Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition refers collectively to several nearly identical editions of Minecraft developed by 4J Studios for game consoles. It comprises editions for:
 * Xbox 360
 * Xbox One
 * PlayStation 3
 * PlayStation 4
 * PlayStation Vita
 * Wii U
 * Nintendo Switch

Legacy Console Edition introduced new features such as a simplified crafting system, in-game tutorials, leaderboards, built-in mini games and split-screen multiplayer (excluding PlayStation Vita Edition), as well as online multiplayer for up to sixteen players, which required a PlayStation Plus subscription (PS4), Xbox LIVE (requires Xbox Live Gold subscription), Nintendo Network (Wii U), or Nintendo Switch Online (requires subscription). As with all editions, updates were free of charge.

PSN Year May 9,2012 to June 18,2015 Previously, the simpler term "Console Edition" was used to refer to these editions on this wiki, but with the release of the Better Together Update, three of the platforms received an implementation of Bedrock Edition as well. Since it no longer comprised all implementations for all consoles, the term was amended.

On September 20, 2017, the Xbox One Edition was withdrawn from the Microsoft Store, in conjunction with 's Better Together Update. People who owned it were entitled to download the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft for free. Worlds and DLC were intended to be transferable to Bedrock Edition, however some DLC does not carry over. Users can also continue to play on the Xbox One Edition instead. This also happened with the Nintendo Switch Edition on June 21, 2018, and PlayStation 4 Edition on December 10, 2019. Again, some DLC does not transfer on these platforms.

Initially, Xbox One Edition was planned to no longer receive updates, starting with the lack of an equivalent update to TU58, but the edition later received CU50, an update adding the MINECON Earth Skin Pack, and later updates resumed entirely with CU51, an update equivalent to TU60, which also added all the features from TU58. Added a new custom tutorial world for 1.12 and Norse myth pack on December 19,2017. Dimension Year June 19,2015 - December 29,2018, Greek and Chinese Mythologies in this mash up packs in 2015-2016.

=Phase 1= December 12,2016 to April 28,2018 Phase 1 Dimension Year June 19,2015 to December 11,2016 Phase 2 Dimension Year December 12,2016 to April 28,2018 PS4: New World November 12,2017 to March 11,2018. Custom tutorial world features in Rabbids World. Old Saves from Phases 1 to 3 in 2017-2019 is back on Late 2021. Norse Mythology is the third mythology and released on December 19,2017. Reupload: November 14,2021-now. New World 2 January 12 to April 28,2018. TU57 Custom Tutorial World August 29,2017 to April 28,2018 and TU60 Custom Tutorial World December 19,2017 to April 28,2018. Reupload June 2,2019 to December 10,2019 TU57 and TU60. Reupload Again TU57 & TU60 February 12,2022-now. Demolished Village and Pillage Update. More Saves on December 12,2016 to April 28,2018. TU31/1.22 Tutorial December 12,2016 to April 28,2018 reused from TU57 features (R.I.P 2015-2018) and TU46 Tutorial World December 21,2016 to April 28,2018 reused from TU60 features. (It will return on April 28,2018) All world saves were deleted on April 28,2018 in Phase 1.

On May 3, 2018, Mojang officially announced that the Xbox 360 Edition, PlayStation 3 Edition, PlayStation Vita Edition, and Wii U Edition would receive the Update Aquatic, but would receive no further feature updates after its release. The Xbox One Edition and Nintendo Switch Edition were excluded from Update Aquatic.

