While it makes sense that any texture packs released BEFORE the Xbox One version was available would be transferable, and any packs released after the Xbox One version was released would not, Xbox didn’t once mention this anywhere in their news releases about Minecraft for Xbox One or the new skin packs released afterwards.Īm I a bit miffed? Certainly. I read, and re-read their statement in disbelief. Much to my dismay, we were told the following: So I hit up Xbox Support on Twitter as they’ve been great help in the past. I decided we should wait a day and try again the next day, but the next day came and it still showed up as being $2.99.
Xbox 360 Star Wars™ Classic Skin Pack, we switched over to the Xbox One to find that the pack was not showing up as free in the Xbox One store. So, once again, why not take advantage of purchasing it on the Xbox 360 and getting it “free for re-download on Xbox One” as he had previous packs - even ones purchased less than a month ago. Of course, being Star Wars branded, the pack costs triple ($2.99Cdn) what most of the other texture/skin packs cost - but hey, it is Star Wars, and it also comes with 55 skins. Fast forward to the release of the Star Wars™ Classic Skin Pack for Minecraft which just recently released. After purchasing, we checked the Xbox One store and sure enough, the texture and skin packs he had purchased on the Xbox 360 version were showing up as free downloads on the Xbox One store. When Xbox announced the popular building game was coming to the Xbox One, they mentioned that:Īll downloadable content players have purchased for the Xbox 360 Edition is available free for re-download on Xbox One.īased on this information, my son bought a few texture packs on the Xbox 360 after the Xbox One version released.
Minecraft texture packs and skins? Transferable as well… but there are exceptions, as we found out the hard way.
Even better when we found out that the upgrade cost would only cost $4.99 because we already owned the 360 version and he could transfer his worlds to the Xbox One.