Minecraft Reaches 54 Million Sold Console Editions Pass PC

The blocky sandbox game that is so popular Minecraft is close to 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 outsold sales of PC and Mac versions. The game will launch on Xbox One, PS4 and Vita in August, the latter being cross-buy compatible and free for users of the PS3 version. Xbox 360 and PS4 owners who have the game installed on their Xbox 360 or PS3 will now be able to download the most recent versions for $5. Minecraft Servers List

The alpha version of Minecraft was released in May 2009. Minecraft Servers List It was two years before its full release in November of 2011. Mojang and creator Markus "Notch" Persson have celebrated many sales milestones since then, recently noting that 15 million copies of the PC version were sold in April. In the same month, the Xbox 360 version reached 12 million sold, whereas the Pocket Edition for iOS and Android achieved 21 million. [Image: Mojang]