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Minecraft World Transferring Support For Nintendo Switch

On PC, Mobile, and Xbox as far as I am aware it is completely free to transfer a world between those devices. The fact that the only available way to transfer a world from Bedrock on Switch to any other Bedrock platform is through Realms Backup is plain ridiculous. There should be an option in world settings to start a temporary world share of that world to transfer it to another Minecraft Bedrock platform. I have already utilized my Realms+ Free Trial so now the world I spent 2 years developing and programming cannot be sent to Minecraft Windows 10 Edition due to it being on Nintendo Switch and the fact that the Switch always saves data to Console Memory and never external memory (i.e Micro SD Card). This means that if you want to transfer your worlds from Switch to another platform, you currently require an active paid Realms(+) subscription if you have already used your 30 day Free Trial. This is costly unfair to Nintendo Switch users looking to transfer their worlds that they have spent hours(or in my case, years) pouring their heart, sweat, and soul into.

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    This is a great idea, please vote for this. I have Minecraft on a Nintendo switch for some time now and have not been able to transfer my worlds from there to other bedrock devices like the PC. This will make the game more open to more users and not just ones with Realms.

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    This is also an issue on PS4. (maybe)

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    It’s even worse if you cannot use Realms Plus and your Switch fails completely before both Realms Plus and Nintendo Switch Online can both be obtained, along with linking a Microsoft Account.

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    this would be really helpful as i have many nostalgic, old creative worlds that i'd love to see with better framerate and render distance, as well as playing them on a much faster device.

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    It would also be nice if the Switch could directly have worlds from the Wii U edition transferred to it that can then be transferred elsewhere, because currently the only way of porting Wii U worlds to Bedrock is through the Legacy Console Edition, which never released physically on the Switch, and I think was available for barely a year, meaning most people simply don't have it.

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    Currently running into this issue as I'm attempting to play on a world of mine with a friend on PC, where I made the world on Switch and have previously been able to access them thanks to syncing together with the Microsoft account they're both under. However, as of update 1.21, apparently that no longer exists, so all the worlds and Realms I was able to play on either Switch or PC are now only on my Switch, and the ridiculous cost of a Realms subscription is an unfair paywall to play a game that has always been about hanging with friends. Yet another reason I hate Microsoft (Mojang is pretty good, it's Microsoft's business decisions I have beef with).

    Please fix this garbage, Microsoft.