Minecraft sold its 4 millionth copy yesterday, a huge milestone for an independent game.
Even more unique about that number of sales is the fact that Minecraft is still in Beta mode. After years in Alpha and Beta modes, the game will be officially released in two weeks at Minecon.
Notch has used a unique development plan with Minecraft. Rather than waiting to sell the game until it was fully developed, Notch started selling games in the developing modes of the game. He sold it in Alpha mode for a 50% discount, and now that the game is in Beta mode, it is sold for a 25% discount.
Notch used the money from selling the game early to hire more game developers, founding the company Mojang. As more developers were hired, Mojang added more features to the game, meriting positive feedback from fans.
Mojang employees have been updating more abundantly in the past couple of months to prepare the game for the official release. They have updated in patches, and the major additions include mushroom biomes with giant mushrooms and mushroom cows (mooshrooms), animal breeding, new mobs including baby animals and dragons, and potion tables with hundreds of crafteable potions.
Notch said that Mojang will continue with the update patches even after the official release.
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