Hello i’m epix toycat and today i have some big news for minecraft pc players because the two versions available on that platform java and bedrock will no longer be for sale as of june the 7th and instead there will be one merged together edition called minecraft java and bedrock here is the wonderful Artwork they put together for that but i know that immediately a lot of you have so many questions regarding like so how will updates work what about you know insert feature here or what happens if you already own both editions of the game are you going to lose one the Simple answer to all of those questions have been answered by mojang and i think that in general this is a purely positive change and allow me to explain why that is by citing the minecraft uh official article they put out themselves because yes as of june the 7th which Coincidentally is the same day of the wild update which is known as minecraft 1.19 for both java and bedrock and is coming out the same time on that same day but on that exact same day they’re going to be combining the two editions together on the storefronts where it is Currently sold if you don’t already know minecraft java edition is only sold by minecraft.net you won’t find it on steam or origin or any other competing services whilst minecraft windows which is specifically the bedrock version available only for windows 10 and above if you’re playing windows 8 or below or Mac or linux you have to play the job edition only but if you’re playing windows 10 or 11 you have the choice between these two editions both available on separate storefronts as of june the 7th they will be merging together as far as the storefronts are concerned just to clarify they are both Minecraft games developed by mojang uh sometimes in different studios in different parts of the world but they’re both minecraft games they’re still going to be developed separately to quote directly from mojang here to be clear java and bedrock will remain separate games with their own distinctive Features oh thank god for big salmon the only difference is that you’ll now get both by default when buying minecraft for your windows pc and access them both from the same launcher and so to a fair few people this seemed like non-news because um most already assume that you Get a free copy of minecraft windows 10 when you buy minecraft java and also they already use the same launcher if you’re playing minecraft java or you have minecraft for game pass and so this is entirely a non-story except actually you don’t get a free copy of minecraft Windows 10 if you buy minecraft java right now or vice versa there is no intercompatibility between the two versions the only way to get a free copy of both games is to have minecraft games pass but it’s not really free you’re paying 8.99 a month for it so right now There are a fair number of people i’d be willing to bet it’s in the hundreds of thousands if not the millions who own either minecraft windows 10 because they just searched minecraft on the microsoft store and they assume that’s the one that’s that or they own just minecraft Java because they’ve heard what happens in bedrock they don’t want to have any of those big salmons or those longer rendistances because it comes with sacrificing the offhand slot or the different combat mechanics so whatever else there is but basically there’s two separate minecraft movies who don’t Fully know about each other and although there was a promotion where if you bought minecraft java you’d get minecraft bedrock for free there’s never been a promotion in the reverse direction and also that promotion expired a few years ago and also a lot of people who got the promotion their Codes just didn’t work i’m one of those people i bought minecraft java and my minecraft windows 10 code just never worked so i had to buy both versions and basically they’re trying to put a stop to this and the way they explain this is the um the new minecraft java and Bedrock edition for pc will bring the two games together in one purchase no longer will confuse grandmothers be buying the wrong edition of minecraft for their grandkids who have to then be like oh yeah i really want to buy minecraft and then their grandparents be like but we have minecraft at home and Then minecraft at home is the wrong addition uh or the bad edition we could say if you don’t like that one uh all of this is gonna be a bit stop too because new purchasers will just be able to buy minecraft java and bedrock as of two Days from now basically it’s very very exciting but what if you already own one of the two editions do you need to buy minecraft java and bedrock if you already own both uh the answer is a big resounding new sorry that was louder than i intended see it’s very funny these are news Articles uh starting june 7th all players that either have java or bedrock edition will receive for free the addition they do not currently own right in the minecraft launcher if you own java you’ll get bedrock and if you own bedrock you’ll get java you don’t need To do anything to claim this but keep in mind it might take two to three days for the game to show it as they roll out all eligible players to clarify um if you have a minecraft java copy right now but not minecraft bedrock you’re gonna get It if you have minecraft bedrock you can now officially start playing minecraft java without dropping those 27 precious dollars that you might not necessarily have so most of what we’re really talking about here is just sales and marketing i mean uh you know it’s very clear that they’re now going to be able To just market there is one version of minecraft for windows and it contains both versions and you can deal with all of that separately i think there are going to be a lot of java players who tried bedrock for the first time and there’s going to be a reasonable