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Edited by DEZARATH: 5/12/2013 5:08:02 PM
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Is transferring Destiny saves between Platforms possible?

There's going to be a interesting conundrum coming up for a lot of us since Destiny will be transitioning between multiple platforms from Microsoft and Sony most likely in 2014. Many of us will still have the 360 or the PS3 and if Destiny ships for the older consoles we'll most likely be playing it till the second generation of next gen consoles hit the market, due to the rule never buy first wave due to all the issues they inherently have at launch. So there you are six months into Destiny on your Xbox 360 or PS3 and now you've seen the signs and the PS4 and the Infinity(XBOX) is looking ready for purchase. Now for me personally I fall into the category of switching over to SONY this time out due to being tired of the yearly cost of XBL. So now I really have an issue because I would figure it would be easy for saves to be transfered in Destiny from the same platform console to it's newer iteration, but not between Sony and Xbox. So now I have a level 45 Titan on Xbox and I'm switching over to PS4, can you go through Bungie's servers and regain that character for the PS4? My first thought is no, of course not. You need to start over, but that might be something to look at as a developer down the road trying to cater to major platforms when creating characters on Destiny by pass coding them individually so consumers can have the option of switching over to another venue and taking their information with them. Anyways It was sort of bugging me this morning since I'm up in the air on what Console I'm buying in 2014 and the loss of time while playing on my current console.

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  • Old thread, but [u]STILL[/u] unconfirmed over 1 yr later! People are quick to assume NO. Yes, I know characters are linked to XBL/PSN account names. But why couldn't character stats transfer through your BNET account? They'll all be online anyway - level, gear, etc. GTA5 accounts can transfer like this. I'm still rocking a 360, but want a PS4 once price comes down a bit...would be tough to start over once that time comes. Latest I've found is this (4/28/14): [i]He said that no decision has yet been made for those console owners who switch brands, meaning that a PS3 owner who buys and Xbox One might not be able to transfer their saves. "We don't have any plans to announce there right now. Traditionally that's been restricted by the platform [holders] themselves. We'll just have to wait and see where they go with that."[/i] http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/28/5653642/destiny-ps3-upgrade-next-gen-ps4-xbox-one-compatible-windows-pc

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