“In just the past six months, we’ve ushered in redstone, witches, the Wither, Elder Guardians and pig riding,” Orrson writes. Instead, Microsoft is talking up some updates that are coming in the near future. I had hoped that a discussion about the future of Minecraft: Pocket Edition would include at least a vague promise to make all of these editions interoperable over time. That is, gamers can play Minecraft with each other within any edition of the game-Xbox and PlayStation, for example, or Android and iOS-but they can’t play with others using other editions. What’s missing, of course, is cross-edition interoperability. These are Minecraft: Computer Edition for PC, Mac, and Linux Minecraft: Console Edition for Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3 and 4, PlayStation Vita, and Wii U and Minecraft: Pocket Edition for the mobile platforms cited above. it’s grown to over 40 million players that can connect to each other and players on Oculus Rift and Windows 10 via online multiplayer and Realms.”Īs you may know, Microsoft makes three major versions of Minecraft. “Since then, Pocket Edition has expanded to run on Kindle devices, Fire TV, GearVR and Windows Phone. “The team first began rolling out Pocket Edition on Android and iOS five years ago, beginning with Xperia Play,” Microsoft’s Emily Orrson explains. Today, Microsoft is celebrating the huge success of its Minecraft: Pocket Edition mobile offering and talking up its plans for the future.

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