Like Ben mentioned, we have players of all ages to virtually every country in the world since it’s launched in 2009. This community remains one of the most active and passionate in gaming. “Xbox Game Pass is going to help us reach even more people and bring more players into our community. “We want to have as few barriers entry for the game as possible,” Kasia Swica, Business Manager at Minecraft, explained. Part of why Minecraft is coming to Xbox Game Pass is to reduce friction for new players.

Minecraft continues to add new players to its community, and Xbox Game Pass is going to welcome a game that has over 91 million monthly active players.” “We really think that this is going to be a big win, both for Minecraft and for Game Pass. “One of the biggest requests we’ve had from our members is to bring Minecraft to the catalog, that’s why we’re so excited that we’ll be adding to that family-friendly offering in a big way,” Decker said to GameDaily. Much like every other first-party Xbox game, Minecraft will become a permanent Game Pass feature, according to Ben Decker, Head of Gaming Services at Microsoft. The vast majority of these platforms are cross-play compatible, which means that players can join a server from any device to any other other device, minus PlayStation 4. The Minecraft community spans a multitude of platforms, including Xbox One, mobile (iOS/Android), Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4. Minecraft is joining its first-party brethren on Xbox Game Pass, beginning on April 4.

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