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How to play minecraft PC with someone on PS4?

Anonymous
2019-12-14T04:34:02+00:00

I want to play minecraft on the PC (Windows 10) with my son on his PS4. I was going to buy minecraft for Windows 10 in the Microsoft store but it says "Free Trial" then "Redeem Code" and "Not sold separately"?? So I'm not even sure how to purchase it :/

Then I read further down and under Multiplayer, it seems as though in order to play cross-platform, I would need to buy a subscription to something called "Realms"??? Would I really need to buy the game, then pay a monthly subscription fee just to play it with my son? Surely I must be reading this wrong.

Can someone please help with what I would need to do to accomplish the seemingly simple task of playing on the PC with my son on PS4?

Thanks,

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-21T09:10:01+00:00

    Just to confirm for anyone else... I did purchase it for the PC and it's actually pretty simple to play cross platform without any additional costs. Just add your friend on the PS4 and visa versa. Once either one of you is in a game, the other can simply click on that player in the friend list and select "Join" to join their game.

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    2020-04-28T11:23:04+00:00

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    2020-05-24T13:59:40+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-12-14T04:45:56+00:00

    Hi Imabzb. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 year Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator here to help you.

    Yeah, they don't make it easy. I'd just do the trial and then they'll provide an option to pay later.

    See the latest about how to play Minecraft on PS4 cross platform here:

    https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/9/21002468/min...

    I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you will wait to choose if I solved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-12-14T14:15:46+00:00

    Thanks Greg, however I had already read that page when googling this and it doesn't provide any instructions, just news about how it now supports cross-play.

    I don't want to install the game (free trial or otherwise) unless I can first find out about how cross-play will work... more specifically, if I will need to subscribe to this Realms thing in order to do so. I already have to pay a yearly fee just so my son can play his PS4 games online (after already purchasing the games, which aren't cheap!), so I'm not going to buy the game, then pay a subscription with Microsoft/Realms on top of all that just so he can play 1 game cross-platform.

    So is it possible to play this game on a PC with someone on PS4 without having to pay a monthly online fee after purchasing the game?

    Thanks

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