Minecraft sells over 4 million on XBLA, PC cards in stores across US

by Stephen Heller Featured 0 Comments 8 Votes 557 Views 02/10/2012 Back to News

4J Studios, the team who brought Minecraft to Xbox Live Arcade have announced that the indie darling has sold over 4 million copies on Microsoft's console and it is still shifting like crazy.

Mojang followed up this exciting news with an announcement that the PC version is anow available in physical stores across the US via prepaid cards. Walmart, Best Buy and Target are selling the cards for $26.95 USD, the same price as the game is online right now.

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