Minecraft for Xbox 360 became 'profitable in an hour'

[garyopa]

Breaks Digital Sales Records...



Looks like Minecraft on XBOX 360 had a very successful launch, as sold more than any other title in the first 24 hours on Xbox LIVE Arcade!

Minecraft for XBOX 360 was launched yesterday, and Mojang’s Markus Persson announced via Twitter that the game became profitable within an hour of launch.

According to Major Nelson, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has has broken all previous Xbox LIVE Arcade digital sales records, selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours on that service.

I just looked at the leaderboards and there are over 400,000 people playing…so that will give you an idea at how well it is doing.

Looks like not even the launch "troubles" and user complaints weren't enough to stop people from buying this one.

Is Notch sleeping now on a mound of cash?

NEWS SOURCE #1: http://www.vg247.com/2012/05/10/mine...r-on-xbox-360/
NEWS SOURCE #2: http://majornelson.com/2012/05/10/mi...sales-records/

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news story!

[Battlefield]

1-2 weeks ago, Trials HD was the fastest selling game on Live.

Nothing sells this fast and good on PSN. If that happened, Sony would be the first to brag about it.

I buy alot on PSN and Live, but PS3 lacks the the fast selling killer games. PSN still have alot of good games of course.