Whatever happened to the cross platform compatability that was promised at launch? I remember it said they would be adding it soon, but it's been almost a year and it has not been added yet. I do not currently own Minecraft for the PC or Xbox, but as soon as an update is out that adds cross platform play I will be purchasing it.
the Xbox 360 currently does not have the hardware available to allow this to happen. The 360 version of the game has severely reduced world size, animal spawn, and monster spawn limits. unless 4j is going to re-release MC onto the new version of the Xbox, i doubt it will be available as the 360 version stands now.
not to mention, there is the whole legal problem regaurding modding, and how the 360 CAN NOT support from a legal standpoint community based mods, and that is (for now) the only option for mods on the PC.
all in all, just try the trial version of MC360 and see how you like it, it is free after all!
all in all, just try the trial version of MC360 and see how you like it, it is free after all!
Well I kind of like the trial version of it. But the main reason I want to buy it is to play with my girlfriend who plays on PC. The issue is I don't have a PC right now that can run Minecraft, so I would need to play it on the Xbox.
Never gonna happen. The PC version is several updates ahead, has infinite map sizes, and is being developed by a different company. So even leaving mods out of the equation, it's simply impossible.
Well I kind of like the trial version of it. But the main reason I want to buy it is to play with my girlfriend who plays on PC. The issue is I don't have a PC right now that can run Minecraft, so I would need to play it on the Xbox.
you could try and "convert" her to a 360 MC player, we may be a few updates behind, but the controls are very easy to learn. (i'm unsure about where you live, but i've recently started seing advertisements for a new 360 for $99* (with a 2 year membership bundle, so prolly still about $210ish) but that's still quite a deal.
Or (depending on how old your rig is) you could do a few simple (and cheap-ish) upgrades to it (more ram, better cpu, better video card, things like that, cheap if found at the right stores) and you may be able to run MC (on a side note, what OS do you have? if it's windows vista or newer (non-mac) you can right-click on your My computer icon, hit the properties option, and you should be able to see something called "Windows Experience Index", and a score of 4 or better (it shows the lowest number) and you should be able to run a passable (even half-way decent) version (given you don't add any shaders, or 50+ mods that hog memory). Sometimes improving the score could be as simple as installing a stick or two of ram, or upgrade a few drivers for your graphics card).
Well about 3 years ago I had a PC with 6 Gb 1066 Mhz DDR2, Tri-Core at 3.3 Ghz, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit, and GeForce 8200. But I overclocked the onboard video a little too much and fried it. And I haven't had the money to fix it. She already has an Xbox, but she doesn't like it.
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not to mention, there is the whole legal problem regaurding modding, and how the 360 CAN NOT support from a legal standpoint community based mods, and that is (for now) the only option for mods on the PC.
all in all, just try the trial version of MC360 and see how you like it, it is free after all!
Well I kind of like the trial version of it. But the main reason I want to buy it is to play with my girlfriend who plays on PC. The issue is I don't have a PC right now that can run Minecraft, so I would need to play it on the Xbox.
you could try and "convert" her to a 360 MC player, we may be a few updates behind, but the controls are very easy to learn. (i'm unsure about where you live, but i've recently started seing advertisements for a new 360 for $99* (with a 2 year membership bundle, so prolly still about $210ish) but that's still quite a deal.
Or (depending on how old your rig is) you could do a few simple (and cheap-ish) upgrades to it (more ram, better cpu, better video card, things like that, cheap if found at the right stores) and you may be able to run MC (on a side note, what OS do you have? if it's windows vista or newer (non-mac) you can right-click on your My computer icon, hit the properties option, and you should be able to see something called "Windows Experience Index", and a score of 4 or better (it shows the lowest number) and you should be able to run a passable (even half-way decent) version (given you don't add any shaders, or 50+ mods that hog memory). Sometimes improving the score could be as simple as installing a stick or two of ram, or upgrade a few drivers for your graphics card).