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Minecraft notches over 1,000,000 sales

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When a major console or PC game racks up a million copies sold, it rarely registers as a blink in the market. A million sometimes doesn’t recoup the costs of a ‘Triple A” title. In comparison, not many indie games manage to get close to that number. Markus “Notch” Persson’s Minecraft is another story though. Sold online via the Minecraft website, not only did the game hit one million in sales, but it shows little evidence of slowing down.

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Minecraft hits 500,000 in sales prior to Hallowe’en update

Doug Groves , , , , 5 Comments

[ED Note: Minecraft has now racked up over 1,000,000 sales.] Minecraft, the indie sandbox game from Markus “Notch” Persson, has racked up 500,000 units sold as of about an hour ago, according to the real time counter on the top of the Minecraft home page.  As of this writing it’s sitting at 500431. Though the game was first released back in July of 2009, the game, which is still in alpha stage, has seen a surge of popularity in the gaming community since late summer of this year. Minecraft is…

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