number Of bedrock players who try job for the first time it’s going to be a very exciting time for our community as a whole again i think the fact that there are so many divisions between two games that are literally both cool minecraft is kind of a concerning thing that we Have as a world going on here but the other interesting opportunity is what this provides for you if you currently don’t own either edition if you currently play on an xbox or a phone or you just pirated the game but you want to get it legitimately um here is a fun Fact you can buy minecraft windows 10 right now for 26.99 plus that’s the cheapest price that includes no bundles you’re going to want to spend 26.99 to get minecraft windows 10 but if you want minecraft java edition as you can see right here it’s available for 26.95 In some markets the price discrepancy is even bigger but right now if you want to save four cents on a combined java edition and windows 10 combined you could buy minecraft java right now i think it’s highly likely that they will play around with the combined price of Both games i think uh you know i could see it going up because it’s now two games for the price of one i could see it going down because minecraft is actually much more concerned rather than getting your money once when they sell you the game they’d like you to continue Buying minecoins or server uh packs on the bedrock edition or uh you know like uh they want you to have a realm subscription running they want to have some form of recurring revenue for you because their expenses are occurring and you buying minecraft once only covers a Little bit of that one time and long story short that’s what minecraft is going to be doing so that is the kind of uh the arbitrage discussion finally i think it’s important to talk about so when you first saw this minecraft java and bedrock uh this lovely graphic they Put together to show how the two versions are merging and coming together from a sales and marketing perspective uh you might have assumed that they were actually going to finally take the leap and make minecraft java and bedrock just exactly the same game and uh it’s it’s Funny because for the longest time we’ve always said this has been impossible uh because how are you gonna make the multiplayer work how are you gonna make literally everything else work but given that they’re getting closer and closer to parity i i think they’re doing it very slowly it’s gonna take years and Years to get there but they’re getting closer and closer to parity every single year and given that we’ve now seen uh there’s a plugin called geyser that allows you to play minecraft java servers as a minecraft better player and vice versa uh there is now a way to make Cross-play work if you just disable certain features we’re now at the point where the unthinkable and the impossible combining a game programmed in java combined with one made in c plus plus for 19 different platforms might genuinely just be possible it’s crazy to even say this is in the realm of Possibility but i do think that there is now it’s it’s no longer a question of like oh can they combine the two versions together it’s now an active choice for them not to because all you’d need to do is spend a year dedicating to parity and all of the weird bugs that Are gonna arise is this something that is made more likely i would say yes but i’d also say because they made such a big commitment to two separate games uh with their own distinctive features i mean they didn’t say forever but they did say it will stay that way i think We’re still talking quite a few years down the line until java and bedrock become one minecraft and honestly i do have to say ignoring the implementation part of it which is always the devil in the details right like i love 1.19 and i’m really excited for all the new Features do i wish it was bigger probably is it the best update that reason probably not uh but in the same way minecraft java and minecraft bedrock coming together sounds like such a good thing uh how they implement it is why i’m more skeptical and why when i hear That it’s probably gonna be a few years till we see any more progress on that front why i go actually that’s probably for the best but for now at least there is no longer the confusion of buying your grandkids the wrong version of minecraft there’s no longer the Confusion of which version should you buy you just buy the one version and then you play whichever edition you would like to and i think that is a big move forward for minecraft and if you haven’t played the other version of minecraft why not give it a try come June the 7th maybe we should do a java thing or something just to you know really get in the spirit of it right um again just to clarify i do own both versions separately if you’re in the same boat as me and you own java and bedrock what’s gonna happen are you Gonna get a free copy of both nope you just you just already own minecraft java and bedrock they’re just happening to be combined but you know you win some you lose some just like how uh you can check out 256 days in a super flat survival Out later today i hope it might be out yesterday if this video took too long to edit by the way i just finished the last piece of the merch before i do the small launch that them intending to do uh it was the card that said you’re as rare And valuable as it does well it took so long to get these produced in a way that made any sense for anyone um but yeah they they exist in the world they are very silly looking and i just wanted to let you know uh before the end this Video that we’re almost ready to launch just like you’re almost ready to go watch 256 days the super flat survival thank you very much for watching because i’ll see you next time bye You Video Information
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