Changes: Bedrock Edition

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Minecraft (Bedrock)

Author(s)

Platform(s)

; Current

Upcoming

Discontinued

Samsung Galaxy Apps
(Alpha 0.9.5)
Windows Phone 8.1
(Alpha 0.16.2)

Written in

C++^[3]

Release date

; Android 4.2+

October 7, 2011; January 30, 2013 (2.3+); August 15, 2013 (3.0+); July 29, 2015 (4.2+)
iOS 8.0+: November 17, 2011; August 15, 2013 (5.0+); April 27, 2016 (6.0+); June 13, 2016 (8.0+)
Fire OS 3.0+: September 13, 2012; April 2, 2014 (3.0+)
Windows 10 Mobile: December 10, 2014
(Windows Phone 8.1); February 22, 2017
(Windows 10 Mobile)
Windows 10: July 29, 2015
Gear VR: April 27, 2016
Apple TV and Fire TV: December 19, 2016
Xbox One: September 19, 2017
Nintendo Switch: Q4 2017

Rating(s)

Online not rated
Google: Everyone 10+^[4]
Apple: 9+^[5]
Amazon: Guidance Suggested^[6]
Windows 10: Everyone 10+^[7]
PEGI: 7+^[8]
RARS: 12+^[9]
USK: 6^[10]
ACB: M^[11]
GSRR: PG12^[12]
GRB: All^[13]
IARC: 7+^[14]^[15]
DEJUS: L (Livre)^[16]
DEJUS: 10^[17]^[18]

Size

Android: Varies with device
iOS: 160 MB
Fire OS: 71.7 MB
Windows 10 Mobile: 87.12 - 193.83 MB
Windows 10: 199.66 - 204.15 MB
Gear VR: 152.59 MB
Apple TV: 229 MB
Fire TV: 72.4 MB
Xbox One: 152.51 - 175.88 MB

License

Proprietary

Source code

No

Gameplay

The objective of the game remains the same as its Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition counterparts, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment. Like its counterparts, Bedrock Edition also has survival elements present in other versions of the game such as brewing, hunger, and dimensions like the Nether and the End. The multiplayer mode is cross-platform compatible between all touch-screen and console devices capable of running Bedrock Edition.^[19]

Bedrock Edition differs from Java Edition in a variety of ways, such as more vibrant graphics, revised terrain and exclusive items. The development team stated that once Bedrock Edition is up to date with Java Edition, it will start making its own diverse progress.^[20] The HUD and other elements are adapted for each relevant device. Interactions are made either via keyboard and mouse, touchscreen or controller.

Differences from Java Edition include:

Some mobs have some sort of difference from their Java Edition counterparts.
Multiplayer allows for 4 ways of player connection:
- Through LAN, allowing for 8 players to be on a single world
- Through Minecraft Realms.
- Through a user-created external server. A list of server software can be found on Bedrock Edition server software.
- Through Xbox Live
A list of "featured" (Microsoft partner) servers, offering predefined multiplayer mini-games in a Minecraft setting, is also provided.

Some features of Bedrock Edition are only available on certain platforms.

Splitscreen is only available on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
Virtual reality is only available on Gear VR and Windows 10.

Compatible devices

	Android	iOS
Version	Android 4.2 "Jelly Bean" (MCPE 0.11.1 & under require Android 3.0 and up; MCPE 0.7.2 & under require Android 2.3.0 and up)	iOS 8.0 (MCPE 0.14.3 & under require iOS 6; MCPE 0.14.1 requires iOS 5; MCPE 0.7.2 & under require iOS 4.3.3 and up)
Processor	Any with support of floating-point calculations ("ARM-v7a code") and Neon^[21]	600 MHz ARMv7 Cortex CPU 800 MHz Apple A5 CPU
Graphics	Any with support of OpenGL ES 2.0
Storage	12.5 MB (100 MB to 1GB is the max to save a map)	9.5 MB (100 MB to 1GB is the max to save a map)
Data Connection	Optional (Realms access)	Optional (Realms access)
Supported Devices	Sony Ericsson Xperia Play^[22] Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray^[23]^[24] Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro^[24] more	iPod Touch (5th, 6th Generation) iPhone (4S, 5, 5C, 5S, 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE, 7, 7 Plus) iPad (2nd, 3rd, 4th, Air, Air 2, 7th Generation) iPad Mini (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Generation) iPad Pro more

