Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (or Minecraft: PS Vita Edition) is the PlayStation Vita version of Minecraft in development by 4J Studios for and alongside Mojang.[5] A teaser was hinted by 4J Studios on Twitter,[6] and a screenshot published a month later.[7] In a response to 4J, Jens Bergensten (Jeb) also informed that it is based on PlayStation 3 Edition.[8]
PlayStation 3 Edition also has some level of connectivity with PlayStation Vita Edition; the game at the PlayStation Store incorporates the so called Cross-Buy, which by purchasing either PlayStation 3 Edition or PlayStation Vita Edition, you will get the other edition as well for free. Saved worlds are also transferable between the consoles.[9]
PlayStation Vita Edition also uses ad hoc networking for "on the go" and online multiplayer, but instead of 8 players in one game it supports up to 4 players, because it would have caused framerate issues in multiplayer.[citation needed]
PlayStation Vita Edition became available for purchase on the PlayStation Network on October 14 in North America and on October 15 in Europe.[10] It had a retail release in stores on November 11 (North America),[11] November 19 (Europe) and November 21 (United Kingdom and Ireland).[12]
Trivia
The game supported more than 4 players at some point during development.
References
- ↑ PSN means PlayStation Network
- ↑ NA means North America
- ↑ UK means United Kingdom
- ↑ https://store.playstation.com/#!/pt-br/jogos/minecraft-playstationvita-edition-demo/cid=UP4433-PCSE00491_00-MINECRAFTVITDEMO
- ↑ 4J Studios, Happy to confirm we're developing Minecraft PS3, PS4 & PS Vita Editions for Mojang, as well as Xbox 360 & Xbox One Editions!, Twitter, 2013-08-21.
- ↑ 4J Studios, Twitter, 2014-04-11.
- ↑ 4J Studios, We're working on it! Here's a screenshot. Twitter, 2014-05-12.
- ↑ Jeb, MC:Vita screenshot! (It's based on the PS3 Edition). Twitter, 2014-05-12.
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2674931-snapshot-14w21b-ready-for-testing-xbone-ps-news/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/4JStudios/status/519987042139525120
- ↑ https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/520567552490352641
- ↑ http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/10/10/minecraft-ps-vita-edition-launches-playstation-store-next-week/
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