Destiny will allow cross-generation player saves

Bungie is hoping to let Destiny players with an Xbox 360 and PS3 transfer their saved games to the Xbox One and PS4.

The developer doesn't want players to spend hours building up their characters only for all that effort to go to waste if they buy a new console.

"We're interested in making sure that last-gen character can move to next-gen," investment lead Tyson Green told Polygon.

"A lot of people are going to buy Destiny on PS3 or Xbox 360 and then get a PS4 for Christmas. Don't tell me I wasted those last 100 hours there. So we're really interested in supporting that.

"Our longer-term plans, I couldn't speak to right now. But we don't want to lock people in."

The latest gameplay trailer for Destiny has also been released, and you can watch that below.

Destiny launches 9 September for PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360.