The console "First Party" has to allow such things. That means that XBox and Playstation have to be onboard with the idea. This is not currently the case, per speculation.
Edit: Actually, I am now recalling that Lambert said this on his stream, so not speculation.
kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
Because each console and PC ecosystem is siloed off from one another, the logistics of allowing transfers would be immense.
Just off the top of my head, you have to deal with:
- Account names: If the person transferring from PC to Xbox has the same username, who is forced to change? Xbox usernames are account names for the xbox, not the game. But what if it is a longtime, well known PC player? That decision could drive people away from the game.
- Character names: 18 of them potentially. Again, who would be forced to change their character names.
- Gold Economy: Much easier to amass tons of gold on PC compared to console. What would prevent a player from transferring to console under the sole purpose of flooding the market with their gold stores?
kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
DMuehlhausen wrote: »PCs you can just by logging in, but yes as they said there are technical and agreement issues among Sony, Xbox for allowing it.
Ragnarok0130 wrote: »kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
It is possible to transfer between megaservers since ZoS allowed PC players to transfer to console at console ESO launch in 2015. https://eip.gg/eso/news/transfer-your-elder-scrolls-online-account-to-console/
Regardless of if you play on PSN or Xbox your Zenimax account and all of your data is stored on ZoS’ servers which is why we could transfer to console in the first place. There are likely other reasons ZoS isn’t allowing this basic player first functionality which most likely comes down to pleasing business partners (MS/Sony) as well as wanting current PC transfers to rebuy all of their nice crown store items they had on console.
Ragnarok0130 wrote: »kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
It is possible to transfer between megaservers since ZoS allowed PC players to transfer to console at console ESO launch in 2015. https://eip.gg/eso/news/transfer-your-elder-scrolls-online-account-to-console/
Regardless of if you play on PSN or Xbox your Zenimax account and all of your data is stored on ZoS’ servers which is why we could transfer to console in the first place. There are likely other reasons ZoS isn’t allowing this basic player first functionality which most likely comes down to pleasing business partners (MS/Sony) as well as wanting current PC transfers to rebuy all of their nice crown store items they had on console.
Ragnarok0130 wrote: »kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
It is possible to transfer between megaservers since ZoS allowed PC players to transfer to console at console ESO launch in 2015. https://eip.gg/eso/news/transfer-your-elder-scrolls-online-account-to-console/
Regardless of if you play on PSN or Xbox your Zenimax account and all of your data is stored on ZoS’ servers which is why we could transfer to console in the first place. There are likely other reasons ZoS isn’t allowing this basic player first functionality which most likely comes down to pleasing business partners (MS/Sony) as well as wanting current PC transfers to rebuy all of their nice crown store items they had on console.
Transfer to console was a one off migration to an empty database. It would not be a pleasant wxperience trying to merge data from different db let alone all the other reasons mentioned above
Ragnarok0130 wrote: »kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
It is possible to transfer between megaservers since ZoS allowed PC players to transfer to console at console ESO launch in 2015. https://eip.gg/eso/news/transfer-your-elder-scrolls-online-account-to-console/
Regardless of if you play on PSN or Xbox your Zenimax account and all of your data is stored on ZoS’ servers which is why we could transfer to console in the first place. There are likely other reasons ZoS isn’t allowing this basic player first functionality which most likely comes down to pleasing business partners (MS/Sony) as well as wanting current PC transfers to rebuy all of their nice crown store items they had on console.
Out of curiosity does anyone know why account’s can’t be transferred to different consoles/PC ?
Ragnarok0130 wrote: »kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
It is possible to transfer between megaservers since ZoS allowed PC players to transfer to console at console ESO launch in 2015. https://eip.gg/eso/news/transfer-your-elder-scrolls-online-account-to-console/.
Agree, most likely an account is spread out over multiple tables, account with account info, bank, achievements, houses and so on, characters with their stats and items also quest status and stuff done.kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
Out of curiosity does anyone know why account’s can’t be transferred to different consoles/PC ?
The general reason is stated by Zenimax. They have chosen not to build the tool required for transferring such information from one server to another live server and have never done so.
