Sony would have passed on Minecraft, says former Producer

I had an interesting talk with Phil Gaskell, a former Senior Producer at Sony. Phil left Sony two years ago to set up a new publishing house, Ripstone LTD, with Leo Cubbin, who was also with Sony at the time. Phil primarily focused on PSN titles during his time with Sony, and to my surprise admitted that he would have dismissed the gaming sensation that is Minecraft.

The sandbox-building sim released on Xbox Live last week, becoming profitable within the first 24 hours of release, with 400,000 players online, breaking Xbox Live sales records.

Across all platforms, Minecraft has sold 5 million units to date. Not bad for a game that was originally built in Java scrip. This make's Phil's admission all the more surprising. Here's what he had to say below.