Last year, Rockstar Games announced GTA 5 and GTA Online for PS5 and Xbox Series X. At the time, the developer noticed that the pair was coming to the latest generation consoles in an “extended and improved” form. At the time of publication, it provided zero additional details about the ports and how they are being expanded and improved, but a new leak sent word about a feature that players can expect. Unfortunately, he is not a very interesting one, but he is one of the players who will be relieved to hear that they are working.
The word feature is the path of a recent one GTA Online update and, more specifically, the files for this update. With the update, Rockstar Games has added new files for character transfer. The files themselves – “CHasCharacterToTransferDecisionPage” – do not directly reveal anything too important, but this seems to suggest that Rockstar Games is working on a character transfer process when the game comes to PS5 and Xbox Series X. In other words, it sounds as if the players will not have to start from scratch with a brand new character and will rather be able to take their progress to the new cars.
While this may seem like an obvious feature, especially since the game made this PS4 and Xbox One, it was far from a guarantee. It would be very easy for Rockstar Games to force players to start over, as this could have more financial benefits than allowing players to transfer their character. Of course, this would be a big PR blunder, but it could justify the decision while hiding behind the “extended and improved” marketing slogan. That being said, it looks like Rockstar Games will avoid this trap and allow the transfer of characters.
For now, take everything here with a grain of salt, since everything here is leaked variety information and because it is related to some speculation.
At the time of publication, Rockstar Games did not comment on this leak in any way. If this changes, we will be sure to update the story with everything that is provided, important or not. In the meantime, for more coverage on GTA Online and all things about games – including not only all the latest news, but all the latest rumors and leaks – click here.
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