[oliwarner]

I don't think that's right. A Realms sub gives you a private server to play on but you don't need that. You can host your own for free.

[galkk]

On Xbox

[bombcar]

This is an annoying and recent change; you used to be able to do local LAN multiplayer (even cross device!) before they changed something entirely.

At least split screen still works for free.