Can I use this to make backups of my game saves to USB?
Being somewhat naive to the gaming scene, I only recently discovered that the PS5 prevents you from backing up your game saves to your own physical media - something that was possible on the PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4.
Instead, you have to subscribe to PS Plus and enable cloud backups - and you need a separate subscription per user profile.
I only discovered this after my daughter lost a year of work in Minecraft due to data corruption, and I tried to teach her the value of backing up.
The 360 was my last console for similar reasons. Everything became too coercive while offering less and less in return. Prior to the PS4/XBone generation, consoles were hugely subsidized - the hardware in consoles from that point onward tended to be retail quality stuff sold at near cost to turn a profit on the hardware as quickly as possible. Before you knew you were kind of opting in to get screwed, but they at least had the common courtesy to give a reach around.
publlus_enigma · · focus · HN ↗
Being somewhat naive to the gaming scene, I only recently discovered that the PS5 prevents you from backing up your game saves to your own physical media - something that was possible on the PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4.
Instead, you have to subscribe to PS Plus and enable cloud backups - and you need a separate subscription per user profile.
I only discovered this after my daughter lost a year of work in Minecraft due to data corruption, and I tried to teach her the value of backing up.
The PS5 may be my last console.
somenameforme · · focus · HN ↗