Messy PS5 save transfers could now be a thing of the past

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• Messy PS5 save transfers could now be a thing of the past

Transferring a save from PS4 to PS5 should become a much smoother experience in the future, if Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut is anything to go by. The PS5 version of Sucker Punch's open-world samurai epic offers an option to transfer an existing PS4 save directly from the game's main menu, and it's only the second game that doesn't require you to download a file. It has already been uploaded to the cloud. As Digital Foundry pointed out, this is due to a glitch on PS5 that was recently resolved, and should pave the way for smoother save transfers that require fewer hoops for players and developers. Richard Leadbetter, editor-in-chief of Digital Foundry Technology, said: "Until recently, the PS5 system software had no visibility into or access to any PlayStation 4 data on your console, which meant very complicated ways were required to move the progress from one generation to the next. Essentially, the PS4 version of the game needed to be patched to allow uploading of cloud saves. Leadbetter adds: “When upgrading to the PS5, the cloud data would be downloaded and progress could continue. Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered are two good examples of this solution in action. However, more recent titles, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and now Ghost of Tsushima, have allowed native import of PS4 games.

Analysis: Backup transfer problems should be a thing of the past

(Image credit: Sucker Punch Productions) The way the PlayStation 5 handles save transfers when upgrading a game from PS4 to PS5 has proven to be an unnecessarily complicated process and often involves multiple steps. It also prevented some players from continuing to progress if they had previously sold a copy of a PS4 game and had not uploaded their save progress to the cloud. Compared to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, which use Xbox Smart Delivery to seamlessly update next-gen games to current-gen versions, save transfers and updates are performed by Sony. The level of games is generally not it's been so easy. The fact that every save is automatically uploaded to the Xbox cloud means player data is always available and instantly synced when needed. This is not the case on PlayStation, as PS Plus not only offers 100GB of storage for PlayStation Plus users (it's unlimited on Xbox), but those who don't subscribe to Sony's subscription service don't have access to the cloud. storage at all. It's still not perfect, but the PS5's ability to recognize PS4 save files on the console itself, rather than relying on the cloud, should make next-gen upgrades less of a hassle to use.