With the uncertainty of exact release dates for Microsoft and Sonys next-generation of gaming consoles, many hardcore console gamers are forced to consider purchasing their favorite AAA blockbuster hits like Call of Duty or Battlefield twice this fall: once for either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, and then once again at a later date for the Xbox One or PlayStation 4.
For example, when Battlefield 4 first launches this October 29, it will only be available for the current-generation systems and PC. So, as a huge fan of the game, what do you do? Buy it on only one platform and skip the next-gen version, skip the current-gen version and wait for the next-gen release, or just buy both?
For some, the latter is an option, but for others, its out of the question. But for those who are planning on making the double purchase, will their stats, unlocks, ranking, and other things of the sort carry over from one console to the next?
I recently asked DICE General Manager and Vice President Karl-Magnus Troedsson this very question while I caught up with him at E3 2013.
Expecting a flat-out no, he told me that the studio actually
just started having this discussion, so this is not settled yet.*But we have heard that I dont know if this came from inside or outside of DICE but that is being discussed.
He added, however, that the decision might not be within their power to make. It might not be entirely up to us, he said. We have to wait and see how first-parties see this.
this game is crazy. I hate FPS but this one I'm actually having fun with it just seems realer, the gameplay is tighter. I tried the last couple COD games but wasn't feeling them at all. Prolly gonna get this on PS4 launch but my main question is how's online?
I'd been on Battlefield 3. It's crazy how much DICE fukked the guns up on BF3. They need to take it easy on BF4 
every time.
