Minecraft Sells 54 Million Copies Console Editions Pass PC

The blocky sandbox game that is so popular Minecraft is closing in on 54 million copies sold across all platforms, claims Mojang's Patrick Geuder, who also announced on Twitter that the console (Xbox 360 and PS3) versions of the game have now exceeded sales of the PC and Mac versions. Persiancat's Blog The game will be available on Xbox One, PS4 and Vita in August, with the latter being compatible with Cross-Buy and free for users of the PS3 version. Persiancat's Blog Xbox 360 and PS4 owners who have the game on their Xbox 360 or PS3 will be able to download the latest versions for $5. Minecraft

The first time that players played Minecraft were in May 2009, when the alpha version of Minecraft was made available, a little more than two years prior to its full release in November of 2011. Mojang and Markus "Notch", Persson who developed Minecraft, have achieved many milestones in the sales. Recently, Mojang reported that 15 million copies were sold of the PC version. The Xbox 360 version sold 12 million copies, and the Pocket Edition for iOS or Android reached 21 million. [Image: Mojang]