Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition coming XD

[AlTech]

1 hour ago, Windspeed36 said:

*Minecart

Oh look. A Wild Minecraft fanatic has spawned. Of course, this being real life, I am unable to put you into a pokeball but alas my humor has not been lost by these forums unlike many a pokeball .

 

[Orangeator]

On 4/15/2017 at 8:09 PM, Energycore said:

Thank god for local multiplayer. That's a really good way to do it for minecraft.

Honestly my favorite and only way I will play Minecraft is local multiplayer on PC with friends, vanilla. That is where it is the most fun.

[Bleedingyamato]

On April 14, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Drak3 said:

No, Nintendo intends to support both the Switch and 3DS for the time being. Each has something to offer that the other can't.

For the Switch, it's raw power, USB support, and the ability to output a DisplayPort signal over USB Alternative Mode (and the dock has an active DP to HDMI converter, which is why most other docks don't work).

For the 3DS, it's size, dual screens, and backwards compatibility with all DS/DSi games.

How would you use DisplayPort with the switch?

 

 

More importantly why would you need/want to?    

 

My impression is DisplayPort is mostly useful for high refresh rate monitors which wouldn't matter for a Switch.  

[Drak3]

6 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

How would you use DisplayPort with the switch?

The Switch uses an alternative USB mode that sends a DisplayPort signal over it's type-C connector. The dock has an active Displayport to HDMI signal converter.

Most other docks can do straight HDMI over USB, but can't adapt DP to HDMI.

6 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

More importantly why would you need/want to?

Because the console is meant to pull double duty as both a portable and as a home console.

6 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

My impression is DisplayPort is mostly useful for high refresh rate monitors which wouldn't matter for a Switch.

DisplayPort was/is just an alternative to HDMI, and a replacement for VGA/DVI. Yes, it can drive higher refresh rates and resolutions, but it wasn't made just for that specific purpose, it can also be daisy chained or ran over alternative USB modes to fit many purposes.

[Bleedingyamato]

2 hours ago, Drak3 said:

The Switch uses an alternative USB mode that sends a DisplayPort signal over it's type-C connector. The dock has an active Displayport to HDMI signal converter.

Most other docks can do straight HDMI over USB, but can't adapt DP to HDMI.

Because the console is meant to pull double duty as both a portable and as a home console.

DisplayPort was/is just an alternative to HDMI, and a replacement for VGA/DVI. Yes, it can drive higher refresh rates and resolutions, but it wasn't made just for that specific purpose, it can also be daisy chained or ran over alternative USB modes to fit many purposes.

Would you use an HDMI to DisplayPort adapter I assume?

 

I was questioning using DisplayPort instead of HDMI given that with the Switch being a home console most users would likely connect it to a tv that wouldn't have DisplayPort.  

 

So while yes I acknowledge the benefits you mention DisplayPort has unless you're in what I would assume is a severe minority of Switch users that would use it with a DP capable monitor rather than a tv then trying to use it with DP would be some degree of inconvenient due to needing an adapter.  

[Drak3]

3 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Would you use an HDMI to DisplayPort adapter I assume?

 

I was questioning using DisplayPort instead of HDMI given that with the Switch being a home console most users would likely connect it to a tv that wouldn't have DisplayPort.  

 

So while yes I acknowledge the benefits you mention DisplayPort has unless you're in what I would assume is a severe minority of Switch users that would use it with a DP capable monitor rather than a tv then trying to use it with DP would be some degree of inconvenient due to needing an adapter.  

The Switch dock has an HDMI connector.

But the Switch tablet itself outputs video signal over DisplayPort. It's an Alternative USB Mode that carries both USB and DisplayPort. So Nintendo needed to convert it to HDMI, because TVs don't accept DP signals. The dock has a chipset that actively changes the DP Signal that the tablet sends into an HDMI signal that a TV can accept.

 

[Bleedingyamato]

5 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

The Switch dock has an HDMI connector.

But the Switch tablet itself outputs video signal over DisplayPort. It's an Alternative USB Mode that carries both USB and DisplayPort. So Nintendo needed to convert it to HDMI, because TVs don't accept DP signals. The dock has a chipset that actively changes the DP Signal that the tablet sends into an HDMI signal that a TV can accept.

 

I know it does.  I mean would it support using an adapter to connect the Switch dock to a monitor via DP?

 

 

[Drak3]

1 hour ago, Bleedingyamato said:

I know it does.  I mean would it support using an adapter to connect the Switch dock to a monitor via DP?

 

 

No idea. I haven't found anyone that tested it out, and I'm not going to spend money on an adapter to test it once. It might work, or Nintendo might have a lockout so that only officially licensed and bootleg docks work.

[themctipers]

On ‎4‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 10:40 PM, AluminiumTech said:

Minecraft is coming to the Nintendo Switch because Microsoft Studios obviously feel like they haven't sold enough copies or editions of Minecraft yet.

 

 

All we know about this edition of Minecraft is that it's likely to be based off of Pocket Edition and will support 8 player local multiplayer.

 

It would be really awesome if cross play between Pocket Edition, Windows 10 Edition and Nintendo Switch Edition were a thing but I doubt it.

 

 

http://www.windowscentral.com/minecraft-coming-nintendo-switch-may-11

it would be stupid if they didn't

 

its a family oriented console, and minecraft is pretty safe and family friendly and fun

[HelplmChoking]

I get why they're doing this, but is anyone still playing Minecraft these days? I was under the impression that its time had sorta passed now.

[ARikozuM]

4 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

I get why they're doing this, but is anyone still playing Minecraft these days? I was under the impression that its time had sorta passed now.

It's still pretty big. Microsoft is still selling it by the carts.

[AlTech]

2 hours ago, Rangaman42 said:

I get why they're doing this, but is anyone still playing Minecraft these days? I was under the impression that its time had sorta passed now.

Minecraft for PC is really not growing momentum like it used to but Pocket Edtiion and similar editions are more popular than the PC version now.

 

There is a demand for mobile versions of Minecraft. Anybody who wanted Minecraft PC has probably bought it as this point.