Minecraft account migration: Difference between revisions
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== General == | == General == | ||
Mojang announced on October 21 2020 that Minecraft will be | Minecraft's developer, Mojang, was bought by Microsoft in 2014<ref>Microsoft pays $2.5bn for Minecraft maker Mojang: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29204518</ref>. | ||
Mojang announced on October 21 2020 that Minecraft player will need to migrate their Mojang account to a Microsoft account. Players either had to create a new Microsoft account or migrate to an existing account. | |||
Players who would not migrate their accounts, were going to lose access to Minecraft.<blockquote>"Now just to be clear, migrating from Mojang to Microsoft accounts is ''mandatory''. If you don’t make the move, in several months you won’t be able to log in anymore – which means you won’t be able to play either."<ref>Announcement Java Edition is moving house: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-moving-house</ref></blockquote>Migration started June 2021<ref>Last call to voluntarily migrate Java accounts: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/last-call-voluntarily-migrate-java-accounts</ref> with the deadline being December 18th 2024<ref>I Missed My Chance to Migrate. What Happens to My Account?: https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/19633473939981-I-Missed-My-Chance-to-Migrate-What-Happens-to-My-Account</ref>. After this deadline Mojang gave a 90 day extension to give you a new copy of the game while losing your original account. After the 90 day period Mojang ignore migration complaints and would be forced to buy a new copy of the game. | |||
== Relevant Changes to the Game == | == Relevant Changes to the Game == | ||
===== 07.12.2022 - Version 1.19.3: (First seen in Snapshot 21w38a (23.09.2022): ===== | ===== 07.12.2022 - Version 1.19.3: (First seen in Snapshot 21w38a (23.09.2022): ===== | ||
With this Update Mojang/Microsoft introduced non-optional data-collection. | With this Update Mojang/Microsoft introduced non-optional data-collection<ref>Release Notes "Minecraft Java Edition 1.19.3": https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-java-edition-1-19-3</ref>. | ||
Data is collected every time a user joins or leaves a single- or multi-player game. | Data is collected every time a user joins or leaves a single- or multi-player game. | ||
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This is in direct contradiction to the language used in the account migration announcement:<blockquote>"Don't worry – everything about your game and how you play will remain the same, including your in-game username, progress, creations and skins. The only change is how you'll log in. Plus, we'll give you a special cape just for migrating!"</blockquote> | This is in direct contradiction to the language used in the account migration announcement:<blockquote>"Don't worry – everything about your game and how you play will remain the same, including your in-game username, progress, creations and skins. The only change is how you'll log in. Plus, we'll give you a special cape just for migrating!"</blockquote> | ||