Minecraft has sold a whopping six million copies on the PC platform till date, according to Mojang’s Markus Persson. Markus tweeted recently that the number is close to around nine million for all platforms. As reported, Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan gave a more specific number of close to 9.2 million. The current platforms, include PC, Android, iOS and Xbox Live Arcade. The number was close to 4 million last November and this is definitely a substantial increase. Infact, Minecraft for XBLA itself was close to 1 million within the first week of its launch. The popularity of the game is building up quickly and currently the alpha and beta builds are available for players to try out. For Xbox Live Arcade, Minecraft has the prestige of becoming the fastest selling title of all times, beating Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. Another update for the game is going to come soon and more information is available here.
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