What sells more than 1 million copies, clocks 5.2 million\u00a0total online hours spent mining, 4 million\u00a0total multiplayer sessions, and over 2.4 million\u00a0multiplayer gaming hours played in just five days?<\/p>\n
Okay, I suppose I gave the answer away in the headline already, but for those of you who just randomly clicked through to this page without reading, it’s… Minecraft!<\/p>\n
*square blocks of confetti<\/em> here<\/em>*<\/p>\n They didn’t say how many pigs have been saddled up and dropped off cliffs for 40 Gamerscore, but I’d imagine it’s probably quite a lot. A moment of silence for those poor porkers.<\/p>\n “Uhhhh, Microsoft<\/a> just sent out a press release saying Minecraft: Xbox 360<\/a> Edition has sold a million copies in five days,” said Markus “Notch” Persson<\/a> on Twitter<\/a>. “Wow.”<\/p>\n He’s just being polite, though. I’m sure another $20 million on top of all the other millions isn’t really such a big deal anymore.<\/p>\n “Oh,” I imagine Notch might have added. “Put it in a hole in the garden or something. I’ll figure out what to do with it later.”<\/p>\n Minecraft breaks XBLA sales record, makes money back in one hour<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n FortressCraft dev blames Minecraft community after DDoS attack<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nSource: Play XBLA<\/a><\/h5>\n
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