The Xbox 360 adaptation of Mojang’s sandbox hit Minecraft looks to be well on its way towards shattering Xbox Live sales records. Company boss Markus “Notch” Persson tweeted earlier today that the title was profitable in the first hour of availability.

Well then. Saw the official sales numbers for the first 24 hours of Minecraft Xbox 360, and it’s very, very good. Profitable in an hour.

Impressive, to say the least. It was smart of Microsoft to nab exclusivity rights. While the 360 version is fairly bare-bones right now, the developer responsible for the port — 4J Studios — plans on bringing it up to parity with the PC equivalent with future updates. Mods, texture packs and skins are coming at a later date.

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