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The popular PC game sells big in its first weekend on XBLA.

Major Nelson has revealed that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition had the highest sales of any title in its first 24 hours since the start of Xbox Live Arcade. Although official sales numbers have not yet been released for the week, Major Nelson points out that over 400,000 people were playing the game online. Minecraft's phenomenal sales surpassed the previous title holder - Trials Evolution - that hit its high mark less than a month ago.  All of these big numbers are good news for Microsoft who has recently received significant criticism from some developers who found publishing on the service too burdensome.

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Piracy hasn't prohibited the series from being a success.

CD Projekt RED sent out a press release announcing that The Witcher franchise has sold over 1.5 million units in 2011. 1.1 million copies of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings were sold, while 400,000 copies of the original game make up the remainder.

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The cantankerous PSP struts past that Vita whippersnapper.

The Media Create numbers that track video game sales in Japan for the week of January 9^th through the 15^th are out and present some pretty poor numbers all around.  The drop in sales across the board is probably due to the post-holiday retail doldrums.  The PS Vita sales numbers are getting the most attention for falling behind the PSP, which isn’t making way for Sony’s newer handheld.

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GameStop had a great holiday season.

The 2011 holiday shopping season was a strong one for GameStop and the retailer has announced a year-over-year sales increase of more than 5% during the nine-week period that ended December 31. Sales were $3.02 billion, up from $2.86 billion from last year.

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Sony's new handheld doesn't stumble out the door.

The PlayStation Vita was released this past weekend in Japan and the first round of sales figures are starting to come in.  While not breaking any records, it looks like Sony’s latest handheld did pretty well in the land of the rising sun.

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