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[Smiles and Cries]

So the Stream is looking at these two blokes playing, with the screen facing away from us... looool

really weird even the main Minecraft twitter posted the announcement and this is how low tech they went lol

 

[BetterCallSauls]

Beam stream works:

https://beam.pro/Minecraft

 

[midasmulligan]

Troll stream? Cause, I mean, is that how you'd really like to introduce your game to the public? Lol, and the guy on the left had a bit too much coffee me thinks, like spazzing the fuck out on the controls...

 

[sangreal]

man, beam is really slick compared to twitch

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Beam stream works:

https://beam.pro/Minecraft

that's it they are done already with Switch lol

 

[Cert.in.Death]

No matter how hard I try, I cannot say this isn't a big deal. At least for me it won't be, but MC is massive and its players unruly.

 

[BetterCallSauls]

that's it they are done already with Switch lol

Yeah that was fast.

 

[PushTheButtonMax]

I couldn't even get the stream working before they quit the Switch version, oh well.

 

[moltonasty]

well that sucked

 

[Smiles and Cries]

who owns beam?

anyway I'll still get Minecraft I am glad they say they will patch it to catch up with other versions but that was short as hell if you missed the whole thing going to twitch

 

[gamz]

Beam stream works:

https://beam.pro/Minecraft

MUCH better. Thanks!

 

[gamz]

who owns beam?

anyway I'll still get Minecraft I am glad they say they will patch it to catch up with other versions but that was short as hell if you missed the whole thing going to twitch

MS

 

[LordOcidax]

They are going to play the Switch version docked(looks like they are having some technical issues with the switch direct feed) They said.

 

[wildfire]

Very weird that the Beam stream is working but the Twitch one isn't.

Anyway Beam looks like a nice platform.

 

[Gestault]

It's good this version is getting deliberate attention. A portable (as opposed to "mobile") version of Minecraft, with local co-op and WAN support to boot, sounds excellent. FAST RMX was the same sort of "perfect" for the platform.

Edit: Stream borked

 

[patientx]

So what was said/shown for switch ?

 

[Zedark]

So what was said/shown for switch ?

It's coming later apparently, technical difficulties with getting direct feed.

 

[WordAssassin]

Wait what is this!? There are race courses in Minecraft now?? Since when? Hoo boy it's been a while since I played the PC version, is this just for the console version?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

MS

lol and they could not get twitch to work? its almost as if they planned it that way

 

[gamz]

lol and they could not get twitch to work? its almost as if they planned it that way

I have no idea, but I prefer Beam anyway. It's working flawlessly.

 

[gamz]

Wait! I'm confused. Are they playing in on Switch because it says the Xbox One Edition.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I have no idea, but I prefer Beam anyway. It's working flawlessly.

Beam is pretty slick

I wish the GLIDE DLC flew smoother with a nicer flight camera

 

[Cerium]

Wait! I'm confused. Are they playing in on Switch because it says the Xbox One Edition.

They had problems getting direct feed on Switch, they're coming back to it later.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Wait! I'm confused. Are they playing in on Switch because it says the Xbox One Edition.

they are showing off a GLIDE DLC maps on X1

Switch thing was super short

he just said Switch has bigger maps than the Wii U

 

[Effect]

Switch version does have bigger maps then the Wii U version. They just mentioned that in the stream. So I'm assuming the Switch version is the same version as the PS4/XBO version. Where as the Wii U one was the PS3/360 version.

 

[gamz]

They had problems getting direct feed on Switch, they're coming back to it later.

Thanks. I was confused as hell. So they'll break away from this and back to switch. Cool.

 

[Cerium]

Switch version does have bigger maps then the Wii U version. They just mentioned that in the stream. So I'm assuming the Switch version is the same version as the PS4/XBO version. Where as the Wii U one was the PS3/360 version.

That's big news.

 

[wildfire]

he just said Switch has bigger maps than the Wii U

Heard that too but they didn't go any further than that. I don't even know how small Wii U maps can be so I can't get a feel of why that would be relevant for the typical person who knows more about Minecraft.

