Minecraft's original early access period included a "buy it once, own it forever" promise, and that persists, thanks to back-end work at Mojang's site to support the game's original buyers between 2009-11. At that time, the developer indicated that "less than 5 percent" of players play on these platforms, and the game is currently up to roughly 91 million monthly players. We can estimate up to 4.5 million Minecraft players will be left in the cold by this update, based on information provided by Mojang's original announcement. Advertisementįurther Reading Forget Fortnite-my son is still obsessed with MinecraftThis is the second major branch of the game to be shut down by Microsoft, following the shuttering of its Windows Phone and Windows Mobile versions in 2017. "As we pack up our Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, and Wii U development kits, we're getting all nostalgic," the tweet read. Microsoft's relationship with 4J began in the Xbox 360 era with ports of classic Rare games Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark (which were ported from their original N64 versions, owing to Microsoft's current ownership of those franchises).ĤJ confirmed the final-patch news on Tuesday morning by posting an image of its older-console development kits unplugged and arranged against a wall. The aforementioned legacy platforms, on the other hand, remained in the development hands of independent Scottish studio 4J. This version originated from a "Pocket Edition" codebase and later became known as the "Bedrock" edition. Most of the game's modern versions, ranging from iOS and Android to PC and "current-gen" consoles, were unified in a shared-codebase manner by primary developer Mojang earlier this year. The same goes for owners of the game on PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PlayStation Vita. That means if you still play Minecraft on the game's first-ever console port platform, the Xbox 360, this week's 1.83 patch is the last one you can expect to ever receive. Yesterday marked the end of development on the popular game's "legacy" branch. Following an announcement earlier this year, Microsoft and Mojang have followed through on bad news for owners of Minecraft on older game systems.
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