Almost a decade after its debut on PS3 and Xbox 360, GTA V now comes to PS5 and Xbox Series optimized and with the possibility of transfer the data from your PS4 or Xbox One game to continue goofing around Los Santos with Michael, Franklin, or Trevor. Although this update will not be free, it must be remembered…
If you do not mind paying that extra or you plan to buy later the future physical edition of PS5 or Xbox Series planned for the month of April, then it will be convenient for you to know the steps to follow to keep your progress and know what set of limitations entails the transfer process for Grand Theft Auto V.
Data transfer in GTA V and restrictions
To begin with, according to the explanation provided by Rockstar Games days ago, you can transfer your game from both PS4 to PS5 and from Xbox One to Xbox Series, and even between different console platforms. What does this mean? That you can go from PS4 to Xbox Series or from Xbox One to PS5. Now, in any of these cases, migration can only be done once.
It is mandatory that still keep your original copy of GTA V to carry out this process, since it is not something automatic. Think of what Insomniac Games did with Marvel’s Spider-man on PS4, for example. It is imperative that you first launch the game from PS4 or Xbox One, depending on your chosen system, to first upload your game from there to the Rockstar Games Social Club, because this service is the one that will later manage your data to download them later on PS5 or Xbox Series.
The transfer process It’s simple, on the other hand. You have to go to the “Game” tab within the pause menu and from there select the new option “Upload saved game”. In relation to this, you should take into account the following:
- There can be no more than one saved game per platform
- Your game will be available to download for 90 days
And what about the data of GTA Online? In this case, the process will be enabled on March 15, the day of the video game launch. And here you have to make a nuance: migration includes “characters, progress, stats, vehicles, properties, weapons, clothing and user-created content”, but in relation to GTA$ only those you have earned will transfer regardless of platform; GTA$ that you have purchased will only transfer between the same family of consoles. That is, from PS4 to PS5 or from Xbox One to Xbox Series.