Sony’s cloud save is garbage.
- 100GB limit. You have no control over how large the saves are though. You must manually go delete saves from the cloud if you hit the limit and want to save something else. As an RPG junkie who routinely uses all save slots “just in case” this is painful.
- Saves are only uploaded to the cloud from your primary PS4 if you are a Plus member.
- Saves are not auto-downloaded when you launch a game on another PS4.
Basically Sony’s solution is a backup.
Contrast this with Microsoft’s approach:
- Unlimited storage.
- Saves are uploaded from your Xbox as you play a game.
- Saves are sync’d with the cloud whenever you play a game.
Microsoft’s solution is what I think of as “cloud saves” - every save is in the cloud and always used.