To anyone who might misread the title like I did, we're talking 600,000 copies, not sales in USD. What might be even more fascinating is Notch capitalizing on

To anyone who might misread the title like I did, we're talking 600,000 copies, not sales in USD. What might be even more fascinating is Notch capitalizing on what was only the alpha version of his game. I'm sure that breaks with some of the preconceptions a lot of people on HN have.