Minecraft: Pocket Edition sells 700,000 units

Okay, here's the thing. I have bought minecraft PE, but they say the update is coming February 8th. on that day Mojang will submit the update to iOS and android markets. If you're waiting to buy it when the update comes out, the price may raise. (the update also won't be the full survival mode, but later on when other updates make it that way, and since it's a fully functional version of minecraft, it might cost more then. I also know the PC minecraft is around $25 USD, so the price may be similar.) That's one of the reasons I went ahead and bought it, but if you have to pay for the update, my plan will be useless.

I've been curious to try out Minecraft, but I don't spend that much time gaming on a PC, especially in a building-blocks game. However, I could probably spend 5 minutes here and 5 minutes there toying around with it. I won't pay $7 for the game, but when it's on sale I might download it. Would have been nice to grab it during the Android 10 for $10 sales, but I didn't have any Android devices at the time to run it on. And now only have Kindle Fire, so not sure if it's available on the Amazon AppStore (not rooting my Kindle).

Just when you thought this game couldn't rake in more cash... My flipping goodness.

Please, let it be moved to the vita and/or PS3! I'm dying to play it!

Now if only they'd update the friggin thing! They are supposed to submit an update on February 8 for all the platforms though so we'll see some new features then. They said that update will include doors, gates, and several animals. Apparently it took them a while to update because fans reacted against what they were doing with it. They were making Creative mode while the fans wanted survival so they had to fully reconfigure the code. BUT they said after the Feb 8 update then updates will come much faster from then on and it'll all be survival mode stuff. :D Woo!

Why are the sales so high? As far as I know it's basically a stripped down version of Minecraft without crafting, enemies, etc.

I was about to say, how many of those sales were during the 10 cent Android market holiday bash? Probably many! According to google market page the paid version: INSTALLS: 100,000 - 500,000 That could very well be closer to 500,000 than 100,000.

Nope, I will buy it once it either goes on sale or the mob update hits

I got it when it was a dime on Android Market. Still has a long way to go because in it's current state it feels like a severely crippled demo.