Earlier today, Activision revealed the first details of the next Call of Duty’s multiplayer mode, but publisher Electronic Arts doesn’t want you to forget about Battlefield 4, its major first-person shooter.
Battlefield 4 developer DICE announced today that it’s enabling players to carry over their stats from current-gen versions of the game to the next-gen installments. The game is due out Oct. 29 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. It’ll also release for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 later this year. Gamers planning to upgrade will not have to worry about losing their stats after sinking in some time with the game on their current-gen platforms.
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No transferring stats from Xbox 360 to PS4 or PS3 to Xbox One, but this is still better than nothing.
Microsoft separately revealed a program called Season Pass Guarantee that will ensure anyone who buys a downloadable-content season pass for a game like Battlefield 4 on Xbox 360 will automatically have access to the season pass on Xbox One.
It seems like publishers and platform owners are sensitive to all of the issues that might keep a gamer from upgrading, and they are taking steps to address those sticking points.