Sony is apparently the reason why "Destiny 2" can not have character transfer or cross backup

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destiny Players are already not very fans of Sony, thanks in part to an exclusive five-year deal, which restricts the content of Xbox and PC players and worsens this restricted content even for its readers. own players (no Xur sales, no Nightfalls, etc. exclusively). But now, new information indicates that Sony could stand in the way of the only thing destiny players have been asking for a few years.

destiny oracle of Jason Schreier mentioned on Kotaku Splitscreen podcast this week, during his conversations with Bungie employees, they indicated that they wanted to perform character transfers on the PC, Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game, but that Sony was the one who intervened and vetoed the concept. .

Needless to say, this is also why we can not get cross-save and cross-advance because your progress on PS4 is transferred to PC and vice versa because it's an extremely similar concept and Sony would probably object. well.

Sony was previously responsible for the reason why many other Switch / Xbox / PC games could not have a cross-game / cross-back with PS4, and it took a whole army of Fortnite The fans and the direct pressure exerted by Epic to finally bring Sony to fold in cross play on PS4 for this match.

Players are now wondering why Bungie is not doing the same thing with Sony, does not allow character transfer and cross progression between Xbox and PC, and lets the pressure rise on Sony's community.

As I already mentioned, the relationship between Bungie and Sony is complicated. This agreement is ongoing, which means that PlayStation has paid Activision and / or Bungie a substantial sum for these exclusive items. It also means that it is Sony that is doing a lot of promotion for Destiny in commercials, time spent on E3 or on console. bundles. They just can not start throwing sand in their faces.

It is unclear at this time whether the relationship between Sony and Bungie will continue as a result of Activision's split, but Bungie needs more promotion and more money than ever, now that they do not. have more support from companies, so it's quite possible that Bungie will continue this deal as long as Sony wants. The fact that the agreement exists at all is in itself an obstacle to cross-reading or reciprocal backup, since you encounter tricky situations such as, for example, Sony's exclusive weapons or armor in your loading being disabled when you start your PS4 character on a PC. .

The reason advanced Sony not to lose the reason is that they do not "trust" other platforms to offer PS players the experience gained by Sony and the PSN. In fact, it is now doubtful, because Sony has a considerable advantage in terms of platform sales for this generation of consoles, and they have the power of the snowball effect. destiny On PlayStation, when you're thinking about getting a new console, you'll choose a PlayStation to use it. Nintendo, as a Nintendo, plugs in completely, and Microsoft, perhaps a little more cynically, adopts the approach "everyone should be just friends," largely because she had to massively lose this generation in terms of sales and can only win from this arrangement. The roles could easily be reversed in this situation, but they are not and Sony remains the bad guy. As they should be.

I've been dying to play destiny on PC since Destiny 2 arrived there, and while I played a game of vanilla with a character, it is literally impossible to divide the time between the platforms. I can hardly handle three characters on the console, but I can not add a fourth, a fifth or a sixth on a PC, to follow the new content. That's why I just do not play there, even if I'd like to jump on it. from time to time, or even go to my main one. But without character transfer or cross-backup, I absolutely can not leave 800 hours on console.

Like everything with the relationship Sony / Bungie, it sucks. Since Sony is known to break with enough pressure, I do not mean that will happen one day, but Bungie is not Epic and the Destiny fanbase is not 200 million Fortnite players, so the situation is a bit different. Yet, yuck.

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destiny Players are already not very fans of Sony, thanks in part to an exclusive five-year deal, which restricts the content of Xbox and PC players and worsens this restricted content even for its readers. own players (no Xur sales, no Nightfalls, etc. exclusively). But now, new information indicates that Sony could stand in the way of the only thing destiny players have been asking for a few years.

destiny Oracle Jason Schreier mentioned it in the Kotaku Splitscreen podcast this week. During his conversations with Bungie employees, they indicated that they actually wanted to perform character transfers between PC, Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game in and veto the concept.

Needless to say, this is also why we can not get cross-save and cross-advance because your progress on PS4 is transferred to PC and vice versa because it's an extremely similar concept and Sony would probably object. well.

Sony was previously responsible for the reason why many other Switch / Xbox / PC games could not have a cross-game / cross-back with PS4, and it took a whole army of Fortnite The fans and the direct pressure exerted by Epic to finally bring Sony to fold in cross play on PS4 for this match.

Players are now wondering why Bungie is not doing the same thing with Sony, does not allow character transfer and cross progression between Xbox and PC, and lets the pressure rise on Sony's community.

As I already mentioned, the relationship between Bungie and Sony is complicated. This agreement is ongoing, which means that PlayStation has paid Activision and / or Bungie a substantial sum for these exclusive items. It also means that it is Sony that is doing a lot of promotion for Destiny in commercials, time spent on E3 or on console. bundles. They just can not start throwing sand in their faces.

It is unclear at this time whether the relationship between Sony and Bungie will continue as a result of Activision's split, but Bungie needs more promotion and more money than ever, now that they do not. have more support from companies, so it's quite possible that Bungie will continue this deal as long as Sony wants. The fact that the agreement exists at all is in itself an obstacle to cross-reading or reciprocal backup, since you encounter tricky situations such as, for example, Sony's exclusive weapons or armor in your loading being disabled when you start your PS4 character on a PC. .

The reason advanced Sony not to lose the reason is that they do not "trust" other platforms to offer PS players the experience gained by Sony and the PSN. In fact, it is now doubtful, because Sony has a considerable advantage in terms of platform sales for this generation of consoles, and they have the power of the snowball effect. destiny On PlayStation, when you're thinking about getting a new console, you'll choose a PlayStation to use it. Nintendo, as a Nintendo, plugs in completely, and Microsoft, perhaps a little more cynically, adopts the approach "everyone should be just friends," largely because she had to massively lose this generation in terms of sales and can only win from this arrangement. The roles could easily be reversed in this situation, but they are not and Sony remains the bad guy. As they should be.

I've been dying to play destiny on PC since Destiny 2 arrived there, and while I played a game of vanilla with a character, it is literally impossible to divide the time between the platforms. I can hardly handle three characters on the console, but I can not add a fourth, a fifth or a sixth on a PC, to follow the new content. That's why I just do not play there, even if I'd like to jump on it. from time to time, or even go to my main one. But without character transfer or cross-backup, I absolutely can not leave 800 hours on console.

Like everything with the relationship Sony / Bungie, it sucks. Since Sony is known to break with enough pressure, I do not mean that will happen one day, but Bungie is not Epic and the Destiny fanbase is not 200 million Fortnite players, so the situation is a bit different. Yet, yuck.

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