DON'T Play Minecraft on Nintendo Switch

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[@ethanhaynes7406]

I'm so glad someone is finally talking about it. my switch edition runs TERRIBLY. It constantly crashes, freezes, has bad framerate and render distance, and is SOOO buggy. As a veteran console player this annoys me to this day that the console version went from the most bug-free version to the buggiest, especially on switch. Just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially with 1.18 on the horizon

[@PurPurDot]

I’ve played on switch a lot sometimes and that’s never happened to me

[@owens.studios]

I've never experienced that, probably 'cause I haven't spent enough time on it to actually witness the bugs

[@TheBigThomas]

While it has improved a lot over time it is still much worse than the other.

[@chickenwarriorr]

Even the rasberry pi version runs better

[@dabbingboidabs4286]

Remember when back then, it kept kicking you out of your friends world every 5 minutes? Lol.

[@jozz6373]

I've had the switch version for about three months, not a single crash, bug, or performance error. It sometimes does take a bit to load chunks, but only in experimental 1.18. I don't know what else to say, just wanted to mention that it runs flawlessly on my switch, although my switch sometimes sounds like a fan

[@Buplo]

I've only had one issue on my switch and its that if a conduit, beacon, rain, and particle effects are all on screen, the game has a small chance to freeze for a little bit and ive played for 2.5 years now. The only reason toycat and other people are having common issues is that they don't take care of their switches

[@theserviceyorkieco760]

I’ve had minecraft on my switch for 3 or 4 years now and the only issue is that the marketplace doesn’t load up properly. I’ve had it crash but when it has I haven’t closed the game for a couple days it was only on sleep mode

[@enigmarko]

The only issue I've had with the switch version is the marketplace not loading

[@emanuellaureano9764]

same

[@jozz6373]

@@enigmarko yeah it takes ages to load, I don't use the marketplace much so I don't really care about that

[@Nellamin]

"Don't play minecraft for switch" Me: well thats the main version I play

[@richardstrait3723]

Right

[@TheNiggler17]

Same

[@25thGoo]

it's my only way to minecraft

[@norhashimahahmadshahibuddi4875]

yea

[@maxs-lz4pn]

Same lmao

[@hatrisfan]

The thing that hurts me the most about this version is how clear it is that this is the mobile version, and yet is being sold for about 5x the price. The marketplace is a horror to search, and my account disconnects and I have to reconnect every time I log in.

[@JmKrokY]

Yes 4j version better

[@sinadiatta9905]

For the same price, there's Java Edition+Bedrock for Windows 10 which are even better (especially Java)

[@JmKrokY]

@@sinadiatta9905 I already purchased them both for PC seperatly years ago, also some people might only have a Switch

[@TheFloodFourm]

@@sinadiatta9905 I got to wonder what sort of logic is running through your head. It’s so bizzare to me that you’d assume this isn’t the first action anyone with half a brain would take if they had the option. Maybe it took you a while to figure out that a game will run better on better hardware?

[@mr.reject6210]

When I fly with my elytra the rockets deal me damage when I'm flying

[@MCAlexisYT]

People who have Minecraft running fine on a Switch: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@lollipopped5299]

You're not wrong

[@michealafton1968]

Exactly.

[@creeperking7607]

Yea

[@woopersupremacy6081]

facts

[@apichaikingkaewkantong757]

Mine is so fine I can even combo people in server😊

[@cly_]

0:09 When are we getting the smart coffe maker edition of minecraft, AKA, the true Java

[@LucyWest370]

How do i like a comment twice?

[@SairinEarthsea]

@@LucyWest370 I don't know but for now I'm going to give it five stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Session1052]

ha

[@spacemonkey9r9r]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@djkeemstar5268]

@@SairinEarthsea 5 gta wanted stars?

[@autisticChronicles360]

I played minecraft on the switch for about a year, and it has never crashed on me. Performance is only bad for me if there’s 1000 armor stands in one location.

[@ggexgaming6020]

Same although a it is glitch sometimes

[@Sgt_Sharpshooter]

He's like don't play it. Me who's been playing it for over 2 years :v

[@evil_bratwurst]

For me, personally, the switch version has crashed at least 6 times. Every time it was for some unknown reason. Not too many entities or anything!

[@Lucy5456b]

Same

[@Phasmyx]

same

[@christianmartinez2179]

Weird, the only issue I've ever had with the switch version is this one specific bug about having to log in to microsoft every time the game is launched (which is a really old known reported and acknowledged bug)

[@GhostViperSix9]

yea this was my only bug too

[@Cruzo202]

Same here , still sad about not able use my costume skin on switch tho!

[@lukaszdlugaszek6854]

Its because that you need to log your Nintendo switch account. Tip:Switch is the better console because you only pay online for a year with $20 and Xbox and PS with $80. Good fun with mc.

[@TREBBLEONESEVEN]

I started playing Minecraft on the Switch multiplayer with my partner. We both found ourselves facing similar issues in this video. When we made our World a Realms server though it ran much much better. Chunks load more smoothly and the frame rate is also more stable and usable. We still get false starts often when booting the game, with it failing to log in to our account or find our Realms server, but switching to Realms made playing on Switch possible at all at least.

[@jamminhead]

I used to play Minecraft on the switch, I got every achievement, got really good at pvp, and then my Joycons started drifting so I stopped

[@PurPurDot]

What about a switch pro controller?

[@MelodyGardenia]

What does drifting mean in this case? We've never owned a switch so we dont know (and typically dont care) what that means

[@chickenwarriorr]

@@PurPurDot Why should you have to buy a whole other controller to carry when the entire point is you expect the controller that come with the system to work

[@chickenwarriorr]

@@FlashGamersNetwork You shouldn't have to do that they shouldn't drift in the first place

[@MrVibe-tx4rn]

Your first mistake was using the joycons for PVP

[@deltacat27]

For all the people saying "it works fine for me", that isn't his point. His point is that Minecraft on just an average phone is cheaper, better optimized, and performs better than a Switch, so how is it worth it?

