Cross Platform, Transferring Accounts, or Logging in on any Platform with your Account?

Duke_Falcon

I genuinely love this game but there is no way in hell I'm going to restart all over on a new platform. Any hope of Transferring Accounts to other Platforms, or Logging in on any Platform with your Account? These would be awesome additions to an already awesome game.

TaSheen

The devs have always indicated that wasn't going to happen. That could change in future, but it might not be something that would be "quick" or "soon".

valenwood_vegan

To be a little more specific, iirc they've said that there is currently no way to transfer accounts between the different server databases, that doing so involves significant technical challenges, and that they currently have no plans to announce regarding any work being done on this issue. I honestly can't remember the last time we got a dev response though - I mean it certainly could be something they're quietly working on in the background. But I agree with TaSheen that it wouldn't be something that's going to happen soon.

TaSheen

valenwood_vegan wrote: »

To be a little more specific, iirc they've said that there is currently no way to transfer accounts between the different server databases, that doing so involves significant technical challenges, and that they currently have no plans to announce regarding any work being done on this issue. I honestly can't remember the last time we got a dev response though - I mean it certainly could be something they're quietly working on in the background. But I agree with TaSheen that it wouldn't be something that's going to happen soon.

Yeah, it's been a long time - and apparently was in a stream (which someone posted about here on the forum IIRC) which I don't watch, so I only know what was said after on here.

Nharimlur_Finor

valenwood_vegan wrote: »

To be a little more specific, iirc they've said that there is currently no way to transfer accounts between the different server databases, that doing so involves significant technical challenges, and that they currently have no plans to announce regarding any work being done on this issue.

Duplicate character names.

ESO_player123

Besides, can you imagine if something goes wrong with this? The PTS spring fiasco comes to mind (along with how much time it took to sort out).

SkaiFaith

I'm on XBOX EU and with all that I've invested I'm not starting over elsewhere from scratch. I would LOVE for this to happen OP, I agree.

But I think you will see soon enough, even here, someone type (and it's totally their right) - "ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT I HAVE PURCHASED THE SAME RADIANT APEX/ASSISTANTS/HOMES ON ALL MY 6 ACCOUNTS AND I COULD HAVE SAVED MYSELF ALL THAT EXPENSE?!?!?!?!?!"

So... I don't think it would be easy to manage, in many ways.

LunaFlora

would be lovely but doubt it'll happen

Unfadingsilence

Duke_Falcon wrote: »

I genuinely love this game but there is no way in hell I'm going to restart all over on a new platform. Any hope of Transferring Accounts to other Platforms, or Logging in on any Platform with your Account? These would be awesome additions to an already awesome game.

I honestly thought the same thing but TBH it's really easy now back in the day before EXP scrolls and so on 100% would never have done it but today I play on all platforms I started on xbox NA I've got 1856 CP went to EU 680 CP went to PC NA 1900 CP now on EU 280 CP and Playstation NA 600 CP the hardest part if crafting and it's not hard it's just long getting all the traits done and researched

katanagirl1

Unfadingsilence wrote: »

Duke_Falcon wrote: »

I genuinely love this game but there is no way in hell I'm going to restart all over on a new platform. Any hope of Transferring Accounts to other Platforms, or Logging in on any Platform with your Account? These would be awesome additions to an already awesome game.

I honestly thought the same thing but TBH it's really easy now back in the day before EXP scrolls and so on 100% would never have done it but today I play on all platforms I started on xbox NA I've got 1856 CP went to EU 680 CP went to PC NA 1900 CP now on EU 280 CP and Playstation NA 600 CP the hardest part if crafting and it's not hard it's just long getting all the traits done and researched

If this were everything then it wouldn’t be too bad, but things like achievements take a while to redo, especially if you have 10 years worth of them. Also all my Crown houses would be lost and all Crown furnishings. All the style pages and furnishing plans would be lost as well, and I have a significant number of them learned. At this point it would not be worth it to me to restart, given how the direction of the game has currently been going.

Duke_Falcon

I know PC players who transferred their accounts to Play Station. It seems completely feasible to do. I suspect a predicted loss of revenue is what makes them hesitate, but I would rather stop playing altogether before I start a new account all over again, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.

fizl101

Duke_Falcon wrote: »

I know PC players who transferred their accounts to Play Station. It seems completely feasible to do. I suspect a predicted loss of revenue is what makes them hesitate, but I would rather stop playing altogether before I start a new account all over again, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.

That happened on an empty database though, before console went live

Duke_Falcon

It still seems completely feasible to do.

virtus753

Duke_Falcon wrote: »

It still seems completely feasible to do.

They have said they would need to create a new tool to do this on populated servers. They have acknowledged it's possible for them to create that tool. They have also said repeatedly they do not have plans to do so.

As with many things, there are probably multiple factors here about which we can only speculate. There may be significant roadblocks beyond the technical. And while each issue may be surmountable theoretically, how feasible it is to get past all of them is not something we can accurately access with how little info we have.

notyuu

Can they do it? Yes
Will they do it? No
Why? The ungodly amount of technical issues that could come about from implementing this, even in a best case scenario would be nightmarish to deal with, leaving it a high risk no reward investment on zos dude if things

Tandor

virtus753 wrote: »

Duke_Falcon wrote: »

It still seems completely feasible to do.

They have said they would need to create a new tool to do this on populated servers. They have acknowledged it's possible for them to create that tool. They have also said repeatedly they do not have plans to do so.

As with many things, there are probably multiple factors here about which we can only speculate. There may be significant roadblocks beyond the technical. And while each issue may be surmountable theoretically, how feasible it is to get past all of them is not something we can accurately access with how little info we have.

There are probably contractual issues, why would the console platform providers agree to their customers being poached for ZOS's PC servers, especially as it would be a one-way move with console players going to PC and not vice versa.

It would also leave the console servers even emptier, with not everyone wanting or able to move to PC, and the PC servers would be overloaded while it's not as if they don't have performance issues under the current load as it is.

Finally, there's the bottom line, as always. Would the extra revenue made/retained by allowing platform transfers be sufficient to make overcoming all the technical, legal, and other hurdles financially viable?