Minecraft sales have crossed 8 million on PC. According to Minecraft’s official site, 8,005,101 people have bought the game as of this writing. On Twitter, Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson commented ”The PC version of Minecraft just passed 8 million sales! My face is making grinning sounds, so I assume it's grinning!”

Previously, Mojang confirmed that 4 million copies of Minecraft have been sold on Xbox 360 and another 700,000 have been sold across iOS and Android, pushing the franchise past 12.7 million units sold across all platforms. We've reached out to Mojang for updated sales data on other platforms and will update with any additional info we receive.

Minecraft recently received an official Far Cry 3 mod on PC. Update 1.4.4 is currently available in pre-release.

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