Remember when Sony increased the storage space available for PlayStation Plus cloud saves from 10GB to 100GB? We were pretty overjoyed, especially seeing as the previous limit was paltry. Unfortunately, there are further restrictions in place: you can store a maximum of 1,000 files, as discovered by Twitter user Dizzy_Ziddy.
While this sounds like a lot, it’s perhaps worth remembering that some games create multiple save files per campaign – and in the case of mammoth RPGs, the number can run into the tens and even hundreds. As a result, you may hit that file cap quicker than you think – although the fact that this is only just becoming common knowledge suggests it’s less likely than you may initially think.
Still, even if it’s unlikely, our view is that the Japanese giant needs to make cloud saves as unrestrictive as possible. This is a pivotal part of the console experience now, and it can be great for backups and moving between different devices seamlessly. The storage increase was great, but let’s rally to get the other restrictions removed, too.
[source twitter.com, via kotaku.com]
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I hit that limit a few months ago. Had a whole exchange with the Ask Playstation twitter account about it. Kinda assumed it was common knowledge I'd somehow missed. Obviously not.
You'll be amazed how many people don't delete unused files, especially from trials and betas.
I predict this may increase as well next gen. Improvements through the years.
Can't see myself ever hitting that limit... although I don't have PS Plus as I prefer to just make local backups and store them on Google Drive.
@AdamNovice Why would anyone ever delete a save file. They are usually tiny and you might want to go back to them if you buy the full game.
Which games create hundreds of save files?
I will never hit that limit because I still backup locally for now anyway, i hardly ever use the cloud backup feature.
@Ryall Because some games people don't go back to. Plus betas and trials aren't needed either. It's just basic housekeeping.
I forgot about the increase to 100GB. Is that just for PS4 or is it shared across PS3 and PS Vita?...
I ask because I have 16.68GB of saved data on my PS4 (all of which is backed up via auto-upload) yet on the PS+ screen it says only 9% of cloud saves are used.
Part of the discrepancy will be SingStar and SingStar Celebration which share the same 1.79GB save data, but I think it's calculated twice.
Strange I haven’t hit that limit yet with 830 games (with trophies) played and lots of games having multiple save files.
I was bummed when I noticed that my save file from cloud storage of Killzone Shadow Fall was gone. I recently came back to the game again since I wanted to finally finish it after many years and I was at around 9th chapter when I shelved it, also was playing on hard. My save was gone and I had to restart it all over again, I am on chapter 7 now.
I also noticed many more games save files are missing in cloud storage.
I hit the 10GB limit few years ago, so my older game saves started to be overwritten by newer save files from latest games I play. Which brought me some inconvenience.
I was super happy when they announced the 100GB increase in cloud space. However, I probably have hundreds of files on it, knowing I have about 250 games from PS+ over course of 5 years and about 200+ bought myself. I am tempted to count it now and see how much I have left before I will run into a new problem.
Hi, Silly Question - Do you receive notification that you have reached the 1,000 Limit - Or can you find out how many you have currently used ..?
Thanks - Templedoom
i've got 59 files in the cloud storage, with apparently 105.4Gb free! i'm more likely to lose them for not renewing ps+ than running out of space in the next few years.
@BridgeToClarity - go to settings, and scroll down to Application Saved Data Management. there you can manage save files in system storage, on ps+ cloud storage, or usb storage.
hit my limit which is annoying has had to delete some i wanted to keep
@Giygas_95 Backup on a external harddrive every 2 weeks and i delete my old saves right after that. 😉
@Darrenj1 I have a few that do 10 different Dragon Quest Heroes and RPG's.
I think I may have hit my limit as I keep getting error notifications saying it can’t back up to the cloud.
@BridgeToClarity - "Saved Data in System Storage" is local to your hard-drive. forget the exact name of the cloud storage, something like "Saved Data in Online Storage" - it's the second option in that menu, has a big PS+ sign next to it.
i don't have that many games with save files, so it wasn't that hard to count them. most only have one (or two at most) file, except for skyrim, HZD and uncharted which had multiple.
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@Ryall save data on PS4 are mostly around 10 MB. So even those can build up over the years if you never delete them. But there are some games that have save data of 1 GB.
@AdamNovice and because it's a pain in the butt.
Of course, for your really old games which you haven't touched in months or years, the ability to backup to USB still exists, and you can get 128GB for half the price of an annual Plus subscription. 🙄
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