Some devices below these specifications have been known to work fine either with or without custom ROM images, kernels, and overclocking of the CPU. However, the CPU "MSM7227" is not supported due to its lack of the floating-point unit.^[25] The processor "Tegra 2" is also not supported because the processor has no support for Neon.

Development

Release

A video of an early prototype was released on Twitter, showing the game on the Xperia PLAY. The alpha version was later released, and became no longer exclusive to the Xperia PLAY on the 7th of October 2011. The non-exclusive version was going to be released on September 29th for Android^[26] but there were several severe bugs that needed to be fixed; the release was delayed until the 7th of October.

A version for iOS devices was confirmed to be released before 2012 in an interview with Mojang^[27] and was subsequently released on the 17th of November 2011

Alpha

After the initial releases for Android and iOS, updates were released in parallel, with the same features being added for both platforms. During the Alpha stage, various aspects of gameplay were introduced into the Bedrock codebase including: crafting, smelting, more blocks, items, mobs and more game modes to bring it closer to the Java Edition. As the Pocket Edition development team works closely, often blocks released on the computer version are released around the same time for Pocket Edition. Certain features were also tested on Pocket Edition before their Java releases, such as beetroots and their related items, and also block models.

During the Alpha phase, the Bedrock Edition was ported to more platforms: first, Pocket Edition was released for Fire OS on September 13, 2012, and for Windows Phone on December 10, 2014. The Windows 10 Edition Beta was released on July 29, 2015, at a higher price than Pocket Edition, although Java Edition owners can redeem a copy for free. Gear VR Edition was released April 27, 2016 for the same price as Pocket Edition.

Two spin-offs, based on the Bedrock codebase, but separate from Bedrock Edition, were also released during this period. Pi Edition is a free version of Minecraft for the Raspberry Pi, which was based on an old alpha version of Bedrock. Education Edition was released for Windows 10 and macOS on November 1, 2016.

Full Release

On November 11, 2016, 1.0 (the Ender Update) was announced. It was released on December 19, 2016, along with the Apple TV Edition and Fire TV Edition. Pocket Edition began to receive updates again for Windows 10 Mobile on February 22, 2017.^[28]

From 1.2, the Better Together Update, all editions of Bedrock Edition no longer have the "Edition" subtitle and are renamed to simply Minecraft. A port of Bedrock Edition for Xbox One was released along with the update, and one for Nintendo Switch is scheduled for the end of 2017. Owners of the original Legacy Console Edition for these consoles will be able to download the new version for free.

Builds

Starting on November 22, 2013,^[29] Mojang began to publicly release testing versions of full updates to Android users who opt into the beta program, in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting. This enabled the official updates to be considerably more stable.

Versions from 0.8.0 to 0.12.1 required opting into a Google+ group to receive development builds. Players would then see development updates appear as normal updates in the Play Store. On July 17, 2015, the Google+ group was removed due to the amount of spam and advertisements that the group attracted."^[30]^[31]^[32] On November 3, 2015, the PE Beta team published a dedicated blog^[33] which was subsequently used for users to opt into the 0.13.0 beta program and to display changelogs for these development builds.

The Xbox Insider Hub app is used to opt into the beta program on Windows 10 since July 31, 2017, and on Xbox One since August 24. Before the release of the Better Together Update, the Xbox One beta was available only to owners of the digital version of the original Xbox One Edition, and not owners of the disc version.

Sales

As of December 2013, Pocket Edition (the only Bedrock Codebase edition at the time) had sold 16.5 million copies, while at the same time, the Java Edition had sold 13 million. These calculations came out after the 0.8.0 update.^[34] This was considered a huge success, with Pocket Edition outselling both Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition^[35], despite being considered to be the least-developed at the time.