[@Marizyth]

Minecraft!

[@beastcarleeto707]

It's not worth it, but some people dont have a choice

[@loopdeloop_]

Controller

[@Golden_Projects]

@@loopdeloop_ If you are on android you can get the best controllers out there connected into the phone, and they will work just fine.

[@Phasmyx]

Waluigi

[@askbobcarson1141]

You can play mc on switch, in the same way buying lottery tickets is a good retirement strategy. Basically - it could work - but you're mostly going to be frustrated and sad.

[@MattysWorldOfficial]

lol you can’t just say “DONT PLAY MINECRAFT ON SWITCH” it would sound better if you said “Why I don’t like Minecraft on switch”

[@NessMotherBound]

I would agree with you if you posted this before the most recent patch because in that patch they fixed an issue that made the game basically never load. (It literally used to take me about 6 hours due to crashing and the time it took to load the main menu.) (As a Minecraft Switch player with 2000+ hours.)

[@RunicSigils]

What in the world were you doing wrong then? Over 3,000 hours and never had such an issue even on my OG unit which is ~50% slower to load to title than the Lite and -01 units.

[@NessMotherBound]

@@RunicSigils my survival world is the world I spent the most time in and takes about 400 mb. I'm pretty this world is what make it take so long to load. Though, I'm pretty sure everyone's Minecraft on Switch can act different bc my half of my friends said they didnt have any issues and half of them did. After this patch, we ALL agree the game is significantly better. Infact we used to joke about how bad it was and how we literally couldn't even play it unless we wanted to potentially wait several hours for just a chance to play. "Atleast this game loads faster than Minecraft!!!" "Atleast this game doesn't crash as much as Minecraft!!" "At least this game works!!!!!!" "Legacy Switch Edition was better." And calling Minecraft "Loading Screen Simulator".

[@lexplains]

The update did fix a lot of the bugs thankfully; but it still has a lot of performance issues on my realm I play on which is sadness

[@bobcat_named_bob]

This was happening to me before a while ago and it was definitely because I had way to many worlds. I deleted all my worlds and my game went back to normal

[@Phoenix-J]

Yoo fellow 2000h gang here I don't get many glitches often and when I do its kinda cool to look at ngl

[@spirithalloweenboy]

I'm screwed because I play on NS The good part is, I'm personally content with it

[@autisticChronicles360]

Same. Minecraft was also the first game I played on it.. and I have 10 different games.

[@hestudude1856]

Same

[@stormeagle-qh6px]

Sadly minecraft on ns likes to crash on me alot in my world due to it having tons of builds. my world is 752mb in size. in order to get the game to quit crashing as much, i had to take down/remove all my redstone builds. now it only lags when qs at a fps of 0 or 1 for about 2mins-5mins almost ever qs, atleast it doesnt fully crash now

[@TheRobot82819]

Me to I used to play on tablet but it was super laggy. Also all those bugs I rarely even get.

[@tgg8876]

7:17 "there is no such things as controllers for mobile devices" Bluetooth Controllers: Am i a joke to you?

[@inframatic]

Imagine being a developer for a company that couldnt port a low-end graphical game from 10 years ago to the Switch.

[@Atius]

this might just be a coincidence but I was talking about how expensive nintendo is to Windows 10 edition and they still have a bunch of limitations

[@jonesblack1742]

im one of the lucky few who got minecraft: nintendo switch edition.... which runs flawlessly with 0 issues. and it's legacy console so you get the nostalgia kick

[@GamingBren]

Me who plays on switch: *I’ll ignore that*

[@charliechuckleberry5307]

I agree!

[@joshmalloww]

FR LOL

[@cartermc7336]

I play in switch for about a year and it is really nice actually, never crashed at any time. Although the chunks dont load sometimes that is the only thing, I play multiplayer survival with 4 other people and we have huge builds and it runs fine

[@OtavioDBR]

It's really good to see people like you, that enjoy the game the way it's 😀. I also have this concept when I play MCPE, when there's some bugs

[@Cripperfer]

mine runs really well too

[@Thegamer10113]

I mean it maybe glitchy but its no ps vita version

[@elliebulley7317]

Same

[@wildbeast2998]

Lucky I lost a world that I spent like 250 hours on and it crashed alot before it finally corrupted

[@SemiHypercube]

"Mom, can we have a Nintendo Switch?" "No, we have Nintendo Switch at home" Switch at home: 14:56

[@Thunderkorn]

Hahahahaha yeah

[@jaden_kys]

China version of the Nintendo

[@distendedmist5840]

And it is better

[@ambiguousambassador]

@@jaden_kys who gon tell him that Nintendo Switches are already made in China lmfao

[@jaden_kys]

@@ambiguousambassador ah, that's why

[@Avatar-fc2qi]

Mario skins only being available to Switch users makes some amount of sense (as much as I wish it wasn't the case), but Switch users not being able to use those skins on cross-platform multiplayer is Patrick Star level stupid.

[@EnzoZambrotti]

And to think the Switch’s Legacy Edition is better optimized than Bedrock even though it came out 1 year before it. And now it was discontinued and can’t be downloaded anymore.

[@mkedzier123]

Bedrock edition can't run on Switch, yet somehow 4J version of Minecraft this version replaced used to run perfectly. They replaced very good version with crappy Bedrock edition, and they don't care - as long as they can sell you those sweet, sweet minecoins.

[@bluebomber875]

Yet the actual shop where you would spend said minecoins barely works lol

[@mkedzier123]

@@bluebomber875 As long as buying those Minecoin works, they don't care. They got your money already.

