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I mean bummer but it's not too bad. It's nice enough to have a nextgen version of the game for free. There is not much to be mad about this gen, only good news
Because not every game is short. I'm in the middle of Assassins Creed Oddysey right now. I don't want to delete the save file and start over from scratch.
But tbh I feel like saves should transfer to PS5, if Avengers can do it I don't see why other games can't?
Is that confirmed with every game? like for example Call of duty which isn't a smart delivery game would xbox one save work on series x version of the game?
This has nothing to do with BC. It's the upgraded non BC version that won't be compatible, which still sucks.
What do you mean? Is the PS5 version the only one with a dub?
This is a weird tweet.
He quotes the Yakuza: Like a Dragon tweet, which is talking about saves for a PS4 game not working on a PS5 game, yet uses an example of a save for an Xbox 360 game working on an Xbox 360 game.
I don't think the issue is getting saves for PS4 games to work on PS4 games. I imagine most devs aren't even doing any work related to that (because why would they?). He has to be talking about cross-gen saves.
Yeah I get that the PS4 version saves don't work on the PS5 version of the game. But there is no Fable 2 Series X version. So unless the PS5 doesn't allow PS4 game saves for PS4 BC games, their example isn't 1:1.
And if you're playing the PS4 version of Nioh 2 on PS5 then do you have some reason to doubt that will work?
This is a huge disappointment and Yakuza is not the first game to receive this bad news. Spider-Man: Remaster will not recognize PS4 saves either. It's a big misstep, IMO.
Hopefully Sony clarifies what exactly is going on with this. Will God of War save data not transfer over? It's just confusing.
Hopefully Sony clarifies what exactly is going on with this. Will God of War save data not transfer over? It's just confusing.
Avengers and Destiny 2, but that's because those are server based saves.
I wonder if this is just a "Sony doesn't want to flip the switch and enable cross gen saves" or if there are legitimate software reasons why games would not be able to read old saves, or at least convert them into next gen saves. Like, the PS5 is a big improvement over PS4, but it doesn't seem like the kind of change that would make saves not compatible. It's ridiculous that this is a thing, considering that this sort of worry is non-existent on PC, and consoles are closer and closer to PCs these days.
It being a Sony issue is so dumb because the system has been in place since the PS3 era.
I can safely pre-order that steelbook edition now. I can wait until March to play it.
You can do that. But let's say Nioh 2 gets a native PS5 version, that would (probably, depends on the dev) require a new save file since it's essentially a new game.
No confirmation for every game yet, one of the frustrating things about all of the new console roll outs is that this all seems drip fed.
I like how many posts the "Yakuza 7 is turn based" or the current controversy gets, but my let's play Yakuza game-along thread died on the vine last summer-
https://www.resetera.com/threads/yakuza-studio-community-game-along-month.120398/
Also, as a fan of the series since day 1, I don't conflate my love for the series with any platform loyalty crap. The series is available on multiple systems now and that should be celebrated.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/yakuza-studio-community-game-along-month.120398/
Also, as a fan of the series since day 1, I don't conflate my love for the series with any platform loyalty crap. The series is available on multiple systems now and that should be celebrated.
That's a remaster and in an entirely different category that what's discussed here.
It's wild to me that after basically innovating on the concept of having a cross-compatible eco-system at the beginning of this generation with PS3/PSV/PS4 cross-saves/crossplay Sony is now completely dropping the ball on this. Like, the overwhelming majority of people who are going to buy SM on PS5 aren't going to be newcomers, it's going to be loyal fans who'll want to bring the progress over to the new version.
Like, hell, I'm ok with the next-gen tax for "remasters" but if I can't carry over my saves, that's some BS.
Like, hell, I'm ok with the next-gen tax for "remasters" but if I can't carry over my saves, that's some BS.
I didn't buy TLOU remastered because there was no save transfer from PS3 version. Sony are leaving money on the table by not ensuring save file transfers to next gen.
Nobody who's invested as much time into a game as most Nioh players invest into Nioh games would ever accept starting over from 0 on a new platform. A save data import is CRITICAL for Nioh players.
No his example isn't, his comments though saying a lot of devs have said PS4 save files don't transfer is worrying though.
Uh... what?
The game doesn't come out until next year yet they won't be able to add such a simple function between now and then?
The game doesn't come out until next year yet they won't be able to add such a simple function between now and then?
The tweet, vague as it is, seems to imply you won't be able to access PS4 save files while playing BC games on PS5.
We need further clarification.
Avengers save files are strangely local instead of on the server though.
By that point you can either continue playing the PS4 SKU on PS5, or hope the devs implement a transfer of the data.
Why does that make sense? On Xbox it just works. In fact you can go back and forth between Xbox one and Series S/X
It's all server-side . I expected my Apex and Fortnite stats to carry across too, but physical games saves.
Is a trend emerging or is the first out of the door the anomaly?
This is the kind of thing that can be handled at a software level by developing a converter utility. Sony should have had something like that in place for devs, but I guess their "upgrade path" thinking wasn't that involved.
I'll definitely buy the PS4 version at a deep discount come march 2021.
Its beginning to sound like server side GAAS games will be fine for ps4 - ps5 upgrades in terms of retaining your saves and anything else, well you are out of luck.
First Spiderman and now this.
If it isn't then I sure hope we see/hear from something that proves otherwise soon.
First Spiderman and now this.
If it isn't then I sure hope we see/hear from something that proves otherwise soon.
At that point why even do a next-gen update at all? If it doesn't benefit current players, you might as well just keep selling the PS4 version at retail and not bother doing an update at all.
It's kind of amazing how consistently every bit of news about Yakuza 7 has turned out to be bad news for Playstation owners. Sega has mismanaged this marketing cycle so badly it's almost worth doing a masterclass on how NOT to talk to your fanbase.
seems like the ps4 and ps5 os's handle saves difrently, and are not compatable with the other. destiny/fornite ect are doing the format conversion server side.