Minecraft Xbox 360 profitable in one hour

The same people whining about the price are probably the same people who spend $15 every few months for garbage CoD map "expansions".  As far as it not being as good as the PC version, that's completely subjective.  Sure, I favor a mouse and keyboard over the controller, but the 360 version makes it much easier to play with friends without setting up a server and I also like the crafting system as well, despite some people saying it takes the "mystery" out of crafting.  What mystery?  Most people that don't have the recipes memorized (like myself) have the Wiki open most of the time anyway.  All these arguments are moot.  If you don't like it, don't buy it.

My Alienware mother board took a dump, so I bought this for the box. No problem with the price and love the game. Keep up the great work. Just shows, it's all about the game play, nice to see its not all about graphics even in 2012.

If the game is a port then it's a port. I don't really care since I already have it for pc and I'm not going to buy it. People that are complaining most likely didn't buy it for the same reason. Let the kids play together on this one at least.

I'm glad games like Minecraft are breaking records and not some shovelware from EA/Activision.

it made so much profit because whoever bought the first xbla minecraft version had to pay 1600msp wich gave em 200% profit right there.

it's not a big deal

but it's a huge price

I'm so tired of hearing everyone complaining. If you don't want to buy it don't buy it. 

In the first place I don't get how people can get them selves to pay for that, the graphics is so outdated that it makes me sick.

When I tried the game when I tried the game I felt like I was forced back in time.

I don't get that people won't buy Mega Man 10, because of the Old School graphics, but they will buy the ugliest game ever created.

Still cheaper than the PC version.

Of course it became profitable after one hour. Minecraft's development costs were almost nothing, and Notch be damned if he invests one cent of his now huge money pile into making it better. 

And here comes the onslaught of $20 arcade games. Thanks everyone.

1600 Microsoft spacebucks! Notch is a thief, the game idea was stolen to begin with, but that happens all the time so no biggy, but to charge more than 800 spacebucks for a lego game is insulting, there are indie clones that work just as good for 240 spacebucks. He can't sue, because it wasn't his original idea in the first place!

Can't...stop...playing...minecraft...must...solider on.Minecraft is awesome on any system...now may I please have it on my vita so I can play it on break at work:):)

sorry, but i'm not paying $20 bucks for this game. no game on live arcade should be priced that high no matter how good it is. that takes away impulse buying when the prices of these games keeps going up. if it was $10 then i would give it a try. it's just greedy turds wanting even more money from us when our money is tight.

I've got the PC version and it runs great on my computer.

However, unlike some of those of us who own the PC version, I'm actually buying this. But what about all those mods and expansions that the 360 version doesn't have? I've got an answer to that: They're worthless!

Most multiplayer servers implement a tremendous amount of mods, plugins and other crap that screw with the experience of the game. When you enter a server, you've got to navigate a huge maze of signs and other stuff that the admins want to force you to see. Once you get into the world, you can't build anything right away because everything is protected--You have to go miles away from the spawn to avoid the protected areas and actually get started (often times the admins and VIP players often build huge walls/structures that block your path), but even then, there's nothing to be found because everything's been scavanged by thousands of other players! It o If you want to do anything in a major server, you have to play by some awkward economy system that differs from server to server, which often forces you to give real money to the server admins for resources and VIP status (so much for the 360 version being more expensive than the PC version). Not to mention, you have to deal with hackers, as well as arrogant, immature admins that try to run their servers in the most inane ways when it comes to the PC version.

Really, the only "mods" that actually do no harm are the texture packs and the character skins, but getting none of those are worth the sheer amount of trouble of dealing with the aforementioned gameplay-altering mods, which often hinder new users when it comes to players in multiplayer servers. I'd love to play an online game of Minecraft in a console version that doesn't have all that crap.

Great, now every XBLA game will be 1600MSP from now on. Good job, Notch. Keep addressing those "greedy publishers" for not being Indie.

Could've done a couple million easily if it was 800 MSP.

I've got it for PC...so I'm gonna skip this. I enjoy the mods and stuff. But hey if I didn't I deffo get it for xbox

Ill be getting my copy soon. :P

Pretty sweet deal for Microsoft.

Not gona lie but it makes me wish I had a 360 :/

not surprised. games is awesome. worth the $20.  

I wish I could make money that quickly.

I thought 360 owners only played shooters

I can't believe what a money factory this thing is... Totally mind boggling.

A surprisingly large number of my Xbox LIVE friends had been playing Minecraft knock-offs such as Fortresscraft for months. Of course they jumped at the chance to get the real thing.

Great news!

I finally bought this baby a few hours ago and I've been playing it straight since.

I've been dying to play this baby for months but couldn't cause my PC was garbage and now I finally have the chance.

Easily the best $20 I've spent this gen.

:D

I never liked Minecraft to be honest, but I am glad there is a game doing well on the market. 

That's $8 million bucks in one day, not even counting sales tax where applicable. Man oh man.

That'ssss a very nice profit you've got there... sssssss

I fear such success only pushes developers away from AAA tittle, there are just so many XBL games coming out to both high critical and commecial success yet nothing AAA or even just on disk

I don't even get why Minecraft is so popular. It's a pixely sandbox game.... nothin special. I also thought the developer has nerve to sell it at $20 on Xbox Live Arcade. Top-tier arcade games, like Trials HD & Evolution, Shadow Complex ect..., sold for $15. No games sell for $20. I just can't believe this mediocre game was able to sell for that high of a price, that sooo many people actually paid for it, and that it now holds the top spot above games that rightfully deserve it.

Minecraft is strangely addictive on any platform!

I've been playing since the game was so unfinished.. Seems the game hasn't changed at all, haha. Now he's breaking bank on it.

wtf? a mediocre game manage to hit the top? i thought Trials was pretty much unbeatable