[@JacobGaming2016]

Sounds like a you problem

[@pokemastr1326]

@@bluebomber875 same lol

[@riot9179]

Ah yes, the Legacy edition of nintendo switch. That versione had something like 5 render distance and you couldn't even change it lol

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

There are great Switch ports out there (most impressive probably being Witcher 3), but Microsoft majorly dropped the ball on Switch Minecraft, which is especially disappointing seeing as how great of a console the Switch is, i would really have loved to take Minecraft on the go without Touch controls along with Breath of The Wild and Mario Odyssey, but sadly I cant if I don't want pain. The Mario map is still incredible though

[@samuel-wankenobi]

The mario map is also on the wii u where it work better because its the old console version

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

@@samuel-wankenobi But no one owns a Wii U

[@anthonyrodriguez3688]

@@EnigmaticGentleman except scott the woz who owns all 13 million

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

@@anthonyrodriguez3688 Yep, he keeps them next to his Glover room

[@jetpond7904]

Dude for me it runs perfectly. That’s just you’re and a bunch of other people’s switches. I literally use a switch lite and it runs perfect

[@johnross5098]

There's a fatal glitch where all entities, villagers, and animals despawn and it's super common.

[@Eli-dx2uj]

"It works just fine!" until you go into the nether. Once. Slide show time.

[@dr.awesomeisawesome9567]

Just went in the the nether and have made a few trips and now my over world is very buggy

[@The_MEMEphis]

Split screen is actually unplayable, every time you open the inventory the other person's game stuttereds awfully

[@famnyblom6321]

I experienced the same horrible split screen experience. My kids were enjoying the Mario world, but couldn't play it together without major issues.

[@orangegreen9636]

Never had this happen to me?

[@The_queen_herself_amy]

The split screen worked for me though

[@The_MEMEphis]

@@orangegreen9636 it happens every time in split screen move around and have the other person open their inventory

[@temmiecorp4214]

It always does

[@James89227]

This is a reason I still play console, it has minimal bugs, good frames, official mini game severs. WHY was it discontinued? It was the best version… Probably also the most stable

[@Usmanahmed-ec2kg]

Yey back wen it was fresh

[@jetpond7904]

So everyone on different consoles can play together. However yeah I don’t know why they discontinued it.

[@jetpond7904]

@Avery. no. It’s made on the same engine as Java, yes, but it’s similar. Also it’s not dumbed down because it actually has a good multiplayer system, so you don’t have to find a bunch of different websites and pay to make servers for you snd your friends. On console edition, you join your world, snd your friend is able to join you.

[@Dark-xv9iz]

@@jetpond7904 money

[@jetpond7904]

@@Dark-xv9iz ? I said they discontinued it so people from every platform can play with each other. My friend is playing on Xbox sometimes, and sometimes I’m playing on ps4 or switch. Now because of bedrock, we can join each other. And it’s not like you can’t play the other console version, you can play it whenever you want. However yes they probably didn’t have to discontinue it, they could’ve done both.

[@joshuamalott3748]

Personally the only issue I’ve ever had on switch was an issue with crashing which has since stopped for a while now, and sometimes sounds lag behind actions. For the most part, its a great way to play minecraft on the go, or even docked if you dont mind the render distance.

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

I have this version and recently did the 1.18 update. I found that it is definitely slow to load chunks, and load in general. However, I find it far easier to control and build large structures with it in creative, and I have not had a single problem with lag that is enough to annoy me, although sometimes there are little quirks like a sound coming in too late. Sometimes, turn the console on and have a Minecraft world already loaded, it will go really slow, like 2 frames per second, until I go out of that world and back in, but I just see that as a quirk, and I have played games just as laggy on my tablet. In fact the only type of “unusable lag” that I have experienced in the game has been an actual part of the game that even PC versions have: distance effects. If you teleport farther than like 1.5 million of so blocks from spawn point, you will start to end up with jitter when walking toward or away from spawn point, but not side to side, and certain objects will not look right. This effect doubles every time you go twice as far, until the game completely breaks.

[@Protoaster]

What

[@Protoaster]

I've played minecraft nintendo switch since it came out and never have had ANY lag

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

Do you have the 2017 version that came out shortly after the console itself? If so, we’re talking about different games. The game called “Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition” is what’s called a legacy console edition, and was strictly a single player game and different from any PC version. The newer version shown here is just called “Minecraft”. It is just bedrock edition in a switch game card, and currently contains the newest updates, which means it plays more similar to the full-size versions.

[@Protoaster]

@@djijspeakerguy4628 yes I played minecraft nintendo switch edition

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

Yeah, I heard the 2017 release runs much faster than the one being reviewed here, but has less features. The games may look similar, but they are actually completely different software. If the picture on the cover of your game is different than the one in this video, you have a different version of Minecraft.

[@psd_seth]

For me, the portability + the controls are enough to make it my primary version of Minecraft. It is very slow and crashes sometimes, but it’s not enough to stop my enjoyment of the game.

[@GamingBren]

Same

[@BigMacOrange]

Im the 69th like of this comment. 😏

[@GamingBren]

@@BigMacOrange sorry it’s 70 now

[@FNAF_DINOS]

Yeah mine freezes sometimes but I still have fun on it, it could be a lot worse

[@CBSlug]

Grew up playing MC on a potato pc at 30fps tops. The switch edition is heavenly in comparison and I would have loved it as a kid

[@PixlPixel]

Minecraft on Switch is such an interesting case. I’ve clocked more hours than I can remember into it on there and from all that experience I can say the game *can* run very well and has on many occasions for me. It’s just that every time a software update comes by, one thing will see improvement but something else would break. As of right now the game is currently very stable for me and I haven’t run into any crashes or marketplace loading issues I had in the past. Unfortunately the downside this time around is that skins don’t seem to load when in multiplayer.

