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So I just bought Rise of tomb raider on psn after owning the physical disk and ...

Gamer17

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And my physical disk was region 2. So it means my save is region 2. I bought the rise on psn from Europe which is region 2 .it does not recognise my save file . This is the first time I m having this issue(I have done this for 10 other games perfectly fine ) Can anyone please help. Why the fuck the save WON'T work? Sold my physical copy few months back and was excited to level up from my last save. Am I doing anything wrong ? I deleted the save file and redownloeded from cloud but it doesn't recognize it and creates a new save file with exact same name .

Help please

Would this be sonys fault or nixes?
 
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A. D. Skinner

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Pretty sure PSN games do not register disc saves and vice versa. I believe it is just how it is on PlayStation I'm afraid!
 

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Digital and physical copies on PlayStation don't have compatible saves. It's dumb as shit but there you go.

EDIT: Apparently not true for all games, but for some of them
 
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So it's both the saves and the install files that don't register right?
Such as in OP's case, did they have to reinstall the game?
 
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A. D. Skinner said:
Pretty sure PSN games do not register disc saves and vice versa. I believe it is just how it is on PlayStation I'm afraid!
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You've had digital saves work with physical games and vice versa on PlayStation?
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it depends on the game actually, last gen it was Ubisoft and Sony games that would make a new save on digital and physical versions while stuff like catherine and EA games i could load my save up when i booted up both the digital and physical versions
 

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PSN views digital and physical games as two separate entities. :(

I haven't tried in a few months but everytime I would "upgrade my physical copy of a game to digital I had to completely uninstall and then download the new digital copy. The dumbest thing I've ever seen on a game service.
 
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It's a problem with certain games. Quick Google search says Witcher 3 has the problem.
 
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Happens with some games sadly. Not much you can do about it I'm afraid. Sorry.
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Fuck man . This is Bullshit. Thanks anyways . Sony really needs to look into this . Some peope like me buy physical on release .sell the game and rebuy later on digital. There should be no compatability issues as long as regions are correct
 
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Gamer17

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Still a Gray Area said:
PSN views digital and physical games as two separate entities. :(

I haven't tried in a few months but everytime I would "upgrade my physical copy of a game to digital I had to completely uninstall and then download the new digital copy. The dumbest thing I've ever seen on a game service.
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Thats a different issue. But my issue is that my physical game save file for same game from same region doesn' work for digital version which is dumb as fuck
 
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Gamer17 said:
And my physical disk was region 2. So it means my save is region 2. I bought the rise on psn from Europe which is region 2 .it does not recognise my save file . This is the first time I m having this issue. Can anyone please help. Why the fuck the save WON'T work? Sold my physical copy few months back and was excited to level up from my last save. Am I doing anything wrong ? I deleted the save file and redownloeded from cloud but it doesn't recognize it and creates a new save file with exact same name .

Help please
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CUSA code was identical ?
 

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Phantom Thief said:
You've had digital saves work with physical games and vice versa on PlayStation?
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I've also shipped them this way - but yes, I've yet to encounter a title where this doesn't work that way (and I've had a few).

The only way I could see this happen is if digital and disc version being made into explicitly different SKUs. Which is something I suppose Sony could refuse, but it very much looks like a publisher/dev choice(mistake?) when it happens.
 
OneThirtyEight

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I had this problem with Burnout Paradise way back. Had i physical, sold it, bought it again from the store and i had to start from scratch. Though this was on PS3, it's still weird that it doesn't work with some games today even, apparently.
 
Mr.Deadshot

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I was just thinking about if physical and digital savegames are compatible because I played my PS+ copy of Transformers Devastation while also owning it on disc. What a coincidence.
 
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Xbox is way better at this sort of thing. Really pisses me off when games I own discs of come to PS+ and I can't just use my new digital license with my existing install to save me from having to put in the disc.
 

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Still a Gray Area said:
I haven't tried in a few months but everytime I would "upgrade my physical copy of a game to digital I had to completely uninstall and then download the new digital copy. The dumbest thing I've ever seen on a game service.
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So all game services to date? Considering this never (and still doesn't) worked on PC, and prior to this gen no console had default installs, we're basically just talking about XB1 as the "not" dumbest one?
 
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Windrunner said:
Xbox is way better at this sort of thing. Really pisses me off when games I own discs of come to PS+ and I can't just use my new digital license with my existing install to save me from having to put in the disc.
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For sure .sony really needs to improve on this . Why the fuck lock saves to physical copy and not be able to use it for digital OF SAME GAME,SAME REGION. Very strange and stupid to be honest
 
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IIFloodyII

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Some games don't share the same savefile between digital and physical.
It's screwed me with Dragon Age Inquisition, when I rebought the GOTY edition to play through the DLC. They really should make it clear.
 
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IIFloodyII said:
Some games don't share the same savefile between digital and physical.
It's screwed me with Dragon Age Inquisition, when I rebought the GOTY edition to play through the DLC. They really should make it clear.
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But my issue is one step worse .it' the same game from same region. No GOTY or complete edition .weird
 
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Phantom Thief said:
Yeah, this is not a problem on Xbox or Switch. Not sure why it is on PS4.
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It's because Xbox One basically has two regions: China and Rest of World. There is also no difference between digital or physical on Xbox One.

On the PlayStation 4 games still have regions, even if the region is ignored on playback. This is why you see DLC compatibility issues. Physical and digital are also treated as different installs.
 
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Gamer17 said:
For sure .any really needs to improve on this . Why the fuck lock saves to physical copy and not be able to use it for digital OF SAME GAME,SAME REGION. Very strange and stupid to be honest
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Feels like a hangover from the PS3 days. I really wish Sony had figured out digital licensing and title IDs for the PS4.
 
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I had this problem with LittleBigPlanet 3. My disk version is from the UK and the game was part of PS Plus one month, which was the EU version.

The save was incompatible so I couldn't access any of my unlocked costume data or my saved levels and assets.
 
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Fafalada said:
If they actually separated the SKU codes - I would guess no. But again - if that's what they did it's 99% that it was intentional on developer part to begin with.
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Fuck . I m not spending another 24 hours to level up for rise again. Guess it' my loss .Sony better fucking improve this shit for next gen.
 
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This exact problem happened with my brother with Horizon Zero Dawn. It was bought from the same retailer, Amazon, and yet it was a different region copy despite being from Europe. It sucks bad since he was 21 hours in.
 
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OgTheEnigma said:
I had this problem with LittleBigPlanet 3. My disk version is from the UK and the game was part of PS Plus one month, which was the EU version.

The save was incompatible so I couldn't access any of my unlocked costume data or my saved levels and assets.
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So what do you suggest ?just give up I guess right ?
 
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If you have PS+, did you try uploading the save then downloading it after deleting the physical copy data?
 
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Gamer17 said:
For sure .any really needs to improve on this . Why the fuck lock saves to physical copy and not be able to use it for digital OF SAME GAME,SAME REGION. Very strange and stupid to be honest
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You don't know, check CUSA code as I said. That could be the begin of an answer for your incompatible save problem.
 
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Gamer17 said:
But my issue is one step worse .it' the same game from same region. No GOTY or complete edition .weird
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Seems weird they would have separate sku codes for physical and digital for same region, same version. You may have to dig a little deeper to see what the issue is, can't honestly say I've run into the issue as I don't buy discs.
 
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