How to transfer data from PS4 to PS5
With the PS5, Sony has learned one of the main lessons of the PS4 era: people like their older games, especially in the first years of a new console, when big releases are thin on the ground. The PS5 supports backwards compatibility with almost every PS4 game, and that’s an absolute triumph; you'll find our guide to how to play PS4 games on PS5 here.
But the functionality isn’t that great if you have to start all your games from scratch. Fortunately, Sony makes it easy to transfer data from PS4 to PS5, so you can pick up right where you left off but with faster load times and (in some cases) better performance.
There are two ways to transfer your PS4 saved data to PS5. If you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription ($10 per month or $60 per year), you can use Sony’s cloud storage to transfer data. If not, you can do it the old fashioned way, by physically copying your saves on to a USB stick or drive. Below, we’ll show you how to do both.
If you're using cloud saves, we recommend you turn on Auto Upload so you can get to your online saves even quicker. To do this, select Settings > Application Data Management > Auto-Upload and select Enable Automatic Uploads.