[@whatchalookingat2412]

Even my skins wouldn’t load, but the way to fix it is first go to mange data then click software then click minecraft and scroll down to check for corrupted data and it should say there isn’t any then click re download and everything loads perfectly, don’t worry your data will still be there.

[@easyaspi31415]

You have to go to settings > profile and disable "only allow trusted skins" to get skins in multiplayer

[@stevensanchez1192]

@@easyaspi31415 this

[@Lucasbird47]

I ignored your warning only to realize that you need Nintendo online to play with lan. It’s so stupid

[@dirtydan3029]

If mojang actually focused on performance improvements and bug fixes then the switch version would be a lot better, but apparently bees and fireflies are more important than things that actually matter such as performance

[@jordaneparkes9458]

Do you play Minecraft Switch ?

[@kparkes5413]

Do you play Minecraft switch ?

[@LazyDedede333]

Imagine telling your friend “I play minecraft on a toaster”

[@chickenwarriorr]

I would say the raspberry pi version is better

[@rizhamz2045]

dosen't everybody?

[@beargreen1]

Lol

[@AuroraskiOfficial]

🥺

[@AuroraskiOfficial]

I PLAY SWITCH MC

[@riseofthesage1021]

I've had Minecraft as the first game on my Switch, it was my father's pick, I haven't experienced any crash or lag there. However, there are several times where it crashed when I played **Minecraft Dungeons**

[@HERE.AND.QUEER.]

Multiple of my friends play on the switch and it’s really not that bad. No hate deserved.

[@lucymorrison]

The switch version of minecraft is so ridiculously laggy, choppy and buggy that i will legitimately play the Wii U legacy console version because it performs more reliably.

[@RT_Mulino]

Bruh,dude what Switch do you have? Minecraft works perfectly fine for me.

[@accountteam9859]

​​@@RT_Mulino It doesn't perform well at all. The Switch version can only handle like 8 or 10 chuncks render distance (worse than a cheaper mobile phone) and has lots of FPS drops, LAG and menus are even more laggy than the PS4's ones.

[@omegamemer69420]

It runs just fine on my switch, the only problem i’ve had is crashing during multiplayer.

[@tinybit92]

I’ve found that the best way to play Minecraft on my switch is by playing on a realm. It takes a lot of the strain off the switch itself since you’re basically streaming the game instead of playing the world natively. Far less crashing, and in the event something does go horribly wrong, I can load up a backup of the realm. It’s immensely stupid and frustrating that I have to pay an extra $4 a month to get a stable version of a game I already paid $30 for, plus the cost of my online subscription, but that’s what ended up working best for me. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@zeallust8542]

Thats... Not how games work...

[@FourTapGames]

@@zeallust8542 works for me.

[@okrainz]

@@zeallust8542 it’s because it’s on a external server not a local one and they need good external servers for obvious reasons

[@okrainz]

And I’m guessing that the local servers suck because of the switches hardware

[@pabloc4204]

@@zeallust8542 that is literally how this game works

[@michaelnzt]

I can handle 76 chunks without any performance issues whatsoever and I play on a realm with my friend who plays on switch and I swear I need to give him a telescope every time I want to show him the entirety of my base.

[@Andremaltku]

If you would want experience the Nintendo switches Minecraft beautifully, you'd need/want to turn off the following: screen animations; beautiful skies+clouds; lowering the render distance; fancy bubbles; (dock it, like have it on) with at least most of these off then you'd be able to lots of builds, and have a full world of friends 5-8 players.

[@Phasmyx]

Toycat: Don't play Minecraft on a switch Me who has been playing on there for 3 years: Oh NOW YOU TELL ME

[@noahstrouse]

My cousin plays switch edition, he can play perfectly. Though he has gotten it maxed out in storage and other things, so it is good, as long as you modify it.

[@noahstrouse]

@@AbandonedBennybear Honestly, I don't know, all I know is that he has a whole bunch of storage.

[@The_MEMEphis]

@@noahstrouse storage won't effect the performance

[@Kozinu]

I don't know how to mod it yet either. As for storage... that just limits your saves. Buy a big af memory card, and not the cheapest one. Do a bit of research about them. They have different write and read speeds and such.

[@necromancer-2007]

@@Kozinu you can put mod easier if you have pirate minecraft on switch,and yes i hacked my switch so i can download games for free

[@Kozinu]

@@necromancer-2007 But people are saying you can mod it without doing that?

[@antgue756]

Its not too bad at all especially on a realm where the chunk distance is so small anyway. Chugs a little when loading the world in but other than that pretty smooth. A decent tradeoff to be able to play a full featured version of minecraft portably. Remember with all the new updates minecraft is alot more demanding to run than it looks

[@redamongusandliam9857]

It always requires the latest version

[@3dluigi875]

As someone who primarily plays on the switch, I agree. The switch version has very poor performance, and that's before you throw in split screen into the mix.

[@evil_bratwurst]

When I play split screen, the game barely even functions properly

[@theimperialember]

The splitscreen thing is definitely true. Other than that I’ve never really had any issue.

[@aviationbutterr]

At first, the bedrock Minecraft on Switch was perfectly fine, but recently I’ve been having horrible performance. The legacy console version was so perfect that I’ve just been playing on that

[@joell2006]

I've been playing Minecraft on my Switch for years now and I a sick to DEATH of all the times chunks just wouldn't load in, or my game crashing with no forewarning, or the countless other bugs it has. Needless to say, I'm so relived I finally have Java version. (I know most of these bugs are exclusive to the switch.)

