Thought I’d share this in case there are people who are unaware or have been pending off the migration process.

Starting September 19, 2023, at 11:00 am EST/17:00 pm CEST, unmigrated Mojang accounts will not be able to sign in to Minecraft.net or the Minecraft Launcher to migrate. We’re doing this to ensure that everyone is playing using accounts with improved security and player safety.
Source: Minecraft.net article

What will happen to unmigrated accounts?

Once the deadline for migration is reached, players will no longer be able to access unmigrated accounts. All unmigrated accounts will be deleted at a future date.
Source: help.minecraft.net

What if you don’t have access to the email address associated with your Mojang account, or have any other queries?

The details are unclear. The Minecraft help center link says “Minecraft player support will no longer be able to help with migration-related issues after September 5, 2023.” whereas the minecraft.net article states “[…] starting September 19, 2023, Minecraft Support will no longer be able to assist in any MSA migration-related tickets.”

What do you get for migrating to a Microsoft account?

Microsoft claims improved account security, and 2FA. You will get a Migrator cape and access to Minecraft for Windows (Bedrock Edition) on the Microsoft account chosen at the time of migration.

  • clif@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    1 year ago

    I tried to recover my Mojang account and migrate it three times. Each attempt gets a stock response asking for certain info (receipt, email, username). When I provide this, I get a response from a different support user asking for the same thing I just provided. After three to five back and forths (with the same questions and the same answers) I get busy, frustrated, and leave it for a few weeks.

    Once I have time, I start over and the exact same thing repeats again.

    I wrote it off as a loss last year with an asterisk of “another reason to fucking hate Microsoft”

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I bought it during beta testing and my account was attached to an old email. Gave up trying to migrate years ago. I’m actually surprised they still haven’t deleted it already.

  • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    369·
    1 year ago

    This is bullshit. What could it possibly matter to them, other than to force people onto their miserable platform. Bastards.

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      1 year ago

      You’re welcome to take on the rewrite of our auth-service too, since it seems so trivial in your world. Always fun to drag legacy services around for those 12 really loud and angry users.

    • beefcat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      They don’t want to hire people to build and maintain a secure login platform when their parent company already has one. This is way more work and liability than most people realize.

  • 2ncs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    1 year ago

    I hate that Minecraft is one of the two things I even need a Microsoft Account for.

  • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    And when you DO migrate it to a Microsoft account, and DON’T want them to have your phone number, they’ll fake “There’s been suspicious activity on your account, we HAVE to have your phone number now!” until you give it up.

  • LCP@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I know this comes across as one of those classic phishing emails that claim to require your immediate attention or else your account will be deleted, but unfortunately in this case it’s legitimate.

  • Nightsoul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I keep getting those emails even though I’ve migrated my account and can play Java Minecraft through the Microsoft launcher.

    Leads me to think my account isn’t migrated but I guess I’ll know for sure in a week or so.

    • LCP@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      If you are currently able to login and play, then you should be good. I believe they blocked Mojang and Legacy accounts from logging into the launcher a while back.

      Doesn’t hurt to check though. Make sure that the upper left corner of the launcher shows your Xbox Gamertag (may be different from your Java Edition username) and says “Microsoft account”.

  • Iron Lynx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for reminding me. I’ve just migrated.

    Not sure when the next time will be that I can play Minecraft, but I guess it’s nice that I can when I want to at any point into the future.