My Beautiful, Perfect Child Deleted My 40-Hour Persona 5 Save

Kotaku: One minute my five-year-old was giggling along with the playful antics of Yooka-Laylee on the PlayStation 4. The next he was in Persona 5, erasing over 35 hours of Phantom thievery in the blink of an eye. It's the closest I've come to crying over a video game in years.

[SaveFerris]

One positive is the writer can get to experience those parts of the game all over again.

[joab777]

I remember hiding my save card with original Nintendo games from my brothers and sister.

I gotta ask though...Cloud save anyone? It's automatic! If it gets deleted, just go to the cloud and retrieve.

[mikeslemonade]

Kids are dying breed.

[ravinash]

He had just switch over to PS4 pro, so the cloud save had not worked since then. Bummer!

[JackBNimble]

I guess he should have backed up his save to the cloud server

Ravinash
Are you saying the cloud servers don't work on the pro?

[Glemt]

That's silly reasoning. The writer always had that ability, whether the saves were deleted by accident or not. The issue is that the writer does not have a choice anymore. Change your sentence to 'One positive is the writer HAS to experience those parts of the game all over again'. Does that statement ring true? Is it positive if you don't have the choice?

I loved the Witcher 3, and was about 99% done in the main game, DLC not included. I finished all side quests, and was in the last 2 missions. Then my save got deleted. Let me tell you, I had a blast experiencing that game, but it will take me a while before I start it over again.

[JEECE]

Cloud save.

[Glemt]

@ Jeece. That's a sad reply. What are you trying to tell me? I use cloud save all the time, but the GOG version of The Witcher does not use cloud save. So if you're used to playing games on Steam, and get used to cloud saves, this could happen to you too.

Cloud save.

[Bathyj]

Cloud save.

[Lynx0207]

"Unfortunately I had recently transferred data from a regular PlayStation 4 to a PlayStation 4 Pro, and despite auto cloud saving being enabled, nothing had been uploaded since before the move."

[noelo]

That's why i always prefer physical media over digital downloads. I also do backups on an SSD drive just in case something goes wrong on the digital end. You never "own' your digital media. Eventually something goes wrong and you may loose access to a game and then find out that it no longer available for sale, for example I lost Marvel vs Capcom & Tretris CE during an snafu when I transferred my profile from my dead Phat PS3 (after 7 yrs of constant use). when I tried to purchase them again they where no longer available in PSN. Luckily I still have a Japanese import I can play in one of my 2 Dreamcast consoles with a loading disc. It plays great! Unfortunately I can't play Tetris CE on the PS3 anymore.

[Th3o]

@noelo

You guys are the vegetarians of gaming.

[Goldby]

@Noelo

cool story bro, but what does physical or digital media have to do with the cloud save?

[littletad]

Doesn't always work, I lost my Dark CLoud 3 cloud save data when I transferred to an xbox one s. It happens, and it's not perfect.

[_-EDMIX-_]

"Dark CLoud 3 cloud save data when I transferred to an xbox one s"

Trying to understand how you got Dark Cloud 3 on an XONE lol

I mean....I'm trying to figure out how you got Dark Cloud 3 PERIOD! lol

[Yokan]

How did you get you're hands on Dark Cloud 3!!?
What the hell is an Xbox One S?

[TheColbertinator]

@littletad

Did you also play Witcher 2 on PS3?

[littletad]

Lmao, I meant Dark Souls 3, for some reason the save file didn't transfer because it was stored onto two seperate parts. Believe me, I even called customer service twice, I was pissed. Not only did it NOT transfer, but the cloud save had only uploaded the faulty save. It was the weirdest thing to ever happen to me, in losing game data. I still haven't restarted, even despite the DLC. And lol, I would love to play Dark Cloud 3, typo obviously, but I do have Dark Cloud 2 to tide me over on Ps4.

