{"id":616468,"date":"2026-03-23T16:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/minecraft-java-bedrock-edition"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:50:53","slug":"minecraft-java-and-bedrock-will-no-longer-be-available-to-buy-separately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/minecraft-java-and-bedrock-will-no-longer-be-available-to-buy-separately\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft Java and Bedrock will no longer be available to buy separately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/minecraft-java-and-bedrock-will-no-longer-be-available-to-buy-separately.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Most, if not all of us, will have some sort of preference when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a> editions. Which one reigns superior? Java or Bedrock? I&rsquo;d argue Java, but the edition wars may soon be over, as <strong>Minecraft Java and Bedrock editions are no longer available to purchase separately on PC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Minecraft is undoubtedly one of the best survival games out there, and it continues to receive new content and updates to this do without overwhelming its player base. Mojang&rsquo;s masterpiece first arrived on PC in 2011, with the Bedrock edition of the game coming later in 2017. Now, as of June 7, 2022, the editions will be merged.<\/p>\n<p>Minecraft&rsquo;s original version, Java, was exclusive to PC, while Bedrock was a slightly different version that was playable on consoles as well as PC. On PC devices, you could only purchase one version of the game at a time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/minecraft-java-bedrock-edition\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/minecraft-java-bedrock-edition\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most, if not all of us, will have some sort of preference when it comes to Minecraft editions. Which one reigns superior? Java or Bedrock? I&rsquo;d argue Java, but the edition wars may soon be over, as Minecraft Java and Bedrock editions are no longer available to purchase separately on PC. Minecraft is undoubtedly one of the best survival games out there, and it continues to receive new content and updates to this do without overwhelming its player base. Mojang&rsquo;s masterpiece first arrived on PC in 2011, with the Bedrock edition of the game coming later in 2017. Now, as of June 7, 2022, the editions will be merged. Minecraft&rsquo;s original version, Java, was exclusive to PC, while Bedrock was a slightly different version that&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/minecraft-java-and-bedrock-will-no-longer-be-available-to-buy-separately\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":616469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[259,6746,134,545,777,424,59,676,7046],"class_list":["post-616468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-action-adventure","tag-kidsfamily","tag-microsoft","tag-minecraft","tag-mojang","tag-open-world","tag-pc","tag-sandbox","tag-survivalcrafting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minecraft Java and Bedrock will no longer be available to buy separately | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most, if not all of us, will have some sort of preference when it comes to Minecraft editions. 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