It was heavily rumoured but now it is official, you’ll need to login to Xbox Live to play Minecraft online. The news was confirmed by Mojang CEO Jonas Märtensson who says that the account system will have you logging in to Xbox Live on Nintendo Switch for cross-platform play. Märtensson says “We needed a good system to connect everyone, and Xbox Live is a good system.”
We’re tying everything together with Xbox Live. So you log in with Xbox Live …
Even on Switch?
Yes. (Laughs) That’s pretty unique as well! But everyone that’s in on this, all the platform holders, have been pretty pragmatic and understanding of that what we’re trying to do is create a good experience for the players. We needed a good system to connect everyone, and Xbox Live is a good system.
I want to buy rocket league on switch and team up with my friend on ps4 :( they should do it on that game also
It is gonna be cross platform! I don’t know about PS4 but for sure o PC
i just mention my friend is on ps4 didn’t i?:)
Sony’s too butthurt for that.
buy rocket league but I can assure you, you will not play with your friends on ps4.
I love paying two separate online memberships for one game, astounding.
You don’t have to pay for two memberships. XBOX live is free. XBOX live Gold is the paid service. You don’t need the Xbox live Gold service to cross play from switch, just the standard Xbox live.
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I don’t know if we can trust them.
So it begins Quadraxis…
You know it… I know it..
Hell, N-Dub Nation and that pathetic excuse of a fanboy knows it…
Weapon X has been deployed..
The Olive branch has been offered though not as a sign of peace but a vow of servitude towards Lord Spence and what he has commissioned for Obinna the annointed one….
Soon the Nintendrones will be intergraded into the X-Bot hive and thats when the real fun begins… We shall not be “gentle” with the Kyoto whore… But she will be looking Phil in his eyes the way he likes it as she says Me love you long time…
He may even has use for you after all Quadraxis… Lord Spence is found of obsolete equipment.. It pleases him.
Church of Sasori
https://youtu.be/oZiZMXJ2N-g
I’m no Microsoft fan, but everyone knows they have good online, FAR better than anything Nintendo has ever offered or looks to offer any time in the near future.
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$60 subscription for one game? They better have a way for people to just use their active Nintendo subscription to access a limited Live account that just works with Minecraft.
You don’t have to pay for the $60 memberships. XBOX live is free. XBOX live Gold is the paid service. You don’t need the Xbox live Gold service to cross play from switch, just the standard Xbox live.
But Gold is where the online play is isn’t it?
Short answer; no.
Long answer: you would need Live to log into minecraft, but Gold to access online in the first place from an Xbox One.
You need Live to log in, and Nintendo’s online subscription to play online in the first place from a Switch.
Hmmm, I haven’t played Minecraft in a long time, but this seems absurd.
One sec lemmie login on to xbox live on my nintendo switch
What is a sentence I never thought I’d say?
A lot of people are mistaken…. read the article and interview…
You sign into your Xbox Live account… not your Xbox Live Gold account… there is a huge difference between the two. The first is free, the other is paid.
I was wondering how long it was going to be before Microsoft flexed the fact that they bought minecraft.
This is so fkn hilarious.
Honestly, I don’t see anything wrong with it. It should move like shit through a goose.
What a clever idea. I’m not interested in Minecraft but if they did this with other games that would really benefit the Switch.
I’m laughing at people who are getting mad thinking they need to buy an Xbox Live Gold Subscription for one game.
I’ve been using Xbox Live for about a decade and it’s brilliant.
Good to see it returning to PC and now coming to Switch.
All I hope for is that we don’t need to have Xbox Live Gold to play and I’m ok with this.
This explains why Sony is so hesitant on the idea. Makes them puke inside, lol
I wonder if this is the real reason Sony doesn’t want to do cross console play with this game.
Basically, I’m saying Sony doesn’t want a rival console makers account system to be on their PS4.