Minecraft

[wjwren]

I’m not into this but my son is. He had a laptop for Christmas and wants this for windows 10. Which version do I buy? I see on the MS store it’s £22.95 and in minecraft.net its £17.95. Are these the same?

The one on minecraft.net says it’s for Java?

Edited by wjwren on Friday 12th January 14:10

[C0ffin D0dger]

wjwren said:

I’m not into this but my son is. He had a laptop for Christmas and wants this for windows 10. Which version do I buy? I see on the MS store it’s £22.95 and in minecraft.net its £17.95. Are these the same?

The one on minecraft.net says it’s for Java?

Edited by wjwren on Friday 12th January 14:10

I think there is a specific edition for Windows 10 which is probably better optimised to it. The original version certainly is Java based. Sure I read somewhere though that you can get a free upgrade from the Java version to the Win 10 one, I would Google it but all gaming sites are blocked for me at work.

Got this on the PS4 for my son for Christmas and I've started playing it myself a bit to help him get to grips with it. Quite a complicated thing.

[Zad]

So far as I know, Java edition is the original (certainly the one I know) the others are a unified version of the mobile / tablet OS editions. I would go with Java as it is moddable and Minecraft vanilla always seems so limited in comparison. I guess it depends how old your son is and what version his friends have.

[Whoozit]

If the Win10 version isn't moddable, stick with the Java one. My daughter barely ever plays vanilla Minecraft these days unless with her mates/on private servers.

[DSLiverpool]

Chaps my 10 year old has been playing a basic free version on his fire tablet, I want to up the experience so whats the next version I can get him and what can he play it on his fire? ipad? windows lappy.- Cheers

[LimaDelta]

IIRC Java is for cross-platform playability. I have the Windows 10 version on mine and both the kids computers. The only online play we do is amongst ourselves. At 8 and 6 I feel it is a little early for them to be out in the big bad world of public-server online gaming.

[DSLiverpool]

So what do I download for him, so many options.