buying game through Game Pass

but on a side note, if you purchase on pc on your account you can then log into each childs account on that pc and install it for each of them to use. 4 of my kids use my minecraft purchase on each of the pc's in my house.

Hi Tezzarrific,

Do you know if I buy the Master Collection https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-windows10 whether my children can access and share the 1000 minecoins, 4 skin packs and 6 worlds?

Thanks

Steve

but on a side note, if you purchase on pc on your account you can then log into each childs account on that pc and install it for each of them to use. 4 of my kids use my minecraft purchase on each of the pc's in my house.

Your account stays the same. Think about it as a long term rental

Any game on game pass acts identically to the full paid game so long as it remains in the service and your subscription lasts.

Minecraft is only part of GamePass on console, so you would have to purchase the PC version. Mobile versions also work, and those are cheaper if it helps you

Since Bedrock is cross-platform, I was hoping that my kids can download it on their computers as well

This is where the confusion I laying I think...cross-platform is different:

Cross-platform: This means that, when in the game, you can be playing with people on PC or console...if it wasn't cross-platform, then you'd be playing with people on console (if playing on console yourself) or on PC (if on PC)

Play Anywhere: When listed in a game's details, this means it can be downloaded on any platform that is supported

It has to be a Play Anywhere title to be able to purchase it for one platform and play it on both. Minecraft is not a Play Anywhere title so no matter how you purchase it, if you buy it for the console it'll only work for the console. If you buy the PC version, it'll only work on the PC. If you want to play it on both, you would need to purchase both the console version and the PC version.