[@potato4898]

probably still runs better than the new 3ds version

[@kungfu31]

I’ve only played Minecraft on the switch for the past 2 years and it’s really not that bad. The only issue I come up with is the rendering is extremely slow especially when I’m on water. Other than that though I’ve never had a bug crash or any other real big issue I can think of.

[@christelleludwig1875]

Me too

[@CXLVII]

I have played Minecraft on switch for 2 years though. I have noticed lots of bugs though. Chunks take forever to load.

[@Xapheion101]

Flying with elytra on switch version in painful, waiting for the ground/air Infront of you to load and then you drop in water and can't take off.

[@CXLVII]

@@Xapheion101 Exactly what I have to deal with

[@yungNIGGA.]

I play almost exclusively on the switch, and the elytra is nearly unusable for exploration.

[@colemanjohnson4211]

Minecraft works flawlessly on the switch, I don’t wanna hear it bro

[@richiegarman6430]

I personally feel this video. I love minecraft, and have played the Java edition since the dawn of time. Never had major issues, and have always been pleased. My girlfriend doesn't have a PC yet and since I love to game, we thought getting minecraft on my switch would be a good way for us to connect and play together, through splitscreen. Early in the world was fine, aside from when autosaving happens, every few minutes. Blocks don't break, chunks won't load, etc etc. That's annoying but it's fine, it catches up when the autosave is done. But after throwing 30-40 hours into a world, building our home and all the bells and whistles, the world file size went up. Crashes happened every now and then, lag started to worsen, chunks loaded slower. I started to feel less enjoyment because it's hard to appreciate your builds when things start to become inconvenient to the performance. God forbid you want to travel with an elytra, she started flying into a chunk that wasn't loaded and hit a mountain and died. Then there is the wither. When the internet tells you not to bother fighting the wither, which is a part of the game intended to be done, because it will lag your game too badly, it is a problem. We had to turn on cheats to deal with it, and undo spawning it, while running at 2 fps, and voiding the gain of achievements. It's not fun and it's a problem, which sucks. Sorry for the rant.

[@mythril_blade1269]

I feel you man. Never tried the Elytra since I could already tell that it would end badly for me when the chunks load slow. So pretty much all the time

[@higueraft571]

@@Smol-bug you seem to be making a mistake... Mojang handles Java. Microsoft handles Bedrock and Minecoins :V

[@Cripperfer]

@richie garman you just filled up my comments with your essay

[@spritemon98]

@@Smol-bug . Microsoft are full of idiot's who thought pushing for an inferior version to be the "main" version instead of the better console edition

[@mr.preston1632]

@@Smol-bug Mojang isn’t really the one to blame, Microsoft handles Bedrock but Mojang creates the content

[@mjdxp5688]

I used to always love playing Minecraft on my Switch, back in the Nintendo Switch Edition days. When Bedrock came out, it never ran amazingly, but very quickly it went from being mediocre to being outright unplayable. Online play is near impossible, going on the shop is extremely difficult, and even just loading the game takes over a minute. Whoever is in charge of Nintendo Switch QoS needs to be replaced with someone who knows what they're doing. This is Minecraft, the biggest game ever created, and it's suffering from poor performance on a game that runs on smartphones?! Eventually I was pretty much forced to stop playing Bedrock on the Switch, because it was that bad. I moved back to Nintendo Switch Edition (still has a surprisingly big community) and Bedrock Edition on my underpowered laptop (which is less powerful than the Switch mind you, ran the game flawlessly). When I got a better laptop last year, I switched to Java and haven't looked back, it reminds me of how stable the old console edition was with feature updates still.

[@ramkingplays9995]

That's why I hate playing on console now I miss the old version....switch bedrock is garbage now

[@varunagrawal7036]

Bedrock was a mistake. Period. I'm not saying java is the superior version or anything, I'm saying that pocket and console were both better off before they got merged into bedrock. As an old pe player I will never see those old screens again...

[@christofu148]

I wish I could redownload Nintendo switch edition :(

[@mjdxp5688]

@@christofu148 You can if you bought it.

[@christofu148]

@@mjdxp5688 really?! I thought it doesn’t let you redownload

[@cyanshadow3515]

as a switch player i have a problem where when i go to fast{going in boats, sprint flying in cretive mode} when you go to fast you start to find chunk unloaded, its annoying, but i did get minecraft on switch as a gift for free, so i dont get too mad

[@SteveKidGamer]

It isn’t a switch problem, but it’s a bedrock problem

[@Le_smit06]

I’ve been playing Minecraft on the Nintendo Switch as my main console for 2 and a half years now, and while I wasn’t really too bothered by the performance issues at first, now that my main survival world has surpassed 200 megabytes, the performance is starting to take a hit. This video made me realise just how extensive the crappy performance for Minecraft on the switch is. With the introduction of the experimental versions, it just worries me further just how terrible the performance will be once 1.18 comes out, because just walking around on the ground in a fresh world with the render distance on it’s lowest is just downright unplayable. Each chunk takes a minimum of 20 seconds to load. It’s not just down to the console’s performance either, as it can run massive games like super mario odyssey, zelda BOTW, and even third party games like dark souls remastered and subnautica, can all run at 1080p 60fps quality when docked. I’ve played all these games on switch and haven’t had any performance issues unless the switch is undocked. Someone needs to mention these performance issues with someone at Mojang, because Minecradt on the switch is becoming intolerable.

[@blakeskit]

It’s unacceptable for a BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY to release this terrible I played a couple game mode 1 packs and there even worse

[@Le_smit06]

@@ArchivedCertainly Yeah I think it might just be the bedrock developers either being lazy with their switch optimisation, or it’s my switch getting slower because I’ve had it for almost 3 years now. Minecraft on my switch was working relatively fine when I first purchased it.

