price of those other games. Give or take a few bucks.
  • I really wish I had time to invest a good chunk of time in this game :P
  • Nice

  • Wow, nice!

  • Just this weekend I managed to get the Tale of Kingdoms mod working and it is awesome. I love how The PC version has almost infinite possibilities between mods and updates. I know I will be playing it off and on for years to come.
  • I've played MineCraft before and its got its ups and downs.Let me expiain how. Sometimes you can be building on the zombie mode and you have only been builing for a few minuts and you look around and you already see zombies and all that stuff that is the bad part. But there is a good part. The good part is you can make what ever you want you can make just about anything like a skyscrapers, cities, towns,or just a house. Over all the bad parts the game is very good.
  • wow cool
  • I am glad that Minecraft is getting it's dues.Fun game for all.

  • Well, Youtube sure isn't detracting from the popularity, what with all the videos and whatnot.
  • It deserves it, its a great game.
  • *laughs* Of course this game did better than Sims 2: Pets.... Did anyone even like Sims 2: Pets? Not really a good comparison, Owen Hill.

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