The Starfinder (SFRPG) brand has produced a huge amount of excellent adventure path and standalone module. I would say, to my humble opinion that this content is even superior to content found in Pathfinder 2 (PF2e) whose quality standards is already extremely High.
I haven't played Pathfinder 1 (PFRPG) , but I have seen lots of GM struggling in converting PFRPG adventure path to be able to run them in PF2e.
As we are early in the design phase of SF2e, I would like that the dev team to keep in mind the ability to convert former adventures to 2nd edition.
Providing,simple document with statsblock and loot for each AP/standalone module. Personally, I would willingly pay for them.
the Starfinder universe would be the same without a few of these scenario playable : Drift Hackers, Drift Crashers, Dead Sun, Attack of the swarm or even redshift Rally (for the example)
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Converting PF1 material to PF2 isn't that hard, there are multiple fan-made AP conversions out there already, and I'm running two PF1 APs while converting them on the fly to PF2. I suppose the same will hold true for SF1->SF2, and Paizo will follow the pattern of updating prior edition adventures only on occasions, such as it happened with Kingmaker and Kobold Crown Trilogy.
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My experience has been quite different. It takes quite a bit of effort due to having to build some monsters from scratch and setting appropriate DCs, but when you have a bit of experience with the system, it's very doable. PF2 built a sizable community around this, so by now you can also rely on other people's experience to help you. And even entire conversion guides on Infinite.
I doubt Paizo will do it, since it is a lot of work that doesn't promise a good return, but given what I've seen of the SF community so far, Starfinder Infinite will probably have you covered a few months after release.
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This is something that sounds more reasonable than it actually ends up being. When PF2 launched, there was a crowd-funded official conversion of Kingmaker, PF1's most popular adventure. (And, importantly, the only one to actually let a group fill in a section of the map themselves.)
The end result was good, but it hit some very hefty delays and sounds like it ended up being a lot of extra work for some of the team members.
A fan conversion can just say, "Use these monsters, and the standard DC tables!" If Paizo does it, they have a higher level of quality they need to maintain, which involves very similar work to developing an adventure from scratch.
This is just my impression, though, and I might have some details off by a bit.
Converting treasure and gear seems like the hardest part.
Converting treasure and gear seems like the hardest part.
It absolutely is, which is why many people will just not do it for the vast majority of items. Instead, you replace anything that isn't necessary for the story with something that makes sense and is roughly within the loot guidelines. That saves you a lot of hassle for something the players won't even notice.
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Converting Jade Regent to 2e has been pretty easy for most part, but I don't really see benefit of converting Starfinder 1e to 2e since it mostly works as written, compared to how Jade Regent has bunch of scenes that don't work as written in 1e, but work in intended way in 2e in comparison :'D (mostly the mook encounters)
I'd definitely like to see an official ruleset for converting SF1E characters and monsters to SF2E. My play group has $hundreds in investment in rulebooks and many hours in character creation in SF1E.
Fan aids are nice, but it's kinda chaos and they're likely to be done by enthusiasts and all over the place in terms of quality and with lots of potential to break game balance.
As was mentioned, the hardest part of converting the adventure is the specific loot that the adventure gives out.
The creatures used as enemies just have to be rebuilt to be within the bounds set in the Building Creatures tables - which are published officially by Paizo.
Personally, I would run the converted campaign with ABP and a loot->currency->items homebrew variant like a 'requisition system' and just remove the loot from the campaign entirely. That part may be of low quality, but you can always compare the characters to the Wealth by Level tables (which again are published officially) and make adjustments if needed.