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If by interoperability you mean 'PCs Macs and Linux boxes can all play Java edition', then that's still there. Mojang made the original version (now called Jav

If by interoperability you mean 'PCs Macs and Linux boxes can all play Java edition', then that's still there. Mojang made the original version (now called Java edition). Mojang then made Pocket Edition for iOS, and made it as a separate thing with no cross-play. Mojang then got someone else to make the Xbox edition, again it didn't cross play with anything else. Then Mojang sold to Microsoft. Microsoft then made the iOS, Android, XBox, Nintendo Switch and Windows 10 editions all work together and have the same features and upgrade path. So its not really fair to say that MS trashed the interoperability aspect - it was Mojang that started down the path of different versions for mobile/consoles. MS actually did a huge amount of work to make all those platforms work together again. But yes there are now two seperate Minecrafts - Java edition, and all the others (previously known as Bedrock). Its better than it was though, in interoperability terms.

lhoff 6y ago
I would mostly agree. The only bad move was that they ported Pocket/Bedrock Edition to Windows 10. Thats where most of the confusion orginiates from.
- madeofpalk 6y ago
  I'm incredibly greatful for Bedrock on Windows - I have friends that play it on PS4 and I play on PC on Bedrock and we all play together with cross play.
thomastjeffery 6y ago
It's better for interoperability, but worse for modding. You can't mod anything outside cosmetics and state in bedrock, whereas you can mod everything in java edition.
_muff1nman_ 6y ago
Okay so I was a bit eager to blame Microsoft, thanks for the correction. The early proliferation of non compatible clients was still a bad blunder that I can now attribute to Mojang.
- codeulike 6y ago
  Partly it was because back in 2011 no-one imagined that a phone could run full minecraft so they conceived of it as a simpler, cut down version. Then hardware improved etc.
  - tialaramex 6y ago
    Almost any serious mod packs won't fit on games consoles or cheap tablets. MC Eternal even struggles in 16GB of RAM. Do you get something for that? Sure. The first six months I played MC Eternal I was still finding random drops from mods I'd never seen before, I fought monsters yesterday I didn't know existed last week. And beyond suspecting that the moon is actually literally made of cheese (thus explaining where the rat civilisation went) I haven't even started on space travel yet. On a PC you can run a large pack slowly on a medium sized PC, or reach inside and (for solo play) rip out the biggest pieces you care least about. Neither of those sound practical for a Switch. I'm sure a PS5 could run most packs if somehow they were functional, but I'm also sure most Minecraft players don't have a PS5.

lhoff 6y ago

I would mostly agree. The only bad move was that they ported Pocket/Bedrock Edition to Windows 10. Thats where most of the confusion orginiates from.

madeofpalk 6y ago
I'm incredibly greatful for Bedrock on Windows - I have friends that play it on PS4 and I play on PC on Bedrock and we all play together with cross play.

thomastjeffery 6y ago

It's better for interoperability, but worse for modding. You can't mod anything outside cosmetics and state in bedrock, whereas you can mod everything in java edition.

_muff1nman_ 6y ago

Okay so I was a bit eager to blame Microsoft, thanks for the correction. The early proliferation of non compatible clients was still a bad blunder that I can now attribute to Mojang.

codeulike 6y ago
Partly it was because back in 2011 no-one imagined that a phone could run full minecraft so they conceived of it as a simpler, cut down version. Then hardware improved etc.
- tialaramex 6y ago
  Almost any serious mod packs won't fit on games consoles or cheap tablets. MC Eternal even struggles in 16GB of RAM. Do you get something for that? Sure. The first six months I played MC Eternal I was still finding random drops from mods I'd never seen before, I fought monsters yesterday I didn't know existed last week. And beyond suspecting that the moon is actually literally made of cheese (thus explaining where the rat civilisation went) I haven't even started on space travel yet. On a PC you can run a large pack slowly on a medium sized PC, or reach inside and (for solo play) rip out the biggest pieces you care least about. Neither of those sound practical for a Switch. I'm sure a PS5 could run most packs if somehow they were functional, but I'm also sure most Minecraft players don't have a PS5.