The Minecraft series had a record sales year in 2012. Developer Mojang has announced that total franchise sales for the game exceeded 15 million during the past year, with the Pocket Edition (iOS, Android) performing better than all others at 5,899,727 copies sold.

　　Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition was the next-best-performing version during 2012, recording sales of 5,002,370. Notably, this is the newest version of the game and has only been on sale since May 2012. Minecraft for the PC and Mac brought up the rear for the year, selling 4,177,843 copies in 2012.

　　A version of Minecraft for the Raspberry Pi credit-card-sized computer is also in development.

　　Below is a breakdown of 2012 Minecraft sales for each platform. Also included in the chart are Christmas Day and Christmas Week (December 24-30) sales for each version.

　　Minecraft for PC and Mac

　　Christmas Day: 70,808

　　Christmas Week: 241,845

　　Total 2012: 4,177,843

　　Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

　　Christmas Day: 100,416

　　Christmas Week: 325,591

　　Total 2012: 5,002,370

　　Minecraft: Pocket Edition

　　Christmas Day: 283,939

　　Christmas Week: 706,419

　　Total 2012: 5,899,727

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