=Phase 2= April 28,2018 to April 21,2019 PS4: TU46 Tutorial April 28,2018 to February 24,2019 reused from TU60 features (RIP 2016-2019) and TU69 Tutorial September 11,2018 to April 21,2019 (It might return TU69 on April 22,2019) Egyptian Mythology on May 29,2018 and it will be the fourth and final mythology series in this mash up pack. RIP Rest In Peace Mythology Series 2015-2018 Saves included: Busch Gardens Tampa April 30,2018 to April 21,2019 (reused Minecraft Mob Parks 2), Geometry Dash June 26,2018 to January 15,2019, Busch Gardens Williamsburg May 27,2018 to April 21,2019, Smash hit June 1 to July 12,2018, Reupload July 15,2018 to April 21,2019 and reused on Rabbids World, Geometry Dash Parkour (2018), TU73 Custom Tutorial World is the final Old Gen custom update from 1.13 December 18,2018 to April 21,2019. Reupload TU73 June 7 to July 31,2019 and August 16 to December 10,2019 (RIP TU73) and reused on Rabbids World. Minecraft Mob Parks Example 1 to 4 January 21 to April 21,2019 RIP Rest In Peace Phase 3 Dimension Year April 28 to December 29,2018 2015-2018 Twist Year December 30,2018 to April 21,2019 Phase 1 More Saves from April 28,2018 to April 21,2019, all worlds were still deleted again in Phase 2, All PS4 Service were intilized on December 12,2016 to April 21,2019 in Phases 1 to 2. It will restart the PS4.

=Phase 3= Part 1 April 22,2019 to December 10,2019 Twist Year Phase 2 April 22 to December 10,2019 Minecraft Mob Parks April 22 to September 16,2019 Tutorial (2018) April 22 to December 10,2019 (It will return on March 18,2020) Tutorial (2017,Reupload) June 2 to December 10,2019 with a glitch on Map #98. Reupload Again on February 12,2022, no glitch. Tutorial (2017-2018,Reupload) June 2 to December 10,2019 Reupload again on April 4,2022. Tutorial (2018-2019,Reupload) June 7 to July 31,2019 Reupload again on August 16 to December 10,2019 (RIP TU73) 2018-2019 and reused on Rabbids World. More saves from April 22 to December 10,2019, 1.95 was the final update for PS4 in September 9,2019. All world saves were deleted on Phase 3 from December 10,2019 in Bedrock Edition and it was very sad. It will reupload all the saves in Mid-2021 from Phases 1 to 3.

The PlayStation 4 Edition would still receive feature updates until December 10, 2019 (including Update Aquatic and Village & Pillage), when it was replaced with Bedrock Edition on the platform, at which point the Legacy Console Edition codebase was discontinued entirely. Despite being discontinued, Xbox One Edition and PlayStation 4 Edition are playable on and PlayStation 5 respectively via backwards compatibility.

Although worlds can still be transferred from Xbox 360 Edition and Wii U Edition to Xbox One Edition and Nintendo Switch Edition respectively, the worlds currently cannot be loaded on the latter consoles due to the Xbox 360 Edition and Wii U Edition using a newer version of the game. As of April 15, 2020, the ability to transfer worlds from PlayStation 3 Edition and PlayStation Vita Edition to PlayStation 4 Edition has been terminated. It will upload a TU80 custom tutorial world on February 15,2020 announced, scheduled on April 1,2020.

=Phase 3= Part 2 December 10,2019 to November 21,2020 Xbox One, PS4 and Switch on Editions only on Minecraft Bedrock Edition All Phase 3 Part 1 world saves were deleted on Bedrock Edition. As of December 11,2019 PS4 will stay until 1.14. Minecraft Mob Parks 1 December 11 to 26,2019 Minecraft Mob Parks 2 December 29,2019 to January 13,2020 Minecraft Mob Parks 3 January 15 to 29,2020 Minecraft Mob Parks 4 January 29 to March 17,2020 Minecraft Mob Parks 5 May 6 to 24,2020 Minecraft Mob Parks 6 May 25 to June 1,2020 til July 31,2020 Tutorial (2018) March 18 to September 4,2020 (It will return on March 16,2022) Tutorial (2020) March 30 to August 15,2020, reupload August 16 to September 4,2020 (Reused on Rabbids World) (Based on Peachester, how to build a 1.14 plains, savanna, taiga, desert and snowy tundra villages) Tutorial (2021-2024) April 12 to July 31,2020 More Saves May 5 to August 15,2020 Vr Roller Coaster 1 & 2 September 5 to October 20,2020 New World September 9 to November 24,2020 All worlds were still deleted enterily on Phase 3 in 2019-2020.

As of December 7,2021, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PSVita are Scrapped. In PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in Bedrock Edition and Editions. Since December 11,2019 in PS4 1.14.

