Mojang's sandbox builder-'em-up Minecraft remains a cult favorite on the Xbox 360, surpassing 12 million units sold by this month.
"It is pretty amazing!" Mojang's Daniel Kaplan said in response to the new milestone in sales. "I can remember when we first began talking about sales numbers that we'd be thrilled to sell 1,000,000 copies. This would have placed us on par [Battlefield 1943 or Castle Crashers, both of which are fantastic games so that was something we could strive for. teamextrememc minecraft server We never even dreamed of selling 12 million!"
Minecraft has previously exceeded 10 million sales in December last year. Mojang and development partner 4J Studios will continue to bring up-to-date Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition with new content over the coming months and will include a Candy Texture Pack due to launch on April 18.
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