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Why does bedrock exist? Why not make Java on consoles, or if thats not possible, why not make bedrock on PC? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to c/minecraft@lemmy.world
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It makes no sense to me that there are two versions of the game. I'll be watching a youtube tutorial video, and suddenly they'll say "this doesn't work on bedrock".

Ugh! Then you find out it's not just a simple ARM vs x86 issue. They function SLIGHTLY differently too. And they can't coexist with crossplay. Bedrock is the nuetered version.

Just combine the games. I get console can't host a server, but at least let them join servers!

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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

There is a technical reason. The Java version was never designed to run on mobile and consoles. So they had to rewrite the game with normal game dev tools. This allows crossplay between iOS, Android, Windows, Xbox, Switch, and PlayStation which is pretty neat.

The second reason is content moderation for consoles. Microsoft doesn't want you to be able to view unapproved content by joining a random server on your console (or viewing something that would regularly be a paid feature). However, this limitation can be worked around by spoofing a DNS record to allow consoles to connect to private Bedrock servers. I have hosted a private server on my own machine and had Xbox and Switch players connect which was fun.