The Xbox One, PS4 and Vita versions of Minecraft will be available in August for $20, Mojang announced today. The game will be $5 on Xbox One and PS4 for gamers who own Minecraft on Xbox 360 and PS3. The Vita version is a Cross-Buy title, meaning if you already own Minecraft on PS3, you get it on Vita for no cost. All PS3 DLC is compatible with the Vita version, though not all skins and texture packs work on PS4 or Xbox One versions, due to licensing agreements.
Minecraft: The Xbox One and PS4 editions offer larger worlds than current-gen versions. Both allow players to import saved data from PS3 + Vita and Xbox 360 games. However, saves cannot be transferred from next-gen systems to current-gen systems.
"There are technical reasons for this; we can make worlds bigger without stress, but shrinking them creates all sorts of issues," Mojang says.
The $5 upgrade plan will be live for at most a year after the launch in August. [Image: Mojang]