minecraft has also released on many video game consoles. on may 9, 2012, "minecraft" came out on the xbox 360 as a download through the xbox live arcade. it was available for 1600 microsoft points ($19.99). in 2013, "minecraft" came out as a disc for the xbox 360 and playstation 3. on december 10, 2013, a windows phone version was released. versions for the xbox one and playstation 4 were released in september 2014. a version for the playstation vita was released on october 14, 2014. the wii u edition was released on december 17, 2015. in 2017, versions for the nintendo switch and the new nintendo 3ds were released. the xbox one, playstation 4, and nintendo switch versions were later all combined into bedrock edition.