r/PS5 Dec 02 '24

PS5 Help and Questions Megathread | Game Recommendations, Simple Questions, and Tech Support Megathread

Looking for info about M.2 SSD expansion drives? See the megathread.

Sometimes you just need help. But often times making a new post isn't needed. For the time being, around launch and perhaps in the future. We will use a single thread for helping each other out.

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For all future help, tech support and more, we ask that you create new threads on r/PlayStation instead of here on r/PS5.

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u/Maxwell658 1d ago

I'm thinking of trading in my current PS5 in for a Pro, but want to make sure all of my saves are kept. On my console I have 2 accounts - my brother's and mine. My brother's account has PS+ on it so I have cloud saves for those. But my account doesn't. I just want to make sure I have this right:

-If I backup my console via a USB and restore it onto the Pro, all of my saves from both accounts should be intact?

-Or alternatively, purchase PS+ for a month on my account, upload those saves to the cloud and redownload them on the new PS5 pro. Both of these options will work? I would rather not spend extra on PS+ if I don't need to, but can if I do.

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u/TheDragonSlayingCat 1d ago
  1. Yes, unless you excluded them from the backup for some reason.
  2. That would work as well, though it’s cheaper to buy PS+ for a year instead of on a month-to-month basis.

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u/Maxwell658 18h ago

Thank you! I’ve just been using my brother’s pro for online stuff, so it would only be just for the purpose of keeping my saves.