Don’t expect to transfer your GTA 5 progress to PS5 or Xbox Series X from PC
GTA 5 and its standalone multiplayer component GTA Online have launched for PS5 and Xbox Series X. While many PS4 and Xbox One players will be looking to transfer their story mode and Online progression to next-gen consoles, PC players won’t have so much luck.
In the run-up to GTA 5’s next-gen launch, Rockstar confirmed that players would be able to transfer their current GTA Online characters to the new systems through a one-time migration. That transfer was temporarily disrupted during launch, as a short-lived bug prevented players from migrating their PS4 and Xbox One profiles to next-gen consoles if they had previously migrated those accounts to PC.
Rockstar support identified the issue on Twitter in the hours after the game’s launch, before confirming the bug had been resolved.
“The issue blocking GTA Online profile migration of PS4 and Xbox One accounts that were previously migrated to PC has been addressed, and that migration is now working as intended,” the official Rockstar Support account tweeted.
However, in the same tweet, it confirmed that “GTA Online profiles on PC cannot be migrated to PS5 or Xbox Series X/S.” That means if you’ve been enjoying GTA 5 with a mouse and keyboard for the past few years, you won’t be able to transfer your Online progress to next-gen consoles.
A blog post on the Rockster support website also confirms the game's story mode progression can't be transferred from PC to PS5 or Xbox Series X.
If you’re thinking of picking up the latest version of the game, you’ll have to start its multiplayer from scratch or continue playing the PC version.
The issue blocking GTA Online profile migration of PS4 and Xbox One accounts that were previously migrated to PC has been addressed, and that migration
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