Why wont Minecraft Work

I understand, I'm afraid it's a problem/bug with the launcher's release, as the same is happening to me, and there are also several people reporting the problem here in the community. I suggest you contact Minecraft support as it is a specific issue with the JAVA version, WINDOWS edition can be downloaded normally.

To contact game support please use the link below.

https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/requests/new

Also how do I get to that countdown?

Hello, how are you? My name is Mateus. I'm an Independent Advisor and I'll be glad to help you today.

First, welcome to the Xbox community. At the time of this post, there are still 5 minutes left until the official launch. Anyway, I suggest you try the solutions below, please.

Solution 1: Make sure your windows are updated to the latest version, whether it's windows 10 or 11.

Solution 2: Make sure your account is logged into the Microsoft Store, and also the Xbox app if you use it.

Solution 3: Log out your Microsoft store account and also the Xbox app, now type the term WSRESET in the windows search bar and run the app as administrator, a window will open, wait for the window to close automatically and restart your computer, after that login your Microsoft Store account and Xbox app again.

*Thanks in advance for contacting, I hope this can help you.

Click play demo this will start downloading the game, I believe it is a bug of the launcher as it launched today.

You have to log in to your Microsoft account that has the game license or the account that has a game pass subscription to play, for that follow the instructions below, please.

On the Launcher login page, you must click the button to return to the accounts page. But then, don't click on your existing account that you want to log in or you'll simply fall back into the same cycle of problems that won't allow you to log in. You need to add a new account. It's counterintuitive because you're not actually setting up a new account. But after clicking to add a new account, you can choose to sign in with your Microsoft account in Launcher.