if your console is banned or otherwise offline?
Automatically is a lot better and less time consuming. But that's just my opinion. I'm sure a lot of users want to do it manually and they should have made it work either way. Same for the PS4; they should give you the option to do it auto.
Is it? That line confused the hell out of me.At least this is a neat feature.
If your console is offline, your saves can't be uploaded and will stay on your console.
Doesn't the 360 do this now? Mirror your saves to the cloud?
Surely they are not saying saved games are cloud based only?
So if i unplug my xbox and bring it to the cottage i wont have my saves on there?
Personally this wouldnt be a big issue for me as i never move my systems from within my living room, but i can see how this might affect some people.
I may also be reading the response wrong.
Oh I didn't realize it wouldn't even let you do that on Xbox One.
Still though, neither system lets you dig deep and see each individual item and put game saves onto a USB drive or anything like that. Right?
Surely they are not saying saved games are cloud based only?
The giantbomb crew said that they were. No way to move them manually. Right now at least.Surely they are not saying saved games are cloud based only?
That's not true at all you can see exactly how much an app has and you can delete that or data associate with it as well as individual data from icloud.You can compare this to android vs ios approach. Android let's you and even sometimes expects you to micromanage your storage. iOS on the otherhand walls you off. The rationale behind iOS is that you shouldn't have to worry about your usage as data is constantly flowing up into the "cloud" to free up local storage.
At least this is a neat feature.
Giant Bomb was complaining about the same thing. I don't think the PS4 is any better, either.
Wrong.The bigger issue is that on both consoles, if you are gaming offline, there is no way to bring your game save to a different console. Neither console supports USB drives.
So if your console is offline, and it dies, what happens to your game saves with no way to back them up?
Wrong.
Sounds like something got nipped for time, is being comically pitched as a feature, and will get added later.
Isn't this pretty much how the PS4 handles memory, with things being deleted as required?
I wonder what their plan is for external HDD support. We'll need control over what moves where at that point.
I'm assuming that it finds what games you've played the least, and longest ago; and deletes it when you download a game that will take you over the limit. That's not ideal, but it's probably what I would have done anyway. Actually finding things to delete on my 360 to make room for a download before I upgraded my hard drive was a pain.
Albeit, there should still be an option to delete anything you want manually, along with seeing how much space you have left.
You can compare this to android vs ios approach. Android let's you and even sometimes expects you to micromanage your storage. iOS on the otherhand walls you off. The rationale behind iOS is that you shouldn't have to worry about your usage as data is constantly flowing up into the "cloud" to free up local storage.
I am guessing that saves are just mirrored over to the cloud, but will still be on your HDD as well. They can't be that stupid.
You can compare this to android vs ios approach. Android let's you and even sometimes expects you to micromanage your storage. iOS on the otherhand walls you off. The rationale behind iOS is that you shouldn't have to worry about your usage as data is constantly flowing up into the "cloud" to free up local storage.
The info we have seems kind of unclear. If it only backs up your saves to the cloud then that's fine. If the system actually auto-deletes saves from your HDD to make space then that's a problem.No. They are uploaded to the cloud as a backup. Just like on 360 if you enable that option. That's how I read it.
I am guessing that saves are just mirrored over to the cloud, but will still be on your HDD as well. They can't be that stupid.
Yeah but when offline is there a way to access them?
Since there's a little confusion, the PS4:
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Now that you mention it, does PS4 automatically uploads savedata to the cloud?
You can compare this to android vs ios approach. Android let's you and even sometimes expects you to micromanage your storage. iOS on the otherhand walls you off. The rationale behind iOS is that you shouldn't have to worry about your usage as data is constantly flowing up into the "cloud" to free up local storage.
They should add the option but I can't think of a single point during the last generation where I was playing more than 3 games at the same time. So many games are one and doners I don't think I'll personally ever run into a issue with this.
If that's the case then why even state that your saves and settings will be downloaded from the cloud when you re-install the game. It's not like you can manually delete the saves anyway, can you?I am guessing that saves are just mirrored over to the cloud, but will still be on your HDD as well. They can't be that stupid.
The giantbomb crew said that they were. No way to move them manually. Right now at least.