Minecraft cemented its status as the best-selling game ever at the turn of the decade after breaking past the 200 million mark. Since then, Mojang’s widely popular sandbox title has shipped 100 million more units, with no signs of slowing down.
During the Minecraft Live 2023 event, the studio revealed that Minecraft has already sold over 300 million units across all platforms. The survival sandbox title now holds a 115 million lead over second place which belongs to Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5. It looks like Minecraft will stay in first place for the foreseeable future.
As we approach the 15th anniversary, Minecraft remains one of the best-selling games of all time, with over 300 million copies sold, a milestone no one could have dreamed of when we were all placing our first blocks,” Helen Chiang, head of Mojang Studios, said in a statement.
With 300 million units, Minecraft is now in seventh place in the best-selling video game franchise list. Mario still holds a commanding lead with over 832 million units shipped since 1981. Minecraft could potentially overtake FIFA for the sixth place in the next year or so given that the football video game franchise will not be launching a new title anytime soon.
New updates coming to Minecraft
Mojang hosts these Minecraft Live livestream events to share news and updates for the game. Players may participate in the voting event to select which new creature should be added to the game. This year players had to choose between a crab, an armadillo, and a penguin. The armadillo won first place in this year’s voting and will be added in a future update. Just so you know, we voted for the Penguin to win.
During the event, Mojang also the key features coming to Minecraft version 1.21. Next year’s update will be adding the trial chamber, a new dungeon that looks like a maze of corridors and rooms packed with traps, mobs, and loot. The trial chamber will be procedurally generated which means that every session will be unique.
The upcoming update also adds a new mob called the breeze. The mob is very hostile and will try to confuse players by leaping in circles around its target. Also being added to the game are new decorative tuff and copper blocks along with copper bulbs.
Mojang also announced that Minecraft Legends will be getting its second major update in mid-November. The update titled Lost Legends adds a new Frog mount and a new witch ally. The update will also introduce a new type of flying enemy unit.
Minecraft will also be receiving the Star Wars: Path of the Jedi DLC on November 7. The Planet Earth III DLC will also be coming to Minecraft Education and Minecraft Marketplace. The DLC was created by BBC Earth and features some of the most extreme biomes found on our planet.
