Cloud saves on PlayStation 4 are just about serviceable at best, aren't they? Uploaded in the background while you're playing the latest game, it's never too much of a hassle. That'll all well and good, but reports have come and gone over the past five years of community struggles when you really start to dig into the feature. That's why gaming forum ResetEra is calling on Sony to improve cloud saves for its next-generation system.
Contained to a single thread at the time of writing, users are sharing the numerous issues they have had with cloud saves during the PS4 generation. When the recent Death Stranding produces far too many autosaves, the cloud's hard cap on 1000 uploaded saves starts to become a bit of a problem, while posters have reported losing all of their supposedly backed-up saves at random intervals. It also becomes a bit of a hassle when someone has two PS4 consoles in the house, and in order to transfer save data between the two, they'll have to mess about with primary system activation settings.
It's not the biggest issue Sony needs to solve when it comes to designing the UI and features of the PlayStation 5, but it's a quality of life improvement that would go a long way to justifying the cost of PlayStation Plus that little bit more. Have you been having any troubles with cloud saves on PS4? Share your thoughts on the subject in the comments below.
[source resetera.com]
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Thank god for the games, but it's little things like this that Xbox just does better, cloud saves should just sync automatically, but if you play on anything other than your primary console then you have to manually upload to the cloud... in 2019... come on Sony, get with the times!
Totally irrelevant to me to be honest, but sure it sounds like they should just increase it. If I lose a lot of game I just get annoyed for a minute then stop playing it 😂
Primary console auto save only, is dumb. I let my Granddaughter use my PS4 after I bought a PS4 Pro. She is not old enough to have a primary account. I buy games for her like Minecraft and The Sims and have to be primary on her console so she can play them.
I did not know about the 1000 save file limit! I am sure I will pass that number on PS5. With my New PS Now sub for the next year and with all PS Plus games! I may pass 1000 on the before then.
Making cloud saves part of your PlayStation account for free like Microsoft does would be nice too!
Only just got my first ps4 this year (played 360 then moved onto Fatbox One). Got a pre owned fat ps4 first but it was so noisy I hardly played it so I traded it in this month for a slim one which I think looks great for a console, and it's miles quieter.
On topic, having to pay £6.99 just so I could download my cloud save for Earth Defence Force 4.1 (main reason I wanted a ps4 lol) really *urinated me off.
*is there an auto censor on this site like gtaforums?
@JON22 You could have just copied it to a USB stick?
I have loads of PS4 games & my cloud is at 14% of use this sounds odd to me. I do have a clear-out on saves that I do not need now & then as well what's the point in keeping loads of fallout 4 saves you do not need anymore.
Let's be honest, having to backup one console's save data manually when you've got two PS4 in the house does scream of first world problems, but hey I'm in the same boat. With PS5 promising full backwards compatibility I'm planning for it to replace one of them, so this shouldn't be an issue for me in future as both will be primary (unless Sony change things again).
@David187 I think the % is based on size, against your 100GB allowance. What some people are finding tricky is a separate limit of 1000 files, and there's no easy way of checking how many you've uploaded.
@Topov81 If it doesn't ask me to reformat it I'll try that next time. Got a CV on a usb that I've not updated for years and didn't want to risk losing it. Plus I never knew you could do that with ps4 (I'm sure you can't on Xbox with a usb).
@Flopsy The cloud save cap is a legitimate complaint, unlike your banal comment.
@Topov81 ok that makes sense now 👍
honestly it's a feature i have never had to use, i only have one PS4 after all so i can't say what needs to be fixed
although saying that more space is obviously something these things need although it can't infinite because holding that data still costs money
@JON22 How about making a free maual backup to a external HD or USB or even connect the old PS4 to the new and transfer
guys last year sony gave us 50games on the ps now, let's hope so they will do same this december!
https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2018/12/04/ubisofts-tactical-battler-for-honor-headlines-ps-nows-december-lineup/
its a pain takes to come on mines full so have delete stuff
@Mad-Vampire but then you can't exploit it. Manually saving is better.
Also get rid of having to have a ps+ subscription for it and give non subs maybe 10gb
Stop giving REEEEEEEsetEra air time. A hive of perpetually offended morons.
@LaJettatura I just like too be able too get my saves if something goes wrong. If its with Sony or my PS4. A weekly backup on the external HD keeps me calm or if i achieve something special. 😉
@Flaming_Kaiser I wasn't aware you could take an ordinary usb to copy save data as I've been playing on Fatbox One, which you couldn't do on that.
@JON22 But how is that the problem of Sony that you play it on another platform?
@Flaming_Kaiser I meant that I wasn't aware full stop that you could copy saves from a ps4 onto a usb.
@JON22 Ah ok
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