{"id":161136,"date":"2025-09-21T12:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T12:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2141937"},"modified":"2025-09-21T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T12:43:28","slug":"transferring-a-marvels-avengers-ps4-save-to-ps5-should-be-easier-than-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/transferring-a-marvels-avengers-ps4-save-to-ps5-should-be-easier-than-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Transferring a Marvel&#8217;s Avengers PS4 save to PS5 should be easier than this"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/transferring-a-marvels-avengers-ps4-save-to-ps5-should-be-easier-than-this.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s release of the next-gen version of Marvel&#8217;s Avengers is welcome news for the game &#8211; but it shines a light on the fiddly process of transferring saves from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel&#8217;s Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayAvengers\/status\/1372627341193535488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> detailed instructions to help confused customers after it emerged both the PS4 and the PS5 versions of the game had to be downloaded and fully updated in order get the save transfer to work, and that transferring the save data via PlayStation Plus cloud storage was impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you have to do: first off, you&#8217;ve got to launch the fully-patched PS4 version of Marvel&#8217;s Avengers and go to the save migration tab on the main menu to initiate the upload.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-20-transferring-a-marvels-avengers-ps4-save-to-ps5-should-be-easier-than-this\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-20-transferring-a-marvels-avengers-ps4-save-to-ps5-should-be-easier-than-this\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s release of the next-gen version of Marvel&#8217;s Avengers is welcome news for the game &#8211; but it shines a light on the fiddly process of transferring saves from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5. 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