'Minecraft' looks like a completely different game in 4K

The best demonstration of the Xbox One X's 4K capabilities comes from an unlikely, blocky source: Minecraft. Behind closed doors at E3 2017, Microsoft showed off a handful of games it upgraded to 4K just for the Xbox One X, including Gears of War 4, but Mojang's cube-based crafting game clearly got the most drastic upgrade. When the free 4K update and the Super Duper Graphics Pack lands in the fall, those blobs of grass will transform into blades.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

I guess I didn't notice

[343_Guilty_Spark]

You didn't look.

Higher resolution + High resolution textures = significantly better looking game.

[Princess_Pilfer]

Yeah, that has nothing to do with resolution (it's still minecraft) and everything to do with the textures they replaced. Those may or may not be 4k textures (don't know or care) but, more importantly, they're obviously completely different textures. Basically anything is an improvement over vanilla minecraft textures, which are garbage (and probably so the creator could focus on things that matter more to the game.)

[MrFisher21]

So wouldn't the high resolution textures make the real difference, not the 4k?

[343_Guilty_Spark]

@MrFisher21

Are you saying the game with the super texture pack will look as good on a 720p or 1080p screen?

Higher resolution will let you see finer details in the textures, hence it will look better.

[NotoriousWhiz]

I'd bet the Switch version, when it gets this update will also look like a completely different game despite the lower resolution.

[XStation4pio_Pro]

no surprise there. its not playstation related.

[X-Alchemist]

lol who even asked for a 4K minecraft? The game was clearly never about flashy graphics. I'm baffled as to why MS thought this was necessary, as if this is what we'd want to buy an Xbox X for.

[UnHoly_One]

I'm guessing the people that play Minecraft will love it.

"Minecraft was never about flashy graphics", but it isn't like they are removing features to add this, so how is it a bad thing?

I guess they could have sold it as a remastered version and made everyone pay for it again, that's what Sony likes to do.

[RommyReigns]

@Unholy_One

'I guess they could have sold it as a remastered version and made everyone pay for it again, that's what Sony likes to do.'

At least Sony didn't waste $2.5 BILLION trying to get the IP back for Crash, as a matter of fact they didn't need to as the remake is the fastest selling opening for a game in the UK so far this year, and likely to hold that until the multiplats start rolling in later this year.

[bolimekurac]

rommyreigns what?? they made 7 billion on minecraft alone, they made that initial investment already, they have 155 million players with 55 million average players per month, get this fact through your head, minecraft is worth more then all sony exclusives combined, thats not up for debate. so while people hate on minecraft, remember that its the most played game in the world. i could understand the hate if it was a niche game like some sony and microsoft exclsuives that sell only 500,000 but this is not one of those.

[steveo123456]

heres your toys back, they seemed to fall out of your pram

[fenome]

@bolimekurac

Where did you find that it's made 7 billion for Microsoft? I tried looking it up but couldn't find it anywhere.

Genuinely curious, I don't doubt it, I know it was making tons of money for Mojang before they sold it.

I know it's got 155 million players with 55 million average in a month, which is just crazy. I can't believe it's still going so strong.

[armchairDev]

Probably because you were too busy posting nonsensical first comments as usual, instead of actually playing games.

[freshslicepizza]

"It's not for lack of wanting to or effort on our part," Aubrey Norris, senior global communications manager, told Engadget. "We are in discussions with our partners right now. We want PlayStation, and we invite Sony to bring PlayStation players onto Bedrock."

But Sony has made it perfectly clear they are worried about protecting its users even though Sony can't protect them from the PC??? In this valiant effort to distance itself from console crossplay they are willing to now get the least desireable version of the game and some seem ok with that decision, not sure why.

[Eonjay]

They will have to come to a mutually acceptable agreement. The update system and they game has changed, not Sony.

[Aenea]

I am sure when MS is more lenient in how they are allowing cross-play that Sony will jump on board!

[freshslicepizza]

I bet you're sure,

https://www.polygon.com/201...

It appears Sony wants Nintendo to be more lenient too, right? It could never possibly be 100% only about Sony, we have to shift part of the blame on everyone.

[Aenea]

I can also post links to old articles showing that MS is the problem:
https://www.gamespot.com/ar...
https://www.engadget.com/20...
https://kotaku.com/final-fa...

And here is something about how MS their way is special according to them:
http://www.playstationlifes...

Look, no one here can know why exactly MS denied crossplay on certain occasions and why Sony didn't with others. We can speculate all we want but we really do not know for certain.

