Minecraft becomes first video game to hit 300m sales:
The Lego-like block-building game cements its position as the best-selling video game of all time.
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Minecraft reports more than 300 million salesMojang Studios announced the milestone during a weekend event.
- Mojang Studios announced the figure during a weekend event; it covers worldwide sales across all platforms.
- Minecraft was released in November 2011; an unfinished pre-release version had been available since 2009.
- Microsoft bought Minecraft in 2014 for $2.5bn (£2bn).
- The new figure is well above the 238 million sales last reported in April 2021.
milestone no one could have dreamed of when we were all placing our first blocks— Helen Chiang, head of Minecraft Studios, said the 300 million figure was a 'milestone no one could have dreamed of when we were all placing our first blocks'.
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