Spider-Man PS4 save data will carry over to PS5 after all
Insomniac says a post-launch patch will add PS4 save exports
Spider-fans who have played (or are still playing)
Marvel’s Spider-Man on PlayStation 4 will be able to carry over their progress to the remastered PlayStation 5 version of the game, a reversal from developer Insomniac Games. The studio announced the change on Twitter on Monday, saying that game-save transfers will be available sometime after
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered launches on PS5 this week.
“We have heard you - in an upcoming update for [
Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4], we will add the ability to export your save to
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered,”
Insomniac said in a tweet. “This update will also add the three new suits from
Remastered to the PS4 game. We expect to bring you this update around Thanksgiving.”
(You can see
Spider-Man Remastered’s new suits, and learn more about each one’s history,
in Polygon’s guide.)
Insomniac originally said in September that
saves would not carry over from the PS4 game to its PS5 remaster. That was extra salt in the wound for owners of the PS4 version of
Marvel’s Spider-Man who found out they
wouldn’t be able to upgrade their current-generation copy of the game to the next-gen version for free.
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered will be released Nov. 12, in tandem with Sony’s launch of PlayStation 5. The remastered version of the game will include The City That Never Sleeps DLC, and is included as part of the
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition collection.