[thejigisup]

Ahh teh powa of da clowwdddd

[CrimsonWing69]

Maybe Sony handles cloud save transferring better? I didn't lose anything going from a PS4 to a PS4 Pro and I'm sure you meant Dark Souls 3 but cmon man... take a second to proof read you posts cuz now you look like you're making things up.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

What the hell? Why are there so many people commenting on this site when they know next to nothing about gaming?

[Th3o]

cloud saving can be problematic

[Goldby]

@Hugs

Like 3 quarters for a year?

[blackblades]

Thank sony for cloud saves also with the auto switched on. Anyway that's why I dont let my nephew touch me my stuff.

[Lynx0207]

Who cares? Play again, the game is amazing. You should be thankful for what he did.

[littletad]

Kinda hard when you have kids, family, and work. 40 hours is a lot of time to invest all over again. If you're younger, sure it's just simple time lost, but much harder as you get older. Life happens.

[Chaos_Order]

Exactly. As an adult who often works 60 hours a week, (plus overtime) I often wonder to myself if I will ever be able to play all the games I want to play and read all the books I want to read before I die. Somehow, no matter how much I try, I don't think I ever will. :/ But I FINALLY after years and years got around to reading 1984. Masterpiece of a novel. Before the year's end I'm determined to finish Persona 5 and read Clarissa.

[Lynx0207]

No sir, you just have a stick in your a**. I have family, work etc... I understand not having time for games perfectly. But what I mean is there is no reason to rush till the end of the game, just play again and enjoy it once more. Why people always just want to finish the game as soon as possible, not just enjoying in? Who knows when next Persona will happen?

[Cartman55125]

I remember in college I would pick up a game at launch and have it finished within days. Now, I'm lucky if I finish a game within a month.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Sorta a big deal. That is a LOT of time lost.

Owning my own business, I find myself litereally having to GIVE myself days off to play certain games, I'm even looking to make a second business and actually hire staff so I have at least some free time to game. I just don't play RPGs more then once anymore. I haven't played an RPG for the second time, literally in YEARS! The last RPG I think I played twice was Fallout 3, I got to wait like 10 years before playing one twice lol

but Littletad is correct, when your an adult and have bills, work etc, that simply not what many might want to spend ANOTHER 40 hours doing. That really sucks too. I like Persona enough that I'd likely play it over, but it would be pretty damn tough. A lot of that time might have been grinding too.

[ColonelHugh]

On the bright side, the author can use fast forward to get through most of the story, and correct any possible mistakes while doing it.

[CrimsonWing69]

Not everyone has time to replay a long game. Especially at the rate that game releases are happening. Also it's a psychological effect as well having spent all that time in a game only To have it all lost... I mean it takes the piss out of ya.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Really?

[Lynx0207]

Really. If a game is really good, why you want to finish it so quickly? If you play only for the story and not enjoy just the act of playing, watch YT instead.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Because he already put in 40 hours that he has to do *again.* That's the point. It's not about finishing quickly, which sure as hell doesn't fit my definition of quickly anyway, but it's the fact that all his progress is lost. Why in the hell would I be thankful for that? I could delete my save at any time I wanted to if that's what I found fun for some reason.

[franwex]

Lol. Sucks bro.
Also I kept reading "Samus" as in Metroid.

[jlove4life]

I love this game so I feel your pain but dude it has built in cloud save at the top in blue cmon man

[DragonDDark]

Read the article :p

[ARESWARLORD]

I feel you man my kid decided to spend all of the Overwatch game money I saved up in 70 something levels worth of play and he spent it all on costumes for guys I don't even use

[ravinash]

It's time to dis-own your child.

[StormLegend]

Damn! and i've been hearing nothing but good news about Persona 5 I might buy it.

[Elda]

He should have had it cloud saved unless he doesn't have PS+

[Lynx0207]

You should read the article before commenting.

[Elda]

I did.You could of bypassed my comment instead of trying to come at me with sarcasm or basically MYOFB.

[_-EDMIX-_]

DEAD!