[@scarfshek7073]

@@Le_smit06 or mabey it's just hard to port things. The switch is a hybrid console.

[@Cruzo202]

Its only bcz switch has a low end processor right now. MC basically runs on processor. But if u play on a server that has better professor there is much less issues than single player world. Since i play mc on switch when im not recording, so its a not big deal for me anyway. Far better than my current phone tho!

[@Bike65729]

same with me i have a world with over 170 mb and it freezes every 4 mins

[@Scarcify_]

This version definantly doesn’t compare to console and pc but in a situation like on a road trip it is good enough to sit down and play for a couple hours regardless

[@porchy316]

Does playing with the game cartridge vs playing the downloaded game version make a difference? I only have the cartridge, and it runs horribly. Was curious if I took out the cartridge and downloaded the game from eShop would be any better...

[@Brovioli]

Lmao to be fair, Absolutely ANY switch port will be awful in comparison to literally any other version. I loved my switch at first, but i quickly realized it was a complete waste of money.

[@jozzywolf7520]

Watching this as I play Minecraft on my switch lite and I like it this way.

[@Ghostkid0000]

Idk toycat some of these feel like nitpicks. Ive never had ANY of these problems. 14 render distance isnt that bad at all.

[@zacharypiscitelli2445]

Better than 7 or 8 on a crappy IPad or crappy ASUS Laptop

[@neetscholar4149]

I've had the weird crashes that come out of nowhere. I've had the game take 15 minutes to load when you boot it, until the Nether update. I have a 4 Gb cloud backup of my Minecraft save file, despite the total of my worlds being less than 300 Mb. So no, he isn't just nitpicking. The Switch version got some serious issues, you are just one of the lucky ones who didn't encountered any of them.

[@ThePolarb3ar]

Can you teach me your tricks to getting it to perform well. Before I even make it into the world I want to shut it off because of how much delay the menus have. Also out of curiosity have you played any other version of Minecraft before?

[@neetscholar4149]

@@ThePolarb3ar I mostly gave up and play on PC now. Still try it from time to time, but i haven't tried since 1.17. To be fair the Switch version started to take far less than 15 minutes to boot up after the Nether update, though. And it ran a tiny bit smoother after i deleted the map templates bought from the store. But it still crashes all the time.

[@Ghostkid0000]

@@ThePolarb3ar ive owned 3DS Xbox 360 as well as switch but i have played a pirated version of java and the ps4 version before the better together merge

[@unlostmaniac8735]

ive never had issues with Bedrock on Switch, although ive mostly done elytra hunting and testing builds in creative before placing in survival on my PC or Xbox so I can have them side by side. i occasionally played on my Realm with it too, other than short render distance i had no problems, i have around 20 hours on it. I think I can still say its worth buying if you plan on using it for the same reasons i did

[@guillaumeracine8193]

It runs fine in the early stages of a world, but as soon as you want to move on to more involved projects like farms or faster means of transportation the switch is doomed to fail. I cannot handle the speed of horses and boats, the chuncks don’t load faster enought. You can forget Elytra or blue ice highways.

[@TheFreshestPineapple]

Awesome vid! You mentioned it in ur Livestream today and I was super excited to hear your take on Switch Minecraft. I've had it for a couple years now and only play on my switch Lite, but I still think its worth it if you play mainly on realms. I've never had horrible performance issues, other than the pathetic render distance😂

[@kingofkings3624]

I like being able to bring my world around tbh

[@Evren_]

Phone does that too, except it can run minecraft infinitely better

[@juancantu232]

And its free *apk*

[@Evren_]

@@juancantu232not legally. But buying it on a phone costs like 30% of what the switch version costs

[@kingofkings3624]

@@Evren_ switch has a bigger screen than any phone and is more comfortable atleast in my opinion

[@Evren_]

@@kingofkings3624 If its worth all the bugs, then fine I guess

[@theskull1030]

10:17 It would be pretty handy if motion controls activated when you tense a bow.

[@stupidsmiley1199]

Is the issue that the switch isn't powerful enough to run this game, or that it's just badly optimised?

[@2gnv9r]

I noticed that bedrock was buggier on my PS4 initially. Got it on the Switch, but haven’t experienced any bugs there other than bees not behaving as they should. So Switch is my go-to version for quite some time now.

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Who else remembers the 1 year of WII U edition?

[@andrew-0000-]

I have a Wii U, and occasionally I try to play 1 of the 3 minigames available. There are still people that play them, although it’s really laggy

[@subliminary_]

@@andrew-0000- I also have a Wii U, and I played it for like a year then switched over last Christmas when I got a Nintendo Switch.

[@chickenwarriorr]

real question is who bought a wii U?

[@DaNinjaLin]

@@chickenwarriorr me lmao

[@Coolyoshi7]

I think some thing has been fixed 1. touch controls work 2. the game runs faster with different chunk distances (doesn't mean it won't lag) 3. split screen multiplayer is possible if you turn off the multiplayer setting

[@senseisawk]

my world is +100mb and my render distance is 5 and it still takes forever to load chunks. if they don't fix this anytime soon i'm not even going to bother playing

[@dempseyfrancis9352]

As a switch player myself, I couldn't agree more. There are an egregious amount of bugs that will cause for you to loose tons (if not all) of your progress in your world. Often just trying to pillar up, you will randomly encounter a ghost block and get pushed off, and when strip mining, often blocks appear to be broken, but after about 5 seconds reappear, suffocating you, and taking your items with. The crashing bugs are also frequent and often loose progress. The worst of all the glitches is that once you reach a certain world file size, your switch won't even let you open Minecraft (on your account). This completely locks you out of the game, and even with bug reports all over the internet, there is no way to fix this. Beyond bugs, just the general look and feel of the game is very jagged, often sides of blocks will become see-through for no reason, chunks refuse to load, and the framerate drops/lag spikes are worryingly frequent. Online is a whole other mess, but I won't get into that. I would not recommend this version to anyone unless it is there only option (as it is for me), as pretty much any other version will give you a much greater experience all around.

