Minecraft Finds Money Vein, Reaches 15 million Sold On PC

The original, PC version of Minecraft recently reached 15 million in sales according to a tweet from the game's creator, Markus "Notch" Persson. minecraft-server-list.space The game surpassed 14 million sold on PC in early February, and also hit two sales milestones on other platforms in the month of February 12 million copies for Xbox 360 and 21 million for the Pocket Edition on Android and iOS.

Minecraft first came out in alpha form in May 2009, a long time before its official release in November 2011. Mojang, a developer, recently launched the subscription-based Minecraft Realms services for hosting multiplayer worlds. It costs $13 per month. It plans to launch a retail boxed version of the game on PS3 in May and sold one million copies digitally in the first month on PSN and will also launch PS4 and Vita versions in Q2 or Q3 this year. The new Xbox One Minecraft version will allow players to save worlds from Xbox 360 just like the versions for the Sony systems. [Image: Mojang]