Comment by kevinsync | Hacker News Reader

Comment by kevinsync | Hacker News Reader

Microsoft didn't ruin Minecraft -- all they did was graciously allow the Java version (moddable) to continue to exist and improve while making Bedrock work consistently cross-platform (way more important than you may realize, so many kids are introduced via phones and tablets) and be the place where branded IP / predictable content goes. My 12 year old son has been playing since he was 6 I think, and is an unbelievable builder now, thanks mostly to YouTube, Curseforge, mods like Create and Axiom, and good old-fashioned elbow grease. He also builds on Roblox (which requires a bit of my input to get a lot of the actual code functioning) but modeling and world-building in Studio is 100% him.

I think back to my 12 year old days of making DOOM and Hexen WADs before I really learned to code -- what the kids have nowadays is light years beyond what we had, and I love it lol

> making Bedrock work consistently cross-platform

Pray tell, where are the Mac and Linux versions of Bedrock?

Have they removed the limitations on world and redstone updates in Bedrock yet, or is it still only updating right around you in the name of rendering distance?

Both fair points / complaints.

I guess my original thought was really that Bedrock is a great Trojan horse for kids who would otherwise not discover the game because it runs on Windows, iOS, Android, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch etc (and by extension, possibly get into computers, coding, game design, etc as a result)

Mac / Linux really ought to be supported too, but the vast majority of kids are elsewhere.

> but the vast majority of kids are elsewhere.

Yes, one of the things that ticks me off :) See my other downmodded comment on this thread.

Don't restrict this only to kids, people...

I believe they also changed their policy so that if you buy Minecraft, you can access both Java and Bedrock

(I only play Java)

Can confirm that you can buy it from the Microsoft Store as a bundle, so for $30-$40 you get both Bedrock and Java edition.

Maybe they would have been better off by simply trying to make it run on mobiles as is? It’s java, there is no reason why it couldn’t just work - some people do play the java version on ipads even.

iPads and lots of other systems can't run Java, that's why they made Bedrock. Also maybe cause Java is slow.

Microsoft ruined Minecraft by permanently locking a ton of existing users out of their accounts.

* Mostly the long-time players who bought the game in alpha or beta

I was not aware of this, that sucks!

It's just the feeling, but I think Microsoft is itching to kill the Java edition

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