Minecraft the internationally successful single "Gangnam Style" by South Korean rapper PSY. Herobrine is a major community icon of "Minecraft", who first appeared as a single image on 4chan's /v/ board. According to rumors, Herobrine appears in players' worlds and builds strange constructions. However, Mojang has confirmed that Herobrine has never existed in "Minecraft", and there are no plans to add Herobrine. "Minecraft" has been referenced by other video games, such as "RuneScape", "Torchlight II", "Borderlands 2", "Choplifter HD", "Super Meat Boy", "", "The Binding of Isaac", "The Stanley Parable", and "". It was also referenced by electronic music artist deadmau5
Minecraft and has never been commercially advertised except through word of mouth, and various unpaid references in popular media such as the "Penny Arcade" webcomic. By April 2011, Persson estimated that "Minecraft" had made €23 million (US$33 million) in revenue, with 800,000 sales of the alpha version of the game, and over 1 million sales of the beta version. In November 2011, prior to the game's full release, "Minecraft" beta surpassed 16 million registered users and 4 million purchases. By March 2012, "Minecraft" had become the 6th best-selling PC game of all time. , the game has sold 17 million copies