As of June 12,2022, PS5 and Xbox Series X will announced the return of Legacy Console Edition is back, and Tutorial World is back, previous Old Xbox 360’s tutorial worlds. No default texture, just classic texture. New tutorial world is back to show the player how to used 4 updates called Buzzy Bees, Nether, Caves & Cliffs and Ender Update features and released in December 21,2022 Based on 1.15-1.18 update that was released by PC and it was also a brand new screenshot that was released by 4JStudios.

Gameplay
The objective of the game remains the same as its counterparts, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment. There is no preset goal; the player may choose to set their own goals.

For the most part, Legacy Console Edition is almost identical to Java Edition with few apparent differences, but was released with the Xbox 360 Edition in an earlier version equivalent to Java Edition Beta 1.6.6, rather than the current Java Edition version at the time of release, 1.2.5. The Wii U Edition was released with an earlier version equivalent to Java Edition 1.6.4, rather than the current Java Edition version at the time of release, 1.8.9.

Differences from Java and Bedrock Edition
Differences from include:


 * The game features splitscreen functionality, a HDTV with a Component or HDMI cable is required for split-screen play. Split-screen functionality works with a VGA connection to a PC monitor as well as HDMI-to-DVI cables to a PC monitor. Up to 4 players can play in split screen, as well as the possibility to play 8-person online multiplayer game modes in split-screen. Nintendo Switch Edition also supports splitscreen on the console's own screen, as well as local wireless communications. PlayStation Vita Edition only supports up to 2-4 players online and Ad-Hoc support.
 * The game includes an automatic crafting system where it is not required to place the blocks in the grid. There is an option to use the manual crafting grid from Java Edition.
 * Legacy Console Edition includes a version-exclusive tutorial mode. This tutorial leads the player through the basics of digging and placing blocks, crafting, as well as building their first house to survive the night, fishing, enchanting, brewing, and more.
 * The player always begins a new world with an empty map.
 * On the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and Wii U platforms, the world size is limited to 864×864 blocks. Because the outer-most block is unusable on each side of the map, it is effectively 862×862 blocks that can be used. The worlds on the Nintendo Switch edition can be up to 3072×3072, whereas the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 worlds can be up to 5120×5120.
 * The Nether is limited in size and, as a consequence, the Overworld-Nether ratio is 1:3 (1:6 in Switch Edition) compared to 1:8 in Java Edition. In the PS4 and Xbox One editions, the Overworld-Nether ratio depends on world size. It is 1:3 for both Classic and Small worlds, 1:6 for Medium worlds, and 1:8 for Large worlds. The Nether is limited to about 288×288 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U editions, and to about 512x512 for the Nintendo Switch. The End also uses the aforementioned sizes. On the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U editions, only one outer End island can generate, and will always have an End City with a ship. This means that only one elytra per world is obtainable in survival mode. Also, the only method of travel between the main island and the outer island is via the End gateway due to invisible barriers preventing the player from bridging or flying there.
 * Players can choose from three different biome scale options when generating a world.
 * Skins can only be chosen from those available as default or from downloadable content.
 * Breeding and utility mob spawning works the same as Java Edition with the exception of limiting tamed wolf and snow golem populations to 16. If the player attempts to tame or breed a 17th wolf, it will be killed by other wolves, and if a player attempts to build a 17th snow golem, upon placing the pumpkin all three blocks will break, dropping one pumpkin and eight snowballs. Also, wolf pups are born with full health and reach adulthood without player input.
 * The edge of the world cannot be mined and is completely sea. The edge of the map is a strip of water surrounding the map followed by an invisible barrier. This can cause problems as sometimes chests in mineshafts generate at the edge of the map where they are inaccessible. To solve this problem, the player can make and place a new chest next to said chest and use the accessible half of the resulting large chest to open it, making the previously inaccessible items available.
 * When flying, the player is restricted to 8-way digital directional movement, meaning that they cannot drift in a full circle. This was done to increase precision when building with a controller.
 * When building a portal to the Nether in a superflat world, the Nether will also be flat.
 * Nether wart randomly generates on soul sand in the Nether.
 * The edge of the Nether is a bedrock wall.
 * There are no public Servers. The player's world may be hosted, similar to a server, by enabling the option Allow Friends of Friends to join, however there is a limit of 8 players in an online game.
 * PlayStation Vita Edition and Nintendo Switch Edition have local multiplayer support between multiple consoles.
 * Statistics are replaced with leaderboards, with the exception of Wii U and Nintendo Switch Edition.
 * A large amount of TNT cannon designs do not work, as the amount of lit TNT entities that can exist on a world is very small.
 * A large amount of TNT cannon designs do not work, as the amount of lit TNT entities that can exist on a world is very small.