On December 2, 2016, Marsh Davies announced that Pocket Edition had sold over 40 million copies^[36] (at the time, Java Edition had sold over 24 million). It is not clear if this statistic included Windows 10 Edition and other Bedrock Codebase editions or not.^{[more information needed]}

Pocket Edition is also usually in the top 10 and regularly #1 in the App Store's and Google Play's Paid Apps Section in the Top Charts.^[37]^[38]

Platform differences

There are several features in Bedrock Edition which are exclusive to certain platforms, either due to only certain platforms being capable of using those features, or due to platform restrictions preventing certain features from being implemented. Here is a table of the features that are only available on certain platforms.


Export world button	No	?	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	?
Import world button	No	?	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	?
Join servers via IP	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Keyboard controls	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Mouse controls	Partial	?	?	?	?	No	Yes	?	?
Shader language	GLSL	GLSL	GLSL	GLSL	GLSL	GLSL	HLSL	HLSL	HLSL
Structure block 3D export	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	?	?
Touch controls	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
VR	No^{[note 1]}	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes^{[note 2]}	No	?

↑ Some Samsung Galaxy phones can use Bedrock Edition for Gear VR, but it is a separate app (and purchase) from Bedrock Edition for Android.
↑ Via Oculus Rift.

References

[39] Some Samsung Galaxy phones can use Bedrock Edition for Gear VR, but it is a separate app (and purchase) from Bedrock Edition for Android.

[40] Via Oculus Rift.

[1] ttp://www.twitch.tv/mojang/v/6949826

[2] ttps://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_Wiki_talk:Projects/Renaming#Project.27s_next_step

[3] ttps://twitter.com/jeb_/status/122350670648066049

[4] ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe

[5] ttp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-pocket-edition/id479516143

[6] ttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00992CF6W/

[7] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/games/minecraft-windows-10-edition-beta/9nblggh2jhxj

[8] Minecraft: Pocket Edition PEGI Rating

[9] ttps://www.microsoft.com/ru-ru/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[10] ttps://www.microsoft.com/de-de/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[11] Minecraft: Pocket Edition ACB Rating

[12] ttps://www.microsoft.com/zh-tw/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[13] ttps://www.microsoft.com/ko-kr/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[14] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-za/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[15] ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe

[16] ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe

[17] ttps://www.microsoft.com/pt-br/store/apps/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[18] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/minecraft-windows-10-edition/9nblggh2jhxj

[19] ttps://minecraft.net/en-us/article/Minecraft - Pocket Edition on iOS!

[20] ttp://www.twitch.tv/jbernhardsson/b/519822083

[21] ttps://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-8332?focusedCommentId=348823&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-348823

[22] ttps://youtu.be/jO-y5wzmK4E

[23] ttp://twitpic.com/6wimvs

[xperia_ray-24] ttps://twitter.com/Kappische/status/122338591966896128

[25] wikipedia:MSM7000#MSM7227

[26] ttps://youtu.be/rCcsuPH4vJY

[27] ttp://www.unboundgamer.com/_/minecraft-pocket-edition-interview-with-mojang-r393

[28] ttps://minecraft.net/en-us/article/upgrade-windows-phone-players

[29] ttps://mojang.com/2013/11/android-beta-program-for-minecraft-pe/

[30] ttps://twitter.com/missmarzenia/status/621982409140105216

[31] ttps://twitter.com/missmarzenia/status/621984399349948416

[32] ttps://twitter.com/missmarzenia/status/621992330313236480

[33] ttps://twitter.com/missmarzenia/status/661531497527164928

[34] ttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/17/mojang-minecraft-pocket-edition-apple

[35] ttps://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Minecraft_Sales_Data.png

[36] ttps://minecraft.net/en/article/pocket-edition-5-years-old

[37] ttp://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/paid-apps/

[38] ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/topselling_paid?hl=en

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