From 2009 all the way to the present 2024, Minecraft Minecraft has stood the test of a long, long time — and now it’s finally hit its 15th anniversary!
Having freeloaded without a legit copy for quite a while, I saw the ridiculously slashed price this time, and the urge to finally pay up and go legit Minecraft suddenly hit me…
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Deluxe edition 59.50, standard edition 44.50 — the prices are absolutely slashed to the bone. If not now, when?!
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Buying from the official Minecraft website ran into country and region restrictions,

After changing the country or region under Microsoft account > Your info > Profile info > Country or region to another country to bypass the restriction, other problems cropped up instead. How strange…
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After struggling with it for a while to no avail, I had no choice but to buy it from the Microsoft Store using Alipay. The price gap didn’t seem like much, so I just went straight for the deluxe edition.