Buy Destiny for PS3 or 360 and get it free on PS4/Xbone

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**Ahtman**

Delicious Sauce

The wait is almost over: Destiny, former Halo-developer Bungie's ambitious shooter, releases this coming Tuesday. If you're holding out on it because you don't have a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, though, there's no reason. Bungie has announced that should you purchase the game for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, until next January 15th you're eligible for a free upgrade to a current-gen digital copy. That's as long as you within the console family you bought the game for originally. Meaning, if you buy the game for PS3 you'll get a download of it on PS4, gratis. Any extra content like season passes will carry over too -- just like your character's progress and gear.

This goes way beyond what we saw a handful of titles offer around this time last year in a few different ways. For starters, this costs 100 percent less than the upgrade program for, say, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag or Call of Duty: Ghosts did. The other thing is that you won't have to start from scratch (regardless of how many hours you've invested) when you jump to new hardware; Bungie is making the transition as painless as possible.

**Frankenberry**

If I remember correctly BF4 did the same thing, unsure if other games have done something similar.

Either way, this is pretty cool.

**Chemical Cutthroat**

It is excellent news for those of us that don't yet have the new fancy hotboxes, but still really want to play Destiny. I'll be picking it up for the 360 for sure.

We got a thread going somewhere for all the people who are diving in on various consoles so we can link up when launch happens?

**Kanluwen**

Frankenberry wrote:
If I remember correctly BF4 did the same thing, unsure if other games have done something similar.

Either way, this is pretty cool.

What it refers to is that you did not get the games free, but rather you got it at a discounted price.

Call of Duty Ghosts, Battlefield 4, and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag all did it.

**gunslingerpro**

Dammit, I think I my wallet just died.

And I was resisting so well.

**infinite_array**

Well, I'm still screwed. I want a PS4 but have a 360.

**Pael**

I wish it worked the other way too....

**Ahtman**

infinite_array wrote:
Well, I'm still screwed. I want a PS4 but have a 360.

I'm having that same issue tbh.

**Manchu**

Ahtman, just wait to get Destiny on your PS4.

Good choice btw.

**PhantomViper**

I got the 360 version.

I'm also having way more fun with this game than I was initially expecting!

**Boyofdestiny205**

Just to be clear, cause I almost made this mistake, you have to buy the digital copy on your PS3/Xbox 360 to get the free digital upgrade to the PS4/Xbone. Dont go and buy it from a store and expect the free upgrade or you're gonna have a bad time.

**gunslingerpro**

Boyofdestiny205 wrote:
Just to be clear, cause I almost made this mistake, you have to buy the digital copy on your PS3/Xbox 360 to get the free digital upgrade to the PS4/Xbone. Dont go and buy it from a store and expect the free upgrade or you're gonna have a bad time.

Thanks for posting this. Had to cancel my Amazon order.

**Boyofdestiny205**

gunslingerpro wrote:
Boyofdestiny205 wrote:
Just to be clear, cause I almost made this mistake, you have to buy the digital copy on your PS3/Xbox 360 to get the free digital upgrade to the PS4/Xbone. Dont go and buy it from a store and expect the free upgrade or you're gonna have a bad time.

Thanks for posting this. Had to cancel my Amazon order.

No worries mate.