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Minecraft On Xbox 360 Hits Five Million

by Matthew Kato on January 03, 2013 at 09:14 AM

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Last year was very good for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, and original Minecraft developer Mojang is boasting that the game has sold five million copies.

Daniel Kaplan, Mojang's business developer, celebrated the milestone with a tweet: "On the last day of 2012, Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition hit 5 million copies sold! Crazy! Amazing! Great way to end the year :) Thanks!"

The 360 Edition of the game (click for Jeff Cork's review), developed by 4J studios, came out in May.

[via Gamespot]

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Filed under: News, Microsoft, Impulse, mojang, 4J Studios, minecraft xbox 360 edition

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by MafiaMarble Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 09:40 AM

It surely deserves it. I think I sank more hours into Minecraft than I did any other game last year.
by AceOfSpades Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 09:55 AM

I own a copy of the game, but never really got into it all that much. I found that I'd rather be doing other things with my time.
by Mike Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 09:56 AM

Not surprising. Although, I'm waiting for the update that brings "The End" to get back into it. But every now and then, I get back into it.
by Robertman2 Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 09:59 AM

I like Minecraft
by Ucantfindme Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 10:00 AM

YEAH MINECRAFT!
by dodgyboyy Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 10:06 AM

good for them, i can't see why anyone wouldn't like minecraft xD
by Ezio Auditore Da Firenze Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 10:22 AM

I thought I was gonna have a hard time convincing my friends to play it, but nowadays they are the ones constantly inviting me to play. By the way, shouldn't you guys update the review to cover all the new content.
by Abenader Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 10:36 AM

Isn't the Xbox Minecraft really dumbed down from the PC version? I'd feel like maybe I was missing out on something if I downloaded it on Live.
by God Of Irony Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 10:48 AM

I wouldn't be able to enjoy it otherwise. PC version wasn't my cup of tea, never liked pc games keyboard and mouse setup.
by Trenchmace Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 10:51 AM

Wow. I guess one really does not simply... Not own Minecraft.
by CommanderShishKebab Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 11:12 AM

Am I the only one who has learned enough Minecraft sales figures for one lifetime?
by rip403 Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 11:59 AM

im not surprised lol
by THX-1138 Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 12:07 PM

Congratulations. Hopefully notch's head doesn't get any bigger
by Dawson Wyckoff Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 01:22 PM

That is awesome! Good Job Mojang, I knew you could do some good stuff.
by TheBiasedIrishman Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 03:04 PM

Do you display these statistics in an attempt to surprise me?
by Warbuff Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 03:38 PM

Admittedly I left Far Cry 3, Walking Dead, Assassin's Creed 3, Battlfeidl 3, and many other games untouched last week I spent over 10 hours working on a new world. For some reason I go months without touching Minecraft but when a new update hits the game consumes my every thought.
by John Wrek Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 04:47 PM

Take that evil FPS devs! :p
by Darryl Dixon Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 04:58 PM

Very well deserved.
by bioshocker Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 05:57 PM

It deserves it, it's such a great timesink.

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