[NecoTehSergal]

'Perfect'.

[Tross]

Man, this is definitely one of the top 10 things only gamers understand. If I lost my save I'd be upset but I'd play it all over again as I love this game. If my Andromeda save were to be lost I'd probably just abandon the game altogether...

[noelo]

I feel your pain, Ouch! When my son was younger we shared gaming in my original Phat PS3 (best gaming console I ever had, miss it). To avoid this I made separate profiles with his as a user under my PSN account and with restrictions so he didn't go shopping crazy on my credit card. That way he was free to mess all he wanted under his profile and not disturbing mine. I'm not gaming that much anymore but now that he is 22 yrs old we live far apart. I still share my Netflix account with him but he has his own profile. Playing it always safe (peace of mind).

[Ceaser9857361]

Shit happens.. You can cry and scream inside but you cant reveal that to anyone nor your child.. Take some time and enjoy and make sure to keep a back up...

[DanteVFenris666]

Kill it

[ninsigma]

My child (hypothetical future child that is) would be in the bin of they did anything like that to me 😂

[il-JumperMT]

If you ever played Persona before, you would know that you use all 16 slots in rotation because its very easy to screw up and having to revert back previous days.

[goldwyncq]

He never saw it coming.

[inxine]

its only 40h anyways haha i dont think u made any sort of progress into the story so just start again xD

[jznrpg]

Always put your rpg saves on da clouds. If dont have ps+ ughs but cant be mad at kids .my daughter has done it many times and I was upset first time but realized I shouldnt be and apologized .

[Goldby]

and usb stick, thats gets put into a time capsule, thats then put into a safety deposit box.

can't be too careful when it comes to persona

[badz149]

My Son overwritten my god-knows-how-many-hours save file for Everybody's Golf 6 on Vita! it was during the early Vita days before I subscribe to PS+ which I only did after the PS4 was out. the only reason I still stopped playing.

[thejigisup]

What a mook. You dont have a profile for your kids so they dont mess up your save files, purchase in game content, or access the pr0n on your web browser? What are you, new? Im concerned your wife was helpless to stop your five year old, i mean really, come on. Persona 5 is rated M for mature get you're act together and protect your kids from content they shouldnt have access to. I wonder what else they have access to that they shouldnt.

[Artemidorus]

No cloud save?

[RufusvonBalsac]

That's less painful than 120 hours.

[mixelon]

Back in the day my little bro deleted my 72Hr FF7 save.

Was not happy at all.

Nowadays you just make sure the kids have their own logins and learn to only use theirs (set them up with different backgrounds!)

[CrimsonWing69]

Should've done a cloud save, brah! Let this be a lesson to you.

[RedPill86]

"Journalism"

[Dirtnapstor]

Lol! Been in that same boat before! I look back and laugh now, but I was pretty mad at the time.

[gamingisnotacrime]

how about spending 40 hours with your child? jk, but still games take a lot of time!

[Goldby]

there's no trophies for that. why would, i waste my time

[Tetsujin]

Another reason why I don't want, or have kids.

OT
Cloud saves after each play through?

[Goldby]

i dunno man, kids are great, they dont know laws so you can defifnitly get them to make a few dozen shoes before your neighbor starts complaining "child labor, sweat shops, why are they all stored in a cage?"

honestly, what happened to the good old neighborhood watch, keeping an eye on your pals and warning them when child services shows up....

[Hugodastrevas]

Backup your saves, I learned that the hard way when my Bloodborne save got corrupted due to power outage.

[himdeel]

Always use the save to cloud feature. Oh well 40 hours but how much progress through the story?

I was 110 hours in P4Golden on hard and was only 70% done. Still got to beat that game.
More Persona!! Mmmmm!!

[PurpHerbison]

One time I erased my Dads DKC save on SNES, it was an accident. I got hit. Never happened again.

[redaxis]

My 2yo scratched my 50" plasma, I couldn't even show my emotion although i bled inside. Kids... sigh...