Minecraft XBLA crafts 3 million sales

[Soldier 95B]

Minecraft for Xbox Live Arcade has now surpassed 3 million sales. The announcement comes via Twitter from Mojang's lord of the blocks, Markus "Notch" Persson, who tweeted this morning: "I got told Minecraft for XBLA passed three million sales today!"

The $20 downloadable title launched on May 7 and sold a million units in five days, it then reached two million sales in early June. Minecraft for XBLA has also enjoyed significant support through updates, the latest (v 1.73) going live just last week.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/20/mi...million-sales/

LOL...damn, who whudda known. Crazy sales from another exclusive on Xbox. I wonder if it will break 5 million by year end?

[Sub-stance1]

I'm not much of a fan of the game but that is impressive.

[*goo]

It's not exclusive to Xbox, it's on PC too.

These pointless but imposed restrictions to wield the word 'exclusive' as some kind of badge of honour are amusing.

[Soldier 95B]

LOL, thanks for playing goo. Did you have anything to contribute?

[Sub-stance1]

It's not exclusive to Xbox, it's on PC too.

Which makes it even more impressive.

These pointless but imposed restrictions to wield the word 'exclusive' as some kind of badge of honour are amusing.

You pointing out that its not exclusive is just a amusing IMO.

[*goo]

LOL, thanks for playing goo. Did you have anything to contribute?

Yes, that your comment was wrong.



@Sub-stance1, I know but I do like to correct people with their error in this regard.

[Soldier 95B]

Yes, that your comment was wrong..

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition can't be found on PC nor PS3 or Nintendo. By all means, post back when you have time!

[Cuguy]

exactly. minecraft on the PC is an entirely different game. this is Minecraft 360. Not, PS3, Wii, etc... so therefore it IS a console exclusive. You can play the separate PC version on PC, not on the 360.

[Soldier 95B]

Again, there will be no convincing others, fact or opinion.

[F34R]

It's pretty good for being on the 360 for sure. I've had to buy to copies of the game for two consoles lol.

[Sub-stance1]

Again, there will be no convincing others, fact or opinion.

true... The fact is that this title is very successful and it was a smart move by Microsoft to bring this version to XBLA.

[*goo]

exactly. minecraft on the PC is an entirely different game. this is Minecraft 360. Not, PS3, Wii, etc... so therefore it IS a console exclusive. You can play the separate PC version on PC, not on the 360.

And why exactly is it 'an entirely different game'?

[Soldier 95B]

What console can you play Minecraft on? Xbox 360, Wii or PS3 or all of them?

The game is exclusive to one of those consoles. Google for the answer.

[Yungstar 2006]

It's not exclusive to Xbox, it's on PC too.

These pointless but imposed restrictions to wield the word 'exclusive' as some kind of badge of honour are amusing.

i think most of us understand exclusive to mean "on console".

[Yungstar 2006]

And why exactly is it 'an entirely different game'?

thats some hole your digging for yourself there...

[Old Man Gamer]

May I ask why people here get all stirred up by the term "exclusive"? We're talking consoles in the console forum so the term is appropriate, especially in terms of this particular title, since it is a special version of the game.

With respect to this site, since roughly 95% of game related discussions center around console and handhelds, I wouldn't get too concerned about calling a game that is also available on the PC, an exclusive.

It's all about context and we all know the meaning within the context of this site.

[F34R]

May I ask why people here get all stirred up by the term "exclusive"? We're talking consoles in the console forum so the term is appropriate, especially in terms of this particular title, since it is a special version of the game.

With respect to this site, since roughly 95% of game related discussions center around console and handhelds, I wouldn't get too concerned about calling a game that is also available on the PC, an exclusive.

It's all about context and we all know the meaning within the context of this site.

Post of the Year award..

[DeviousOne]

I guess exclusive= special and people like to feel there are part of something special. Who knows? Who cars microsoft is getting paid

[Yuuichi]

That's really impressive. I wouldn't think the averag xbox gamer(I see them as being mostly into action and fps based on game sale) would be into this. Ill prob be buying it when I get my xbox this week.

[Old Man Gamer]

I guess exclusive= special and people like to feel there are part of something special. Who knows? Who cars microsoft is getting paid

I know that this is getting a bit off topic and for that I apologize, but I respectfully disagree. Based on my observations on this site, it seems to bother some when the term "exclusive" is used properly.

[DeviousOne]

I know that this is getting a bit off topic and for that I apologize, but I respectfully disagree. Based on my observations on this site, it seems to bother some when the term "exclusive" is used properly.

It was a view I was sharing in response to your first post. Exclusive doesnt effect me at all but from my understanding exclusive would mean it be available to one entity.

[Soldier 95B]

I know that this is getting a bit off topic and for that I apologize, but I respectfully disagree. Based on my observations on this site, it seems to bother some when the term "exclusive" is used properly.

I have to agree. It's pretty common in this section.

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