Dude. The players available on the leader board are more than 600k in its first 24-hours.

Eurogamer

Minecraft has smashed the record for the most day-one Xbox Live Arcade sales, Microsoft has announced.

The platform holder didn't offer exact figures, but said that Mojang's game has now overtaken Trials Evolution, which set a new record last month.

Earlier today, creator Markus 'Notch' Persson revealed via his Twitter feed that the console version of his game was profitable within an hour of going on sale.

However, his Tweet then set off a little consternation at Fez developer Polytron, who suggested Notch might have been singled out for preferential treatment by Microsoft.

"How did you get those stats from MS?" asked Phil Fish's crew. "We still don't know exactly how much Fez sold almost a month later. You get stats in 24 hours?

Notch replied: "What? Really? I thought it was standard procedure! That sucks. :("

The Fez studio then stated that "standard procure [sic] is: you find out how much you sold when you get your first check 3-4 months later."

"You're also getting free updates," they added, "which is something every other developer on the platform is told is simply not an option."

Notch responded by explaining that "we had to fight for that, and we got a limited number of them. Not sure why they don't like it."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-10-minecraft-breaks-day-one-xbla-sales-record

GAMElitist

The final game in Microsoft’s Arcade NEXT program, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, has been selling like hot cakes. According to a press release from Microsoft, it’s officially passed the 1 million units sold mark. This comes less than a week after breaking Trials Evolution’s day-one XBLA sales record.

Notch, Minecraft’s original creator:

“Uhhhh, Microsoft just sent out a press release saying Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has sold a million copies in five days. Wow.”

Wow indeed. I think it’s safe to say that Microsoft made a wise decision bringing Minecraft onto the Xbox 360, amidst the many clones that already populated the download service. Nothing beats the original, especially with that four player split screen (provided you have an HD TV).

The Minecraft train keeps rolling and there’s no clear indication that it’s stopping anytime soon.

http://www.gamelitist.com/2012/05/minecraft-xbox-360-edition-sells-more-1-million-copies/

MCVUK

Minecraft's Xbox 360 developer 4J has revealed more staggering numbers for the indie hit's console effort.

Speaking on Twitter, a studio rep announced the port has surpassed 4m units sold in its first five months.

The total figure averages out to around 27,000 copies sold a day.

Last we heard, many months ago, the total sales figure for Mojang's across all platforms was near 10m, but the number could easily be approaching double that given the pace all three versions (PC, mobile, and console) continue to move at.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/minecraft-xbla-builds-up-4m-sales-averages-27-000-a-day/0103808

Damn 4 Milions !

Only Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 on Xbox will sell more than that this year...

Well deserved.

Lol, just finished playing MC 360 like 5 mins ago.

Thanks for the heads up. That game has just incredible legs.

Going by the press releases:

May 9th (Release day)
May 14th - 1m
June 4th - 2m
July 20th - 3m
August 28th - 3.6m
September 30th - 4m

Hopefully 5+ million by years end!

The more this game sells, the more respect I have for my fellow 360 gamers.

Where the ps3 version? :(