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PS4 & Xbox One 'Trade-Up' Program

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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)
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Can I go from 360 cod to ps4?
Penalty Box
May 12, 2011
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Rawker wrote: Can I go from 360 cod to ps4?
no at ebgames...fs doesn't do COD "trade up"

but u can go from madden 25 360 to ps4 at futureshop
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Great idea OP, was thinking about doing the same thing. I was under the impression you could upgrade BF/COD at Futureshop.. guess not. Guess I'll have to try EBGames.
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Yeah, as far as I know EB Games will only let you upgrade to the same product line. I thought Future Shop/Best Buy were doing the trade-up promotion too but it seems like they have limited to select sports titles.
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I traded a xbox version to PS4 version at EBgame XD
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chan1600 wrote: I traded a xbox version to PS4 version at EBgame XD
Which EB did you go to? The one I tried said no to 360 to PS4.
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Does the game have to be sealed for eb to let you upgrade?
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fluidmax wrote: Does the game have to be sealed for eb to let you upgrade?
No, that wouldn't make sense. It can be sealed but it doesn't matter.
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fluidmax wrote: Does the game have to be sealed for eb to let you upgrade?
ofcourse not lol

whats the point then?lol
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Are the xbox one games (AC4, BF4, and COD:G) out yet and available for the trade program?
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The deal is live starting today for Xbox One titles. Not all Xbox One games have been released, I was able to trade in two games. (BF4/CoD:G)

If you sign up for their rewards card, you will get an extra 5% for your trade-ins. After discount, was able to upgrade for 8$/game
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Yesterday I went to my local Future Shop and Best Buy. Both stores refused to acknowledge the existence of this "trade-in current-gen toward next-gen" program. I was mad as hell. They would only give me 15$ for BF4 (360).

Any of you have seen an official posting/page by Future shop or Best Buy for BF4? I'm glad I found the Fifa and Madden page posted by OP, but having a Battlefield 4 official mention somewhere would be quite helpful to me.
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3ti3nn3 wrote: Yesterday I went to my local Future Shop and Best Buy. Both stores refused to acknowledge the existence of this "trade-in current-gen toward next-gen" program. I was mad as hell. They would only give me 15$ for BF4 (360).

Any of you have seen an official posting/page by Future shop or Best Buy for BF4? I'm glad I found the Fifa and Madden page posted by OP, but having a Battlefield 4 official mention somewhere would be quite helpful to me.
I think they're only doing it with Sports games. Only their US stores are doing the other games.
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I also went to Ebgames yesterday and was able to trade PS3 AC4 to Xbox One AC4.

This was at the Bayview/Major Mac location.
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Do FS and BB need the receipt for the trade-up? Thx
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I thought the promo at EB was supposed to run until the end of December. Did they change it? I can't even find the promo in their site anymore.
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I called an EB last night and was told the promo was over. I went to Best Buy this morning to grab a couple of things and brought the game with me just in case. I tried but Customer Service told me that yesterday was the last day for the promo. Sounded like BS but they tried to cover saying the new flyer came out today even though it had nothing to do with the flyer.

I went to EB a few feet away to pick something up and tried it, just said I wanted to do the upgrade promo. The guy processed it for $10 no problem at all, no mention of the promo expiring or anything.
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kindred_99 wrote: I called an EB last night and was told the promo was over. I went to Best Buy this morning to grab a couple of things and brought the game with me just in case. I tried but Customer Service told me that yesterday was the last day for the promo. Sounded like BS but they tried to cover saying the new flyer came out today even though it had nothing to do with the flyer.

I went to EB a few feet away to pick something up and tried it, just said I wanted to do the upgrade promo. The guy processed it for $10 no problem at all, no mention of the promo expiring or anything.
seriously? was at an EB today, asked, guy said he thought it was over. I asked him to try, said it didn't work.

Now it appears I'm stuck with a 360 COD!
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