I bought minecraft on disc for about 30 dollars or something and I installed it as you do with your games by going details and install. Anyway couple weeks later I lost it and I'm wondering if since I have already bought it, can I get the downloaded one?
Of course you can get the downloaded one... you just have to buy it. (Yeah right... seriously, no, you can't just download one now for free. If they allowed that, people would just buy the disc, give it or sell it under the table to a friend and download another copy for nothing.)
Check inside your couch, then under your Xbox, then inside your other game cases. Next, check under your tv stand, under your tv and in that basket you have, that's full of random junk. Do that twice, once in the morning, then once in the afternoon. If you still can't find it, then you should buy the digital version.
And then if you download the digital version, and find the disk afterwards, just sell the disc online, for maybe 15 dollars.
Hell, chances are if he finds it it'll all be scratched up...I wouldn't buy it.
[address]My understanding is that one cannot install Minecraft from the disc version (that unlike other games, Minecraft 360 on disc does not give you the option to install it)... which makes the entire story given by the OP somewhat suspect in my mind anyways (that and I think the price he gave is too high). At any rate, one can't assume that the disc is all scratched up... particularly if, as Woodblock suggests, the OP may have just put it away in the wrong case. [/address]
Bah, just get the game used at Gamestop. You can probably save a whole....*gasp* 2 dollars! And you can spend the last two bucks on Mindjack. Sure it sucks, but if you already paid 30 bucks the first time around then you already know how it feels to get jacked.
I bought minecraft on disc for about 30 dollars or something and I installed it as you do with your games by going details and install. Anyway couple weeks later I lost it and I'm wondering if since I have already bought it, can I get the downloaded one?
Did he actually lose it (ie, put it in the wrong box) or did he give the disk to a friend and then discover it won't run without the disk? Either way, the disk and download version are two separate purchases. He'll have to buy it again.
Bad idea, if you buy the downloaded one, you have to insert the disc for the downloaded one and the normal one to appear.
But I think thats after you put the disc in too.
Huh? Sorry, that's a bit confusing. The disk version "installs", but won't run without the disk. IF he get's the download version, might as well delete the disk version (if he wants, save his world to USB before installing the download version), since no disk= disk version's useless anyway (and an upgraded disk version is exactly the same as the download version).
He won't need a disk for the download version at all. He can then also move his previous world back from USB to his 360 and it should be there.
There's no reason to have 2 identical MC's running at the same time.
For others reading this, there's 2 things you have to remember about the disk version:
1) IF you get the disk version (because you feel "secure" having a physical copy, or the box looks cool in the shelf, or both), it's the "old" version (TU14). You can upgrade it (and keep it upgraded) if you have an internet connection and (any) Live account. No, you can't pick and choose which TU to upgrade to- it's a latest-or-nothing type thing.
2) You must have the disk in for MC to run, even if it's "installed"- it doesn't work like most game installations. (So don't give away, scratch, or lose your disk. You'll need it.... every time you play.... forever).
And then if you download the digital version, and find the disk afterwards, just sell the disc online, for maybe 15 dollars.
[address]My understanding is that one cannot install Minecraft from the disc version (that unlike other games, Minecraft 360 on disc does not give you the option to install it)... which makes the entire story given by the OP somewhat suspect in my mind anyways (that and I think the price he gave is too high). At any rate, one can't assume that the disc is all scratched up... particularly if, as Woodblock suggests, the OP may have just put it away in the wrong case. [/address]
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Did he actually lose it (ie, put it in the wrong box) or did he give the disk to a friend and then discover it won't run without the disk? Either way, the disk and download version are two separate purchases. He'll have to buy it again.
Huh? Sorry, that's a bit confusing. The disk version "installs", but won't run without the disk. IF he get's the download version, might as well delete the disk version (if he wants, save his world to USB before installing the download version), since no disk= disk version's useless anyway (and an upgraded disk version is exactly the same as the download version).
He won't need a disk for the download version at all. He can then also move his previous world back from USB to his 360 and it should be there.
There's no reason to have 2 identical MC's running at the same time.
For others reading this, there's 2 things you have to remember about the disk version:
1) IF you get the disk version (because you feel "secure" having a physical copy, or the box looks cool in the shelf, or both), it's the "old" version (TU14). You can upgrade it (and keep it upgraded) if you have an internet connection and (any) Live account. No, you can't pick and choose which TU to upgrade to- it's a latest-or-nothing type thing.
2) You must have the disk in for MC to run, even if it's "installed"- it doesn't work like most game installations. (So don't give away, scratch, or lose your disk. You'll need it.... every time you play.... forever).
How is this even a concept that people are having a problem with?
Take care of your stuff.
If it came on a disc, you will need the disc to play it.