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Forums - Gaming - Bungie Confirms That Destiny’s Guardians Will Be Transferable Across Next & Old Gen Systems

TheGoldenBoy on 18 July 2014

This week’s Bungie Weekly Update reveals a lot information such as details on the Companion Ship App and answers questions Gamers asked during the launch of Destiny‘s Beta. Bungie was asked different types of questions, such as why is the level cap set to Level 8 or why aren’t players rewarded with a medal when killing someone while they are dancing in the Crucible. However, one question stood out the most.

Claude Errera asked Bungie if she was allowed to say that characters created on the PS4 are available when the same account logs in on a PS3, which Bungie replied to with:

http://cdn3.dualshockers.com/wp-content/themes/dualshockers2/images/blockquote_icon.gif) 20px 0px no-repeat transparent;">"Your question points to a very interesting truth about how Destiny will work. As you’ve discovered, as your Guardian evolves it will be able to travel from one generation of console to the next. Just like hopping worlds, you can use the same Guardian on Next Gen and Legacy Gen consoles – so long as you stay in the same system. Ergo, you can move from PlayStation to PlayStation and from Xbox to Xbox, but not across product lines."

You read right it folks. Your Destiny guardian will be transferable cross-platform. For example, if you don’t own a next-gen console yet, but still want to play it on your PS3 or Xbox 360, you can buy your copy on either system and transfer your progress whenever you upgrade to next-gen. Of course, you can only move from PlayStation to PlayStation and from Xbox to Xbox.

This is how it will work:

http://cdn3.dualshockers.com/wp-content/themes/dualshockers2/images/blockquote_icon.gif) 20px 0px no-repeat transparent;">"According to David Shaw, our self-professed Chief Pyrotechnical Officer, this was the plan all along, as we set out to build an adventure that would span generations. “Our service is built with flexibility in mind. As a player of Destiny, you have a Bungie account that’s bound to your PSN ID or your Xbox LIVE Gamertag, instead of a specific generation of device."

As long as you use the same Bungie account linked to your PSN ID or your Xbox LIVE Gamertag, then you can safely retrieve your guardians across your consoles.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/07/18/bungie-confirms-that-destinys-guardians-will-be-transferable-across-next-old-gen-systems/



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Sixteenvolt420 on 19 July 2014

Cool feature, but i doubt i'll ever be playing anything other than the PS4 version.



plip.plop on 19 July 2014

If this game is a big as Bungie, and most gamers think it will be, this is going to make it hard for people who are still playing on PS3, and 360 to switch platforms in the current gen, effectively locking them in, if they are really into the game that is. I don't see why they could not offer cross platform save transfers like Rockstar did with GTA5. maybe in an update?



pbroy on 19 July 2014

That's actually pretty good shit. If I play on my Xbone, will I be able to transfer my character to my buddies 360 at their house? That's if I had a buddy. I really don't have any friends in real life.







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Veknoid_Outcast on 19 July 2014

Awesome news. I'm the only one of my friends who owns a PS4, but I want to play Destiny on that platform. Now, when (or if) they purchase a PS4, they'll have already built up strong characters that can be transferred from PS3 to PS4.

I'm really happy about this :)