PS4 & Xbox One 'Trade-Up' Program
There have been lot's of talk of these upgrade programs which will allow gamers to play the latest games without holding out until the next generation of consoles drop. Below are a list of participating retailers as well as information for upgrading through PSN.
On the PS3/PS4, with specially marked games you will be able to do a digital upgrade. By putting the PS3 disc in the PS4, you will be able to download a digital version of the game for only $10.00 The only downside to this is that you will have to have the PS3 version of the game in your console while you are playing the digital version of the PS4 game. An upside of this is that every PS4 will come with a $10 voucher which will let you essentially upgrade one of your games for free. Supported games: BF4, AC4, CoD:G. Click for more details
Discount: If you sign up for their new EDGE rewards card(not to be confused with their old EDGE card), You can get an extra 5% towards trade-ins. It's free to sign up and it takes about three minutes at the register. After this discount, you will be effectively upgrading for $8.00/per game
Confirmed:
EB Games[Expires: 12/31/13)]
conditions: It appears they will let you upgrade for $9.99***. There is no information on whether the current-gen version has to be purchased from their store. Also no mention(as far as I can see) of proof of purchase being required. It seems like the game can be open. It seems like people have been having luck upgrading their games albeit with some discrepancies from the actual promotion(getting charged 15 instead of 10)(conditions apply)*
Best Buy (US?)
conditions: BestBuy.ca does seem to have a trade-up promotion with select games. Fifa 14, Madden 25 (conditions apply**)
Future Shop
conditions: Same as Best Buy, it seems they are doing the promotion with select games. Fifa 14, Madden 25(conditions apply**)
Unconfirmed:
Amazon (US?)
Microsoft Store (US?)
No information:
Walmart
*At EB Games, you can only upgrade within the same brand/product line.(ie: Xbox360 CoD > XboxOne CoD)
**At Future Shop or Best Buy it seems that you can trade in an Xbox 360 version and upgrade to the PS4 version as they give you a credit towards the next-gen version of the game.(Unconfirmed)
***Eligible games include Call of Duty: Ghosts, FIFA Soccer 14, Battlefield 4, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch Dogs?(delayed)
On the PS3/PS4, with specially marked games you will be able to do a digital upgrade. By putting the PS3 disc in the PS4, you will be able to download a digital version of the game for only $10.00 The only downside to this is that you will have to have the PS3 version of the game in your console while you are playing the digital version of the PS4 game. An upside of this is that every PS4 will come with a $10 voucher which will let you essentially upgrade one of your games for free. Supported games: BF4, AC4, CoD:G. Click for more details
Discount: If you sign up for their new EDGE rewards card(not to be confused with their old EDGE card), You can get an extra 5% towards trade-ins. It's free to sign up and it takes about three minutes at the register. After this discount, you will be effectively upgrading for $8.00/per game
Confirmed:
EB Games[Expires: 12/31/13)]
conditions: It appears they will let you upgrade for $9.99***. There is no information on whether the current-gen version has to be purchased from their store. Also no mention(as far as I can see) of proof of purchase being required. It seems like the game can be open. It seems like people have been having luck upgrading their games albeit with some discrepancies from the actual promotion(getting charged 15 instead of 10)(conditions apply)*
Best Buy (US?)
conditions: BestBuy.ca does seem to have a trade-up promotion with select games. Fifa 14, Madden 25 (conditions apply**)
Future Shop
conditions: Same as Best Buy, it seems they are doing the promotion with select games. Fifa 14, Madden 25(conditions apply**)
Unconfirmed:
Amazon (US?)
Microsoft Store (US?)
No information:
Walmart
*At EB Games, you can only upgrade within the same brand/product line.(ie: Xbox360 CoD > XboxOne CoD)
**At Future Shop or Best Buy it seems that you can trade in an Xbox 360 version and upgrade to the PS4 version as they give you a credit towards the next-gen version of the game.(Unconfirmed)
***Eligible games include Call of Duty: Ghosts, FIFA Soccer 14, Battlefield 4, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch Dogs?(delayed)