=Saves= PS4 16 Saves =Phase 4= Minecraft Parks 1 to 10: November 28,2020 - April 1,2021 part 1 Part 1 November 28 to December 12,2020 Part 2 December 13,2020 to January 2,2021 Part 3 January 3 to 13,2021 Part 4 January 13 to 25,2021 Part 5 January 25 to February 2,2021 Part 6 February 2 to 10,2021 Part 7 February 10 to 16,2021 Part 8 February 16 to 25,2021 Part 9 February 25 to March 12,2021 Part 10 March 13 to April 1,2021 Part 2 April 2 to September 3,2021 Vr Roller Coaster September 4 to November 13,2021 New World November 14,2021 to February 12,2022 Part 3 February 13 to March 15,2022 TU69 March 16 to 31,2022 Part 4 April 1 to May 31,2022 Tutorial Areas June 1,2022 to July 31,2022 Part 5 August 1 to September 3,2022 TU57 September 4 to November 12,2022 TU60 November 13,2022 to February 10,2023 Rabbids World February 11,2023 to December 29,2029

Different modes
The different gameplay modes and settings may vary from the other platform versions, such as hardcore mode, as it is currently one of many Java Edition exclusive features.

Creative
Using Creative mode permanently disables achievements/trophies and leaderboard updates during normal gameplay on that world, however the core mechanics of flight and infinite resources remain the same.

Adventure
Blocks can be destroyed by the proper tools and depending on the block, the quality of the tool. Example: blocks can be destroyed by using. While only  and higher can break and gather  blocks.

Survival
In Survival mode:
 * All blocks are breakable except and.
 * Whether this means that blocks such as are breakable is unknown.


 * Fists and any tool can break blocks such as.
 * The quality of the tool affects the breaking speed of the block.
 * Progression of the game is similar to other versions of the game, however in the End dimension to travel to other islands you must teleport as there exist invisible walls outside the area.

X/Z distance effects
At X or Z +/- 430, there exists an invisible barrier that cannot be bypassed. Below sea level, however, the barrier is not invisible but it is a layer of gravel.

Trivia

 * 4J Studios, the company that ported Minecraft to consoles, also ported several other video games, namely Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, and Perfect Dark for XBLA as well as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for PS3.
 * Notch originally stated that the Xbox 360 would be the sole console provider of Minecraft. However, Sony later annnounced editions for the PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. Mojang also later released the Xbox One Edition, Wii U Edition and Nintendo Switch Edition
 * In Creative, entering the Void is not possible (except in the End, where it is easily accessible due to the large gaps between the islands), as the lowest level of bedrock will remain indestructible in that mode.
 * There is no way to modify Legacy Console Edition legitimately, but it can be cracked to do so. Note that you stand a chance of getting banned when using mods, except on Wii U. However, inventory editors can be used without harm.
 * The player can grab edge blocks with sticky pistons. However, it's impossible to push blocks into the edge.
 * Spiders can climb the edge of the world, as it's classified as a block.
 * The player cannot fly to the top. While it is only 2,147,483,647 blocks tall, the world height is only 511 blocks tall, so the player cannot go anywhere near the top. Despite this, using enough TNT Minecarts to launch a player in Creative Mode can sometimes make the player break the game and end up above the 511 block height limit, but they are unable to fly back down or move in this state, forcing the player to kill themselves or exit the game.
 * The Wither performs its charge attack much more often than its Bedrock Edition counterpart.
 * Due to the limited world size, the Woodland Mansion is much easier to find, provided that there are dark forest biomes. Sometimes the game can spawn you right next to one.