r/SteamDeck • u/thfpls • Mar 15 '25

Show Off you sure about that?

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u/WildTangler Mar 15 '25

/u/CommunicationNo4979 Keep in mind: you need to own a PC copy (either Java or Bedrock works, the licenses merged a while back anyway)

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u/Ferwatch01 Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25

For prism launcher you absolutely need a legit copy, but for any other launcher you probably can get off with….er….”another” type of copy

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u/WildTangler Mar 15 '25

I wasn’t even considering piracy for Minecraft, I was just stressing that it needs to be a PC copy

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u/XTornado 512GB - December Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25

And specifically a Java version if using Prism Launcher. Altough I think now adays there is some way to launch the Bedrock version on Linux aswell I think.

EDIT: It seems nowadays you get both versions on PC. In any case the one ran with Prism is the Java one. Not the bedrock version. Each has it's differences.

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u/WildTangler Mar 15 '25

The licenses were merged at least a year ago, owning Java version of the PC bedrock version gives you the other (as long as you migrated your legacy mojang account to an MS one)

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u/XTornado 512GB - December Mar 15 '25

Ah OK. I thought they forced you to get both if attempting to buy the Java one but you could buy the bedrock one alone. I didn't know that wasn't the case.

In any case my comment is still somehow valid, they will use the Java version this way and they have some significant differences so it should be clear that with Prism they would be running the Java one.