<p>Mojang have revealed some really interesting figures regarding copies of <a class="zem_slink" title="Minecraft" href="http://www.minecraft.net" target="_blank" rel="homepage">Minecraft</a> XBLA and Minecraft PC. It turns out, after a quick evaluation of said figures, that Minecraft XBLA sold more than the PC edition!</p>
<p>According to Mojang the following figures for various versions of Minecraft are as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Minecraft: Pocket Edition Mobile &#8211; 5,899,727 copies</li>
<li>Minecraft XBLA &#8211; 5,002,370 copies</li>
<li>Minecraft PC &#8211; 4,177,843 copies</li>
</ul>
<p>That equates to a total of 15,079,940 copies sold throughout 2012&#8230; amazing to say the least.</p>
<p>With updates coming frequently on all versions, it has never been a better time to jump on the hype-wagon and choose your favorite platform to play the game from.</p>
<p>Who knows? Maybe it will inspire you to create the next big thing!?</p>
<p>[Source: <a href="http://www.mojang.com/">Mojang </a>via <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-01-10-minecraft-xbla-outsold-minecraft-pc-in-2012">Eurogamer</a>]</p>
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Minecraft XBLA Sold More Than Minecraft PC in 2012

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