As for the reason for that decision, one can only speculate. However, since building such a tool is not difficult and Zenimax could generate revenue from such an offering it would seem there is a strong reason that prevents Zenimax from considering such an offering.
The most likely culprit is a term in the contract with at least one of their business partners and Zenimax does not feel it is worth renegotiating that term or is not willing to give up what would be needed to do so.
Again, we can only speculate on such matters but ti does seem this decision has stood the test of time and will not change anytime soon.Ragnarok0130 wrote: »kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
It is possible to transfer between megaservers since ZoS allowed PC players to transfer to console at console ESO launch in 2015. https://eip.gg/eso/news/transfer-your-elder-scrolls-online-account-to-console/.
This was for transferring to a server that was not live. Zenimax has not done what OP is asking for since all servers are live now.
There are other considerations that need to be taken into account when the server is live, which requires a more extensive tool to handle the work which Zenimax has said they do not plan to build as I inferred in the comment above.
Merges will put two servers onto one, increasing over population problems during events and releases.I really do hope one day zenimax does put the work in and merge or allow transfers. Merging would be the best option. There's so many players out there and all of us can only play with a fraction of it
Ragnarok0130 wrote: »kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
It is possible to transfer between megaservers since ZoS allowed PC players to transfer to console at console ESO launch in 2015. https://eip.gg/eso/news/transfer-your-elder-scrolls-online-account-to-console/.
I_killed_Vivec wrote: »Out of curiosity does anyone know why account’s can’t be transferred to different consoles/PC ?
The general reason is stated by Zenimax. They have chosen not to build the tool required for transferring such information from one server to another live server and have never done so.
As for the reason for that decision, one can only speculate. However, since building such a tool is not difficult and Zenimax could generate revenue from such an offering it would seem there is a strong reason that prevents Zenimax from considering such an offering.
The most likely culprit is a term in the contract with at least one of their business partners and Zenimax does not feel it is worth renegotiating that term or is not willing to give up what would be needed to do so.
Again, we can only speculate on such matters but ti does seem this decision has stood the test of time and will not change anytime soon.Ragnarok0130 wrote: »kringled_1 wrote: »Even without the console manufacturer in the picture, they still can't do it. There are no transfers between pc/NA and pc/EU. My belief is that character and account data are stored in a fashion that does not allow for an easy transfer, and that zos has chosen not to put in the work required to develop a tool to make it possible.
I hear you.
If I am not mistaken though im pretty sure they allowed people that played eso on stadia to transfer there accounts to PC.
I think what the previous person before you said may be correct,. They probably need all gaming platforms to agree.
The Stadia accounts were already stored on the target megaserver. They were already on the PC megaserver, so they did not have to transfer. What ZOS did was allow games purchased from Stadia to be active without Stadia, basically giving these people credit for purchasing the game so they would not have to purchase it again.
It is possible to transfer between megaservers since ZoS allowed PC players to transfer to console at console ESO launch in 2015. https://eip.gg/eso/news/transfer-your-elder-scrolls-online-account-to-console/.
This was for transferring to a server that was not live. Zenimax has not done what OP is asking for since all servers are live now.
There are other considerations that need to be taken into account when the server is live, which requires a more extensive tool to handle the work which Zenimax has said they do not plan to build as I inferred in the comment above.
One speculation is the obvious contractual binds that apply between the 3. Any switch between platforms will hurt one and benefit another. Imagine if you could switch between XBox and PSx...
Because each console and PC ecosystem is siloed off from one another, the logistics of allowing transfers would be immense.
Just off the top of my head, you have to deal with:
- Account names: If the person transferring from PC to Xbox has the same username, who is forced to change? Xbox usernames are account names for the xbox, not the game. But what if it is a longtime, well known PC player? That decision could drive people away from the game.
- Character names: 18 of them potentially. Again, who would be forced to change their character names.
- Gold Economy: Much easier to amass tons of gold on PC compared to console. What would prevent a player from transferring to console under the sole purpose of flooding the market with their gold stores?