The PlayStation 5 has closed its second year since its launch in November 2020, as the device has received many updates that have helped expand services and improve the user experience, but there is a small and annoying problem that Sony has not yet resolved.

Since the device is considered a recent release compared to its expected lifespan of 6-7 years and possibly more, there are still many issues that can crop up from time to time. Some of these issues may require a full system reset—that is, completely wiping the device of all data, including game saves—which means you'll be forced to start those games from scratch.

On PlayStation 4, it was possible to copy save files from the device to an external USB storage drive and restore it at any time, but unfortunately on PlayStation 5 this is not currently available.

During my experience playing God of War Ragnarok, the device experienced a sudden power outage, causing a malfunction that forced me to configure the system and delete all data. This can be annoying when downloading games, but with a fast internet connection and backup copies available on an external drive, games can be restored. However, the problem I encountered here is the inability to copy save files and game data to an external storage drive.

I don't know why this simple feature, which was available on all previous PlayStation devices, isn't available. It's the 21st century, Sony, and this is a next-generation multimedia device, and a simple feature like this should be available by default.

On PlayStation 5, if you want to keep a backup copy of your save files and game data, there's only one way to do it: subscribe to one of the PlayStation Plus packages to benefit from the cloud storage service. This is the only option available to you, and that's what I was forced to do to avoid losing the God of War Ragnarok save files I'd spent over 20 hours playing.

My online research revealed another option: to back up the entire system, which took me over 30 hours to complete due to the amount of data available. Of course, I didn't have the patience for that long, so I had to pay $ 10 to activate my PlayStation Plus subscription, sync the save file, and restore it after formatting the system.

I hope Sony brings the ability to transfer save files to an external storage drive to the PlayStation 5 operating system as soon as possible, because the topic seemed very boring despite its simplicity.