Minecraft lays its last brick on Xbox 360, other last-gen consoles

Enlarge / 4J Studios' collection of 'legacy' console dev kits are being sent off to pasture, and that means those consoles will no longer receive official Minecraft updates. (credit: 4J Studios)
Following an announcement earlier this year, Microsoft and Mojang have followed through on bad news for owners of Minecraft on older game systems. Yesterday marked the end of development on the popular game's 'legacy' branch.
That means if you still play Minecraft on the game's first-ever console port platform, the Xbox 360, this week's 1.83 patch is the last one you can expect to ever receive. The same goes for owners of the game on PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PlayStation Vita.
Most of the game's modern versions, ranging from iOS and Android to PC and 'current-gen' consoles, were unified in a shared-codebase manner by primary developer Mojang earlier this year. This version originated from a 'Pocket Edition' codebase and later became known as the 'Bedrock' edition. The aforementioned legacy platforms, on the other hand, remained in the development hands of independent Scottish studio 4J. Microsoft's relationship with 4J began in the Xbox 360 era with ports of classic Rare games Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark (which were ported from their original N64 versions, owing to Microsoft's current ownership of those franchises).
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