[@googlewolly]

lose*

[@Fartyguy]

@@googlewolly lmao u read all of that just to correct one word

[@googlewolly]

@@Fartyguy Nah. It was in the second sentence.

[@AB-py6jl]

@@Fartyguy *whoms't

[@CarloNassar]

"unless it is there only option" Or until they fix the problems.

[@TheB3]

Got Minecraft on Switch for 50% off for the game’s 10 year anniversary, and I’ve only really played it once to check out the AMAZING Nintendo map. I feel we got our money’s worth.

[@jetpond7904]

Exactly .

[@chadcowman6293]

Is it still on sale?

[@TheB3]

Lol no that was 2 years ago

[@Cousin_studios_offical]

Minecraft on Nintendo switch is great I don’t care what you say it’s my favorite version mostly because I can’t play Java

[@aaww1010]

I love Minecraft legacy on Nintendo switch, but a big glitch. I found that harms the experience apparently squids don’t spawn in water that you place yourself using ice buckets or dispensers so only naturally spawning water squids can spawn in.

[@TheRealJetJaguar]

i've been playing Minecraft switch for a few years now and about a year ago i started a creative world where i built a tardis from doctor who with a full interior and everything and i added in loads of commands for sound effects and stuff so its like a proper map and it runs at about 10fps and everytime you open your inventory you get the dreaded loading screen

[@royalwyvern9545]

That's not the switch that's ur trash wifi

[@Xenshi.]

@@royalwyvern9545 how though? He didn’t say anything about playing on a realm or server

[@royalwyvern9545]

@@Xenshi. your world and severs has a ping and severside connection

[@SSukram_]

Yeah, but you did fill it up a bit too much, for the everyday player its fine

[@bhull242]

Can’t say I’ve ever had crashes occur on the Switch version, and the performance was never that bad when I played it.

[@coolbeans7z539]

@cj its very obvious

[@bhull242]

@cj That I think the Switch version works just fine and has never given me problems? I mean, isn’t that kinda obvious?

[@mythril_blade1269]

@@bhull242 it was the opposite for me. And I don't even play on big worlds and max settings. I get freezes everytime it autosaves so you can guess from that how instable it is

[@bhull242]

@@mythril_blade1269 Whereas I do play on max settings and have no problems. Weird.

[@higueraft571]

@@bhull242 do you build big and play long?

[@allenwest1986]

Now the auto save feature if you install the update freezes my switch every time it saves.

[@i360fantasy7]

Im so glad I bought the OG nintendo switch version which is the same as the legacy console editions

[@RadiumWave]

Me seeing this video after playing 2000 hours of it and having no issues other than the whole loading time (45 minutes) which was recently fixed and chunk loading on a world that had 5 people, all about a million cords away, on a 3gb world.

[@cosmosgamess]

Yea, my switch runs pretty well.

[@Dfourcee]

45 mins loading time, jeez. I had 10 mins and I thought mine was bad

[@RadiumWave]

@D4cee, I have 2000 hours and when this started I had 1200 which is mostly why, it went from 15 to 45 overnight and the same happened to two of my friends at different times lol.

[@garfieldunderpants9914]

3 GIGABYTES? My switch refuses to put in any data that will cause it to go over 2 Gigabytes. I have a 400 GB SD Card.

[@RadiumWave]

@@garfieldunderpants9914 the worst thing is is the person who host the world is on a switch lite with a 128GB Micro SD card. It makes 0 sense 😂.

[@villageronps5317]

In my experience the Switch version has a lot of crashing and performance issues. The world play on is pretty normal and doesn’t have 300 signs or armor stands or anything, but the frame rate still drops to about 20 most of the time. The game crashes a lot as well. It’s been like this ever since Bedrock came out on switch, I have no idea why they haven’t fixed it yet.

[@lightning_jayy5513]

honestly bedrock for all consoles is downright unbearable at times but man good luck switch players i hope for the best but bedrock has been so buggy for so long that ive lost hope.

[@AranhaaTheSixtyninth]

Weird, I thought oyou were on PS5 not Nintendo switch! Joke, but yeah, my friend has a switch and we play together, i got surprised at how bad the performance is

[@Ph4ntomHourGlass]

I've never had most of these issues but it is interesting to see that switch Minecraft has a bunch of problems.

[@fallenpillow110]

I love how that world you were playing in was super mario sunshine

[@SamDeCam1]

You are so right toycat , when i started playing minecraft again it was on the switch and early on it felt mostly fine but after a few builds I really felt the limitations running around my main base would tank my frames and I wanted to build more and more and the thought of having less frames just made me switch to xbox and its been a much more enjoyable experience

[@JacobGaming2016]

Sounds like a you problem

[@SamDeCam1]

@@JacobGaming2016 lol? what toycat stated he experienced the samething so its not just me! Have a wonderful rest of your day hopefully you feel better soon!

[@JacobGaming2016]

@@SamDeCam1 sounds like a you problem

[@leumas7]

@@JacobGaming2016 sounds like a you problem

[@NozzaFox]

I really wish they just kept the console editions they ran so much more smoothly

[@spritemon98]

Oh definitely but the higher ups in Microsoft are all idiot's

[@mattieonutube273]

Never ever had any problems with Minecraft on the switch. I love it. Used to play it on my PS Vita too and it ran good there too surprisingly.

[@danielleddb2822]

6:32 My new tablet doesn't actually outperform Toycat's phone, maybe I just don't understand the controls

[@mrhappy623]

I haven’t had any more issues on Switch than I have seen on Xbox One, but it’s definitely not great at times for no reason. Also when there are issues Mojang never fixes them like ever.

