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Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

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Re: Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

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"Now just to be clear, migrating from Mojang to Microsoft accounts is 'mandatory'." Whoever made the poor word choice of "mandatory", rather than "required", ought to leave marketing altogether and instead teach in a middle school.

Coming from Spanish it took me a while to learn/grok "mandatory"/"compulsory" (in Spanish we use the way simpler "hay que"/"tienes que", which would be like just "there is"/"have to"), so I thought that phrase was totally fine! Why would it be better "required" in this situation instead of "mandatory" if you don't mind me asking?

"mandatory" from Latin mandātor (“someone who orders”), compare: "commandant"

"required" from Latin requīrō (“i seek, ask for”), compare: "request" and "aquire"

Today the words are mostly interchangeable, but mandatory is more often used in context of laws and government while "required" is seen mostly in tech and engineering.

Re: Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

#133

If you're on Windows, Microsoft is edging (read 'diving headfirst into') towards requiring a Microsoft account just to log in. The kicker is that they are extremely bad at mixed account scenarios, you know like needing a certain account for work and another account for private stuff. Enjoy the entropy!

>The kicker is that they are extremely bad at mixed account scenarios, you know like needing a certain account for work and another account for private stuff. Enjoy the entropy! I never really thought about that Google is surprisingly good at this, despite being more complicated: On some services you can have multiple identities even within the same Google account (like on YouTube). They have a "Switch Account" butto…

My YouTube account was before the acquisition, when I linked it to my Google account I ended up with two YouTube account linked on the same Google account. Anytime I connect to YouTube it asks me which account to use, I am still using my old account.

Re: Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

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Through terrible process and QA on their end, MS essentially stole a copy of the game back from me with this change. My son got an email saying he needed to migrate our Mojang account to an MS account and he clicked through like the email said. Problem was the Microsoft account he migrated to already had a Minecraft purchase. Now I essentially lost a copy of the game because we technically have two Minecraft accounts…

If there’s a good way to reach you (add email in your bio maybe?) I can give you a phone number for someone who can help.

Re: Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

#135
Top 10 Best Selling Video Games of All Time:

10) Red Dead Redemption II (43M)

09) Wii Fit (43.8M)

08) Pokémon Red & Blue (47.5M)

07) Mario Kart 8 (51.8M)

06) Super Mario Bros. (58M)

05) PUBG: Battlegrounds (75M)

04) Wii Sports (82.9M)

03) Tetris (100M)

02) Grand Theft Auto V (160M)

01) Minecraft (238M)

My theory on Minecraft is that because it's java-based and ultra portable, most people have bought it lots of different platforms. I know that I have personally bought it on 7 different systems for myself and for my kids over the years.

Re: Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

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When I finally migrated my account on a computer I hadn’t used minecraft on before, I had to log in to my Microsoft account on the MS store to activate the app before I could launch the downloaded installer. If I tried to launch the installer without having done that, I’d get an esoteric error. This whole migration has been janky and unnecessary. Yet another reminder as to Microsoft’s incompetence

Re: Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

#137

Minecraft was a better game under the original developer. Just recently saw that I can buy Minecraft coins at a tank stop. A really sad development of an awesome game which had an insurmountable amount of free content. Don't know what I expected with the acquisition though. I don't think I will migrate my account, currently in the process of migrating away from Windows for good.

Ever since Microsoft took the lead they've kept adding and adding. New blocks, items, mechanics. Minecraft was supposed to be about simplicity. MS has pushed their own agenda for the game and torched everything it used to be. They reworked graphics just because they didn't like them.

> Minecraft was supposed to be about simplicity.

...redstone circuits aren't exactly the definition of simplicity.

My kids seem to love all the new mechanics and items, and spend hours building things or fighting Orcs in a LOTR mod together, so I'm getting a lot of value from three MC licences.

Re: Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

#138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Simiar story, already posted it last time this came up. Bought a gift code for a 13yo 10 years ago. They lost their email address from back then, as in, don't even remember what it was. But well, I wasn't really The sharpest tool in the shed either at 13. The FAQ say if you have the PayPal transaction id, you get the account back. Support replied after a week saying they lost PayPal transaction IDs for that time peri…

To be fair, it sounds like you didn't the email it was sent to, the PayPal id (receipt), and it was never chased in as an account... What does support even have to go off of then?

He has the PP ID it sounds like - MS lost the PayPal IDs on their end, so they cannot corroborate the veracity of what he provided.

Re: Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

#139

Top 10 Best Selling Video Games of All Time: 10) Red Dead Redemption II (43M) 09) Wii Fit (43.8M) 08) Pokémon Red & Blue (47.5M) 07) Mario Kart 8 (51.8M) 06) Super Mario Bros. (58M) 05) PUBG: Battlegrounds (75M) 04) Wii Sports (82.9M) 03) Tetris (100M) 02) Grand Theft Auto V (160M) 01) Minecraft (238M) My theory on Minecraft is that because it's java-based and ultra portable, most people have bought it lots of differ…

For me it was that my kids want to play it together, and it runs on old hardware easily. If they wanted to play GTA V together, that's some expensive kit.
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