 

[LordKano]

Switch version does have bigger maps then the Wii U version. They just mentioned that in the stream. So I'm assuming the Switch version is the same version as the PS4/XBO version. Where as the Wii U one was the PS3/360 version.

Cool, glad I skipped the Wii U version.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Surely this version has the full size worlds right...

Not even PS4/Xbone have "full" size worlds; just a much higher limit.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Switch version does have bigger maps then the Wii U version. They just mentioned that in the stream. So I'm assuming the Switch version is the same version as the PS4/XBO version. Where as the Wii U one was the PS3/360 version.

he did follow up saying he is not sure how much bigger

he could have easily said matching Xbox One/PS4

maybe this is just in between Wii U and PS4

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Heard that too but they didn't go any further than that. I don't even know how small Wii U maps can be so I can't get a feel of why that would be relevant for the typical person who knows more about Minecraft.

it does help to have a bigger map, more places to explore and larger building area for creatives

 

[Slythe]

I've never played Minecraft. Maybe I'll finally try it out.

 

[gamz]

Damn, Minecraft has changed a ton since I last tried it. I actually might play it with my kids now.

 

[Effect]

he did follow up saying he is not sure how much bigger

he could have easily said matching Xbox One/PS4

maybe this is just in between Wii U and PS4

True but I don't see why it wouldn't be on par with the XBO and PS4 version. Switch could handle it. I think it's been said the Wii U could have handled that version without any issues. They just didn't port that version.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

I was thinking of getting the PS4 version to hold me over until a new PC is built, but Switch may win that over if the price is right.

Is PS4 still doing cross buy with the small port fee for all 3 PS systems?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

awesome he still giving Switch tidbits

so Switch will get this GLIDE DLC as soon as they can

True but I don't see why it wouldn't be on par with the XBO and PS4 version. Switch could handle it. I think it's been said the Wii U could have handled that version without any issues. They just didn't port that version.

they reason I say this is because of Portable mode being clocked down so much so I wonder if they can get parity

 

[unrealist]

Pocket Edition has unlimited world size now right? I don't see why Switch can't handle it?

 

[Sylverstone14]

The guys said they'll show more Switch footage.

 

[Okami Haundo]

I never thought I'd say that I'm excited to buy Minecraft again, but Switch just seems like the perfect place to play. Hoping they get the tech sorted out to show us more game play. If nothing else I just want to see that Mario content that I missed on Wii-U.

 

[Muzicfreq]

Forgot Minecraft was owned by Microsoft for a second.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Wii U to Switch world transfers is something they are working on but not at launch (cool)

 

[WordAssassin]

Are they unaware that you can't stream from Switch in handheld mode?? Why in the hell are they trying this shantytown off-screen crap and not just dropping it in the dock to stream it properly?

 

[PhoenixDawn]

Largest world size is medium, so it doesn't have as large of worlds as the PS4/XB1 versions which is kinda unfortunate. (source: just said and shown on the stream)

Performance itself looks pretty good though, so I still might consider getting it just for the portability factor.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Are they unaware that you can't stream from Switch in handheld mode?? Why in the hell are they trying this shantytown off-screen crap and not just dropping it in the dock to stream it properly?

they could easily dock the damn thing smh

 

[Grinchy]

Looks like it's running very nicely

 

[Cerium]

They say it runs at 60fps.

 

[WordAssassin]

they could easily dock the damn thing smh

This is embarrassing oh my godddd hahahaha

 

[bomblord1]

Switch has been very easy to work with

60fps (in handheld mode)

Medium World Size (whatever that means.)

When it releases it will be on par on the January update and will be quickly caught up to the other versions after release.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

they reason I say this is because of Portable mode being clocked down so much so I wonder if they can get parity

It's just the GPU clocked down. The RAM to hold a certain portion of the world in memory doesn't change, nor the CPU taking care of whatever spawning/growing things going on there, and anything out of the immediate area is a matter of having the disk space to save it.