I have finally cancelled my membership.
I have been playing since the browser days and I really hope to get back to it soon, but until this bug is fixed I’m done!
Like amorelli above, I’m most bothered by the silence on the situation and the denial.
Following my response from the team as I posted above, I have been looking through the change logs for mentions of the issue.
https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/37810171798029-Minecraft-1-21-93-94-Bedrock
This one above mentions this bug specifically, stating that as of the beginning of July update, split screen players can access their inventory from previously (this is not true, it just maintains the guest inventory)
https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/37486954069645-Minecraft-1-21-92-Bedrock
This one above says it fixed a bug (links to this bug) where Xbox split screen players always show as guest
However, I cannot find in any change log from June onwards ANY mention of this issue being an intended feature across all (or even any) platforms. Surely, if it’s not in the change logs then it’s not an intended change!
I submitted via the link provided above and here is the response I got:
Allitan A. (Minecraft Help) Sep 5, 2025, 2:45 PM PDT Hello Jenna, |
July 14th - issue still occurring. Hopefully will get resolved soon.
Happening on switch too rabbits are hopping in place and moving super slow
this stinks
GritPlayer above has explained it perfectly.
I went through every change log from just before the issue started to date and I couldn’t see a single place where it mentioned this change being the new intended way of working, leading us to all take this as a bug not a feature.
By doing this, it now means whoever is the second player cannot play the realm as primary or solo player as their inventory will be tied to the guest account not their own account. The whole reason we got the realm in our household was that either of us could play individually on our own profiles and we could ALSO play together. Obviously it’s great for playing with friends too, but when we can’t independently access the realm with our inventories and location intact, it seems a bit pointless to pay!