Re:Stop killing games and the industry response
by netr0ute on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:27AM
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I don't remember this being the case, you could reuse your old MC purchase when they made the transition over.
Re:Stop killing games and the industry response
by areyourllySorry on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:36AM
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the mojang to minecraft.net transition, yeah. the minecraft.net to microsoft transition, no. https://youtu.be/rUFDRAEducI
Re:Stop killing games and the industry response
by rcxdude on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:16AM
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Minecraft is at least reasonably easy to play offline, the account mostly only stores your skins. That said, it may require a third-party launcher now.
Re:Stop killing games and the industry response
by dragonmost on Sunday July 06, 2025 @12:09PM
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But you won't be able to access some public servers for a game you paid for without the account.
Re:Stop killing games and the industry response
by throw10920 on Sunday July 06, 2025 @12:22PM
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I was forced to not only setup a Microsoft account, but hand over my phone number - after creating an account without a phone number and transferring my Minecraft license over, they immediately locked my account.
Someone at Microsoft should go to jail for this.
I bought Minecraft from Mojang, years later I am forced to setup a Microsoft account to play the game, or risk downloading a cracked version. They did not offer a refund. Minecraft is a video game where you need to login even if you do not play online. (maybe things changed , I think this MS account thing was a few years back, it worked for my account but I read of people having big issues because some MS assholes ahd to force the Java edition players to use an MS account)
This behaviour should not be legal.