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Minecraft Hits 3 Million Sold On Xbox Live

by Kyle Hilliard on Jul 20, 2012 at 03:53 AM

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Markus "Notch" Persson, Minecraft's creator, tweeted last night that the Xbox Live Arcade version of the popular game had passed 3 million sold.

"I got told Minecraft for XBLA passed three million sales today!" said Persson on Twitter. The game launched on May 7 and reached 1 million sold in less than a week.

Kyle Hilliard
Kyle Hilliard
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Kyle plays entirely too much Picross. He once wrote a whole book about The Legend of Zelda.
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