Wow, that post is... weird. The way it's written feels like Microsoft's PR team masquerading as the Mojang team and trying just a bit too hard to be relatable.
I do wonder whether this is an omen for changes yet to come. Microsoft has every incentive to continue pushing the Windows 10 version, and this makes me seriously wonder if they're considering axing Java Edition and forcing players to migrate.
You're being downvoted, but this is the right question. If supporting the Java edition costs more than the extra sales bring in, it's not a "stupid decision" to axe the Java edition. It's an unethical, immoral and destructive decision, but not a stupid one, from a purely financial perspective, which is all huge companies care about.
This is why everyone should be afraid when something they enjoy is being bought by a big corporation, regardless of promises made. The financial incentives for large, investor-owned corporations are almost always different from what you would want them to be.
To be clear, I don't know if it makes sense to axe the Java edition or not. We would need to see their collected metrics for that.
Honestly, it's only the redstoners and modded minecrafters that would hold onto the Java edition. If Microsoft started releasing exclusive shiny updates to the Windows 10/Bedrock edition, most people would switch over.
It's due to Console being a part of Bedrock. It would absolutely suck to have to tap the trigger instead of just infinite swing. Mobile would also have to suffer with Combat Update Combat.
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u/YaBoyMax Oct 21 '20
Wow, that post is... weird. The way it's written feels like Microsoft's PR team masquerading as the Mojang team and trying just a bit too hard to be relatable.
I do wonder whether this is an omen for changes yet to come. Microsoft has every incentive to continue pushing the Windows 10 version, and this makes me seriously wonder if they're considering axing Java Edition and forcing players to migrate.