Looks like a cross-platform version of Minecraft for PlayStation 4 will be announced in . Best Buy store ahead of time on his website a page with the game, where he indicated December 10 as the release date.
This was reported by several netizens at once. In addition, photos of the Minecraft Starter Collection for PlayStation 4 packaging have also been released. According to the description on the back of the box, buyers will receive 700 in-game currency to purchase maps, skins, and other merchandise; a set of elements of LittleBigPlanet and Greek mythology; as well as a city texture pack and Skin Pack 1 (skin pack).
Currently, the PlayStation 4 is the only console platform where only a limited, older version of Minecraft is available. The new one is based on another engine known as Bedrock. In fact, this is the engine of Minecraft: Pocket Edition, released in August 2011 on the Xperia Play smartphone. It was written not in Java, but in C ++, as it was also created with an eye on iOS, which does not support the first programming language.
Gradually, Pocket Edition was released on more and more mobile platforms, and in 2017 it was renamed to simply Minecraft, followed by porting to PC (Windows 10), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and other platforms such as Gear VR, Apple TV and Fire TV. This version supports co-op play on shared servers. Until now, PlayStation 4 users have been separated from the rest, but apparently this will change on December 10th.
The new issue of State of Play will be shown on December 10, at 17:00 Moscow time.
Source: 3dnews.ru