Defiance is in Development for Current Generation Hardware

[Bentu]

On the subject of cross over content, having bought 3 of each edition of the game I wouldn't be buying it all again.
Personally I feel it would show the community some loyalty if they allowed at least one character cross over.
I know many people have multiple toons full of gear but sonethings better than nothing.

[jay ellis]

If they cant bring my toon and inventory to PS4 can they just give me Kon's inventory instead? I'd be OK with that.
Really though, it looks like they are saying this will be a new version of the old game, which I'm reading as "start over".
Also, isn't PS5 coming in a year or so? Are we gonna be one step behind again?

[BarrySciFi]

Please remember (and I realize the nature and differences) that Blizzard did allow people to port over their diablo 3 and diablo 3:RoS accounts from x360/ps3 to next gen and even had it setup to do x360 -> ps4 and ps3 -> xbone. We may luck out and they've already shown that it is possible to capture toons and transfer them over (even if it was jenky at times) to pts. I'd like to stay as optimistic about this as possible.

Agree 100 percent, Kon. They may or may not charge a fee, but I feel pretty confident that we will get our characters ported over. Those few of us that have dumped money into this game are the reason the game is still alive and kicking almost 5 years on. Wouldn’t be a smart move to severely alienate your high-paying customers...

[Cygnus]

Everything right now is just supposition since Trion is keeping everything close to their vest. However if there is one thing that you can count on is that accounts WILL NOT be transferred to any new version of the game because it makes no sense financially to do it. Porting over people's accounts/inventories not only gives them less incentive to spend money it also alienates new customers who show up at launch and find themselves at an immediate disadvantage. The most that I would expect would be an exclusive title for people who make the jump and possibly an extra 10% off of at the bit store during the first week of the launch. Obviously I hope that I'm wrong but even if Trion somehow manages to fix this mess so it can be ported to next-gen be prepared to start over from scratch.

They said exactly that, but would not confirm it this year and i can not locate where it was said. They also have a history of editing out what they don't want and rewriting. They have gone back on things that they said would never happen in the past.

But like kon said, remaining positive. No sense getting updet over something we dont know yet. Also, don't spend any more money till they confirm or deny this, its the best way to protect yourself from disappointment. It would be heartbreaking to buy, upgrade, mod and master and find out it was not going to be able to transfer. Might also force them to make a decision and inform us HERE!!

[Kalizaar]

Woohoo! Can't wait to play on my PS4!

[Alahali]

Newbies again?, oh those times ...

[richardkrainium]

we are forgetting one thing here. the game may be going to the new consoles , but it isnt doing anything but upgrading on the pc. so why should the console players get kicked in the crotch when it come to chrs and the pc players get to continue on their same accounts

[Chump Norris]

Trion it would be a good idea to stick your head in here and say you'll be working on a way to let us transfer characters to nextgen, I say this because people aren't going to be as willing to spend much on the current Defiance knowing a nextgen version is coming and they'll be starting over.

[Fist of Life]

i would like to see them move to new consoles, but also want to be able to bring all my weapons with

[Zer0Playr]

Please remember (and I realize the nature and differences) that Blizzard did allow people to port over their diablo 3 and diablo 3:RoS accounts from x360/ps3 to next gen and even had it setup to do x360 -> ps4 and ps3 -> xbone. We may luck out and they've already shown that it is possible to capture toons and transfer them over (even if it was jenky at times) to pts. I'd like to stay as optimistic about this as possible.

You forgot one thing: Diablo 3 was a paid game. I have PS3 version of D3RoS and it is simply terrible because of the hacked items in the game. About Defiance, it is a F2P/P2W, dunno anymore. If Trion doesn't allow the port, the game will simply die. People won't create a new char in PS4 and start over. In my case: I put a lot of money here and I don't want to hear from the devs that port won't be possible. I don't mind to buy the game if it will be needed, but I will if I can't grab my toon and my hard-earned stuff!