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> They are behaving nicely only where they have no advantage. This. Just look at gaming. Xbox is losing, so they champion pro-consumer cross-platform multiplay
by boogies 6y ago
> They are behaving nicely only where they have no advantage.
This. Just look at gaming. Xbox is losing, so they champion pro-consumer cross-platform multiplayer. Minecraft is popular, so they kill GNU/Linux support with Bedrock Edition.
- Alphaeus 6y agoBedrock Edition is primarily targetted at the consoles (where running the Java-based Java Edition was difficult). Java Edition is still worked on (and runs on Linux) and they are trying to achieve parity between the two versions.
- boogies 6y agoBedrock Edition was based on the C++ rewrite for Pocket Edition and has better performance and crossplay.