[@micah8373]

Mojang is not responsible for the bedrock edition, Microsoft is. Microsoft doesn't fix the bugs

[@user-fe9lf1dl2c]

i sometimes play on switch and its pretty much fine honestly. it never really crashes or anything. At least its not on a phone

[@limank__]

That's why I invested the money into a samsung tab s7, it loads my minecraft amazingly fast, I can use all of the available controls for minecraft (mobile buttons, controller, and keyboard and mouse). Since it has a very powerful chip built in, it doesn't heat up or need fans at all so it is silent. The screen is amazing as well, it has 1440p at 120fps so it's perfect for every texture pack that you use. I recommend a good mobile device or a midrange desktop or laptop for minecraft :)

[@randomericthings7506]

I haven’t had any problems with the Switch or Wii U versions. They all run fine to me and I’ve built a tall tower, a tree house, and a snow biome base.

[@Gemg6]

I have the 3DS version(more specifically all "New Nintendo 3DS" systems) of Minecraft and from what I can remember, I never had performance issues with it. You get about 8 skin packs (including Mario) and a few texture packs, (or maybe the other way around) it also has a Mario world. Im not sure if its the same world as the one on the switch tho. Im not sure what the price is, as I got it for Easter. I'm assuming it's 20-30 dollars. As good as it seems, it's not actually that great. 1. Limit to worlds You can only make about 10, which was a huge downfall for me when on my ps3 I have possibly over 50 or 100 worlds. 2. Barely any items Im not even sure what version it is, but im pretty sure there isn't even stuff from 1.12. There might not even be any specific version, it could just have random blocks. Would I recommend it? No. Although you get "freebies," the price is really only a bit cheaper if you were gonna buy the texture packs and skins. The limit to worlds and blocks just isn't worth it, just buy pocket edition if you want to play minecraft, and then you'll get to have any worlds and blocks you want. Plus, you'll have free skins because you can just download skins from like skinseed or a skin website. Edit 10/6/21: I checked the E Store and the latest update for minecraft was on 1/15/19. Its stated as "1.9," but in the description of the update, it states its the same as MCPD 1.1.5. So in other words, woodland mansions.

[@LimeLoaf]

Mc for the 3DS is super trash im sorry but you can't move the camera

[@Gemg6]

@@LimeLoaf yea it does suck, but you can move the camera, its just not convenient.

[@FudgyDuckling]

These are all really good points but the performance I've seen on my Switch has been better than on my Kindle Fire, which I think is younger than the switch and also I believe meant for gaming. The only problem I've had on my switch was it freezing and when I relogged my mule was gone. On the other side I have problems with Minecraft crashing on my Kindle, especially on severs. I have experienced lag on both platforms but I would rather play with lag than crashing

[@kiz__]

A kindle fire is meant for reading books. I had a kindle fire HD7 years ago and it kinda sucked ngl.

[@FudgyDuckling]

@Kiz_ I'm pretty sure that's just the kindle, kindle fires can be used for games

[@kiz__]

@@FudgyDuckling yeah I know. The kindle is old now and doesn’t perform good but it used to once upon a time

[@johnross5098]

I hate how they despawn like this

[@smash910]

Number 5 is kinda invalid because chances are if you have a switch you already have a subscription for games like Mario Kart

[@JoLiKMC]

It *didn't* used to _be like this!_ I bought the Switch version back in 2019. The version that's on the game card, supposedly, was "1.2" or in that neighborhood. That old version used to run _quite well_ on the Nintendo Switch! It was a perfect solution to not being able to run _Minecraft_ on my very outdated computer. Yeah, you still had to log in to _both_ your Nintendo and Microsoft accounts if you wanted your skins, and you can't actually use your _web_ skin without jumping through a lot of questionable hoops, but still… it was _Minecraft_ and it ran well. As often happens… the game got updates, and the updates made the overhead for the game all the higher, which ended with the game constantly *lagging,* even on the _lowest_ possible settings and just generally being unresponsive. I mean, yes? It's technically still playable? But, why? Why would you _want_ to? Add to the fact that they *removed* the "world size" option entirely (why?!) and the fact that if you *ever* update the game, you will *never* be able to "go back" and play the original version that came on your game card… well… Let's just say that I am a very unhappy gamer. I suppose if you don't _know_ any better, that's one thing, but even so… this is pretty unacceptable. My laptop isn't much more powerful than my Nintendo Switch - and is probably _weaker_ than, in fact - but you know what? It can run _Java Edition_ just fine. At lower settings and with Sodium, albiet. My laptop can also run _Bedrock Edition_ just fine, even at _higher_ settings! I'm pretty sure my New 2DS XL can run _that_ version of _Minecraft_ perfectly well, too, so… why the heck can't the _Nintendo Switch,_ of all things? *Edit:* Yes, I'm talking specifically about the physical version of Mojang's _Minecraft_ for Nintendo Switch released in 2018 onward by Mojang, *not* the version released in 2017 by 4J Studios.

[@Chorismos]

Im pretty sure Mojang did not optimize the Switch version. Bedrock edition should not run this badly and when it first came to the Switch in 2018, it ran pretty well, almost as good as 4J's edition (which has limited world sizes.)

[@kcelej]

wdym? The carts are read-only, you can just delete the updates off your console and play the version that originally came out on your cartridge

[@JoLiKMC]

@@kcelej Nope. As soon as you update the game once, the operating system remembers that the game "needs" an update and refuses to let you run the unmodified version. This even applies to offline, Single Player games, too. The only way to undo this is to either reset the system to its factory default state, or use Custom Firmware. *Only* the Nintendo Switch does this and I don't know _why._