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6/16/2026 5:07:38 PM
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Steam crossplay with xbox linked to old version of same steam account

I've played on xbox forever; played on steam once but didn't want to re-buy everything so I put it away. Crossplay with my xbox worked just fine when I did play, at that time my steam acct was 'Broseph66'. Fast forward to now I bought the dlcs on steam for cheap and wanted to play on pc. I boot the game up and its started an entire new account. This is a new, separate bungie account linked to my steam profile 'broseph', which is my username now. I've never played on two accounts so these must be the same, and I cant change it in account linking settings. Anyone else had this issue?

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  • Hello there, Thank you for reaching out. What you described sounds less like your old Steam profile name causing it, and more like Destiny seeing a different Steam identity or a separate Bungie.net linkage. The important part is that Destiny tracks platform memberships/identities, not just the visible profile name. Steam/Xbox memberships are platform-specific, and Cross Save works by linking those identities and using one platform’s Destiny data as the override across the others. Also, changing your Steam profile/display name should not create a new Destiny account by itself. Steam display names are editable profile text, not the underlying credential/identity. If Cross Save is set up normally, adding a new Steam identity to the same Bungie.net profile should automatically add that Steam account into the Cross Save relationship so you can use your Xbox characters on PC. So if launching on Steam is giving you brand-new characters, the most likely explanation is one of these: you are signed into a different Steam account/credential than the one tied to your original Bungie.net setup, or that Steam account is linked to a separate Bungie.net profile that does not have your Xbox Cross Save setup on it. I would double-check the exact Steam account you’re logged into and compare it against the Steam identity linked on the Bungie.net profile that has your Xbox characters. The old display name vs. new display name by itself should not be the thing that split the account.

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