Unless we finally have all the details we can't be certain who's the culprit here.

[freshslicepizza]

Maybe if you stopped typing nonsense you would actually listent to debelopers like Psyonix. Why do you continue to refuse to beleive it's not 100% Sony even after Jim Ryan came out and said they are not doing it? You sit there and bring up old articles before Microsoft announced they want to now do crossplay, you ignore how games like Pure Chess which isn't even on the Xbox where Sony also ignored such requests, you ignore all the dialogue with the makers of Rocket League, you ignore Jim Ryan flat out saying they are not interested.

Why do you bother when you continue to waste everyone's time when they explain these things to you OVER AND OVER.

[F4ctory_Reset]

Come on Moldy, Microsoft is using Xbox Live to achieve cross-play on Minecraft. They can't possibly expect Sony to say yes to that when they're already doing fine without it?

Let's see if MS offers a solution without the need for an XBL account and bash Sony when/if they still don't allow cross-play if that were the case.

[Aenea]

"Why do you bother when you continue to waste everyone's time"

You're hilarious you know that, right?

There's simply more to this then we know, but some people just can't seem to understand that...

[RommyReigns]

Muh 4K EXCLUSIIIIIIIIIVE Minecraft lmao

[steveo123456]

Isnt the best version of the game still the java version?

[Thatguy-310]

It's mainly the super duper graphics pack

[343_Guilty_Spark]

It's both working together. I'm not sure why you're downplaying the effect of 4K.

Even games like Horizon look significantly better at checkboard 4k vs 1080p.

[Thatguy-310]

We're talking about minecraft. With out the graphic pack the game would look similar just with a better resolution. But like you said it's a combination of both but more so the super duper graphics pack that's changing how the game looks overall.

[steveo123456]

without fake k, I don't think horizon would look very appealing at all

[TocaCannaBowl]

with mods.......

[InTheZoneAC]

Lol

[bluefox755]

Nah, it really doesn't. Mods change the appearance far more than the resolution upgrade.

[bu3ouf91]

Some third party did great job on PC to upgrade the cartoonish pixeld graphics to skyrim level of graphics.

[ILostMyMind]

Nops! It looks better because of new texture.

[pyroxxx]

No it does not,.. Getting shader support on Consoles is a big deal though ! (still sucks they will be charging for it)

About no cross play on PS3/4 with xbox ,.. it is because MS requires MS account,.. so they can brag about how many active users they have ,.. (and 3/4 would be from PlayStation),.. phuck them

[Dirtnapstor]

And then MS would push out a special incentive to those PS users in an attempt to get them to trade in their PS4 for an Xbone or X.
Future endeavors. Strategies. It's what I would do. Many cannot see the forest through the trees.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Pretty cheap in my opinion

[StuffAndThings]

Has anything happened to Sony since allowing Cross Play with PC ? You Sony Defense Force Idiots are grasping at straws here. If anyone from Sony told you to jump off a building to your deaths you idiots would do it. You simply can not at all justify Sony denying Cross Play its already being done on the PS4 with no problems its a moot point

[ILostMyMind]

lol

[MagicBeanz]

LOL! "completely different"? I know you're just trying to sell me on xbone x but this is hilarious. smh

[GNCFLYER]

Wow, just unbelievable.

Those clouds , OMG. It's so lifelike now.

[Liqu1d]

They're really charging for better graphics? Wow.

[Ulf]

This is the Bedrock engine -- not mods. Not sure how people can confuse the two, since Java has NEVER run on console.

That means that the PS4 Pro Minecraft won't get these upgrades, as they are tied to the same engine as crossplay.

[feraldrgn]

It's a texture pack, can we see what that texture pack looks like in 1080p?

[corroios]

keep saying that, somone might believe, lol. A little better at best, the best thing are the light effects and the sun...

[PurpHerbison]

Kinda ruins the charm?

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

I guess it really doesnt hurt the eyes as much, anymore!

[DrumBeat]

It's the brain that hurts when you're playing Minecraft.

[subtenko]

Well I mean those in the PC scene could already make Minecraft look like a different game for awhile. There has been amazing work done by talented folk

[TheUndertaker85]

Duplicate story even down to the source

http://n4g.com/news/2069588...

[DrumBeat]

Fuck Minecraft.

[BadElf]

Yeah. Pumped.

[Spenok]

I can see no reason this shouldn't come to PS4, but I can't find one. PC, Xbox One, and Switch, but no PS4. Can anyone find a good reason why?

I mean, I get the cross platform play not coming, which is just Sony giving lame excuses, but why not the graphics pack?