Are people that bought Minecraft before Microsoft bought them out able to get it anymore? I don't want to pay Microsoft for a game I already purchased over 10 years ago.
How to get back to my old Minecraft without buying it again?
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I previously purchased Minecraft on my alt account and played on it for a long period of time. After not logging onto the account for a while, I came back to it telling me that i have to again, pay for Minecraft even though I've already paid and played the game. I am a PC player, and I would like to get back to playing Minecraft and having fun with my friends and family! If someone could please help me that would be great!
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Anonymous
2024-01-07T06:59:32+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-01-06T17:03:32+00:00 Hi,
As I mentioned before if you have already migrated to Windows version before 21st April 2020 for free you will have the Windows version of Minecraft and not the Java version.
If you have not migrated you will still have the Java version and that is only supported by Mojang. However, Mojang has also stopped support.
If you still need to contact Microsoft you can do so by raising the ticket here -
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/
We are all users here so we will not be able to support you with that.
My pleasure to assist you.
If you have other issues or concerns that I might help you with, don't hesitate to ask.
Regards,
Sabya
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Anonymous
2024-01-06T16:00:30+00:00 Thank you for your feedback.
I've already attempted to contact Minecraft.net first and was told i need to contact Microsoft. I will attach the screen shot below. -
Anonymous
2024-01-06T14:51:06+00:00 Hey,
Thank you for responding. I purchased the Java version. -
Anonymous
2024-01-06T11:35:19+00:00 Hi ,
Sabya here, Independent Windows Adviser. Hope you are doing well.
Can you please let me know did you purchase the java version or windows version?
If you are trying to get windows version from your java version then I am sorry the offer has already ended.