‘Minecraft’ on PC Crosses the 12 Million Copy Mark

Posted on September 3, 2013 by John Carle

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The little indie game that could just keeps growing. Back in June, Minecraft on PC had crossed the 11 million mark. Now, not even three full months later, the game has sold another seven figures, bringing the revenue generated from just the PC version of Minecraft to $323,400,000. Add in the Minecraft: Pocket Edition’s 10 million units sold and the 8 million that have found their way to XBox 360s across the country and there are a solid 20 million units of Minecraft sold. Not bad for an indie game that is basically a sandbox.

Microsoft has been quoted talking about Minecraft, calling it a “beast” and will be bringing it to the XBox One. Sony will follow suit with Minecraft on the PlayStation 4. Nintendo has said they were big fans of Mojang, Minecraft’s developer, but did not have any announcements as of yet about the series. Back in march, Mojang developer Jens Bergensten talked of a Wii U version of Minecraft as “very unlikely”.

Also just released this past weekend on Jinx are the two latest LEGO Minecraft sets. The Village and The Nether will sell for a cool $34.99 (almost $10 more than the actual PC software goes for) and be compatible with the already released LEGO Minecraft Micro World.

Let us know your thoughts on Minecraft, if you play, what you play on and if you are planning on buying any future or LEGO versions of it in the comments below.

 

About John Carle

The Definition of “Geek Chic.” Comic books, sci-fi movies, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Lord of the Rings and more all rolled up in a Diesel wearing, club going socialite package. Having worked in both advertising and television, John is a lifetime writer always being a part of the creative process. John knows the television world between his experience on being involved with the production process of over two hundred episodes of prime time tv and being a self admitted media whore. Yes he has a weakness for trash tv, Michael Bay-esque action movies and the raunchy teen comedy as well. Never try to debate the Original Star Wars Trilogy versus Star Trek with him because the Holy Trilogy always comes out on top. Having partied with movie stars to Playboy centerfolds, John is somehow always able to find someone’s inner geek. The simplest rules that John lives by is to have fun and doing what makes him happy. There’s no shame in being a geek. Play Halo, read Spider-Man and proudly display the whole series of Neon Genesis: Evangelion on your DVD rack. And most importantly, make sure to read his weekly comic book pull list reviews at The Flickcast.
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