Gameband for Minecraft - Large

This thing is amazing. It integrates Java after the first use, It integrates any and all minecraft files, and even comes built with many of the popular modpack launchers! There seems to be some confusion as to what the "Full Version" vs "Demo Version" of minecraft actually are in the questions section here. Yes this band comes with a completely functioning minecraft executable. The only thing you need to have to play the "Full Version" is a minecraft account(Purchased Separately).Beware, despite being connected over USB 3.0 there is still some inherent lag. Even though USB 3.0 has transfer speeds that rival that of SSDs It's the initialization of each new transfer that bottlenecks in USB 3.0. This causes the game to have some latency issues. I would rate the performance somewhere slower than minecraft played on a normal hard drive and faster than minecraft played on an online multiplayer server. The latency issues from the band are somewhat different that normal multiplayer lag though. Sometimes the flash drive "sleeps" (in a way) so that if you have not broken a block in a while you get a short few seconds where your block breaking isn't doing anything while it "wakes up" the flash drive to write your newly broken blocks to the world save.Also if you plan to play some of the bigger modpacks, like a lot of what feed the beast has to offer, Expect some pretty serious slowdowns. It's still playable over USB 3.0 but these modpacks will be nearly impossible to play over USB 2.0.It sucks that this little thing is limited by modern technology from being a perfect device but it works fantastically for Vanilla Minecraft and I highly recommend it for anyone who is on more than one computer with their minecraft worlds. The creators truly did everything humanly possible to make this thing the most amazing flash drive you will ever play minecraft from and with the cloud backup you never have to loose another minecraft world! I know I've lost many of them.

I would give this 2.5 stars. I bought two of these, one for each of my sons, for their birthdays. The idea is really neat that they can take their Minecraft worlds with them, and the Pixel Furnace app is really easy to use to personalize the pictures that scroll across the band. My youngest son loved his and wore it almost every day.As great as I initially thought it was, I now have issues with it:-First, it was a little annoying because I would plug it into his computer to charge it when it died, but most of the time when I would unplug it the time was incorrect and I would have to plug it in 1-2 more times, open the Pixel Furnace app, and eject it again to correct the time.-Second, after a month of my son wearing his, it will no longer work when not plugged into the computer. It shows the charging icon when plugged in, but when unplugged the screen no longer works which leads me to believe there is something wrong with the battery, and of course there is no way to replace the battery.-Third, I am frustrated because I contacted the company about the issue of it no longer working and have heard nothing back from them. Apparently they don't stand by their product and now I have a disappointed little boy and a piece of junk. At least I didn't spend $80 on it or I'd be steaming mad.Edited 11/18/16: Changed to one star, our other Game Band is now exhibiting the same issue.

As a longtime Minecraft player, this band is something neat that caught my eye one day so I picked it up to keep in my daily bag in case I wanted to play. Overall the software is neat, you can add your own custom animations to the LED display, they offer a free year of cloud backups for your worlds that you save on the band so that is something good to have in case you either lose it or it suddenly breaks. Loading times are a bit slower than a laptop, but not much. Transfer speeds are typical for USB 3.0.Only issues are that the max capacity of this band is 8GB, which for the most part won't be a problem, but I have large worlds from servers I used to play on that I would have liked to carry, but they are around 4GB each so I can only have one with me at a time. Also there is some inconsistencies with how long the band holds a charge, I've had it go dead after a week with only sitting in my bag, and other times I left it in there for a couple months and it lights right up when hitting the button.

This turned into my nephew's most loved Christmas present. He LOVES Minecraft. This allows him to carry all of his world's and hard work with him wherever he goes. He has been so proud of it and wears this daily.We are keeping an eye on it to see how long the band lasts and holds up (due to constant use.) So far, so good!~After keeping an eye on this item for a few weeks, we were able to get it for a great price! Since we got it for such a good price, (around $50) I can't really complain about the subscription fee. Although, you do recieve a year or so free to try it out. The subscription fee is rather cheap and we'll worth it considering this band has become his life line. We spend money on other subscriptions to Netflix and such, so I guess we shouldn't be surprised about the yearly subscription for this band.