Microsoft has announced that Minecraft will enter the next generation on Friday, September 5 with the release of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition. Starting on Friday, players can purchase and download Minecraft: Xbox One Edition as either a full price game for $19.99 or as an upgrade from Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition for just $4.99. To qualify for the upgrade price players must own the retail disc or digital version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition and connect to Xbox Live with their account.
Either way you decide to purchase the game, Minecraft players on Xbox One will enjoy worlds up to 36 times larger than on the Xbox 360, the ability to transfer over downloadable content previously purchased for the Xbox 360 edition, the widest range of downloadable content on console, and the chance to explore these worlds with four player split-screen on one console or up to eight players over Xbox Live.
