So, with the PS Plus discussion, I already letting my sub expire at end of year, thinking about that I have to setup back-up sync process on my PS5->USB->PC. To my surprise, that option is no longer available on PS5 games(only PS4 title, not upgraded version, still have that option.)
The price hike is there “because they can”, Sony even blatantly shows on the console they can let you save individual save to USB for PS4 games BUT not PS5 games. As a long time sub this double whammy also lead me to the decision that I will no longer buy any cross platform release on PS5.
- PS5 will be left to play only the Sony exclusives from developer that I still care about. I will take the risk for not having save backups.
- I will never pay for any online tax on any platform for multiplayer and cloud saves. (already dropped live during XBox 360 and never paid for Nintendo Online.)
- I will keep my PS5 not updated after my current sub expires and wait for hack/jailbreaks so I can back up my save files.
Honestly it saddens me cause from now on every time my favorite developers release a game I have to remind myself about all the above. I am the type of fanatic that sometimes buys multiple copies of games on different platforms just to give devs I love more money. So with this change of event, I probably need to get a Xbox just to buy some future indie games in the $20~30 range instead of buying on PS4/PC.
Good job Sony, you cornered me really well, thanks.
It’s unbelievably obnoxious. Even Apple still lets you backup to a computer. Sony has no excuse to not allow usb save backups, it’s downright embarrassing. At least you can still transfer them directly to a new system, but you’re SOL if you’re current one bricks. They should be ashamed.
Yeah, their long game worked really well so I will have to take the hit if anything happen to my PS5 game’s saves. It never really cross my mind when I bought PS5 and sold my PS4 Pro. I basically checked if all my PS4 game can be played on PS5, and did not check the save file back up feature cause who in the fucking right mind remove a feature that consumer can use to their(Sony) benefit? That feature literally reduced traffic to their cost sinker(not a lot but with amount of subs it’s still quite a bit of storage to up keep, oh, and that’s why they limit the cloud save further on PS5 as well. )
I have never really pay PS Plus for multiplayer in first place.(only for cloud save, free games, and extra sale discount.) My only multiplayer game that I played that requires PS Plus was Monster Hunter World/Iceborne. All other multiplayer game I played on PC. (there is a brief time where I also play Rocket League on PSN right after it lunched, I switched to Steam pretty quickly cause I wanted to give dev more money and my PC is much more powerful than PS4.) Oh, Driveclub, I play enough multiplayer to earn the achievements and unlock cars before I stay as offline as I can, I do not like online racing at all.
And good luck selling me the next console without a good game bundle, they just pushed me away and factor in all the extra costs/burden to pay and play on their platform. Developers I still care about, Naughty Dogs, Sucker Punch(Ghost of Tsushima), Guerrilla Games(Horizon series), Santa Monica(GoW), Housemarque(Returnal, Dead Nation, etc), Insomniac Games(Ratchet & Clank, I don’t really care about Spiderman that much. ) With their recent cross platform release, I will probably limit my purchase decision as well.