If you currently have a PS4 or PS4 Pro and intend to buy one of the new PS5 consoles, there are a number of things you should keep in mind for a transition as comfortable as possible, so that you can migrate your profile seamlessly and, ultimately , leave the PS4 ready in case you want to sell it when you buy the PS5.
The PS4 is still a great console, and it also has a great catalog of games. This fact, together with the fact that many people will leave it “abandoned” when they can buy the PS5, will activate the second-hand market soon. So, next we are going to give you some tips to keep in mind to go from one to an hour in a transition as comfortable as possible for you, so that later you can avoid setbacks.
PS4 controller is compatible with PS5
It is not a confirmed fact yet but it is highly probable that the PS5 DualShock 4 controller is compatible with the PS5. For this reason, if you intend to dispose of your current PS4, you should consider saving the controller or the controls you have since, although the PS5 will already come with a DualSense controller, you can have a secondary controller and you will save good money.
There are some special features of the PS5 controller that the PS4 controller obviously does not have, but it will still be able to serve you for the vast majority of games without problems, especially for FIFA-style sports games.
Sell the PS4 to buy the PS5?
Surely the majority of PS4 users will try to sell their console in order to buy the PS5, especially due to the high price that the new SONY console will have. As we have anticipated at the beginning, when the PS5 is put on sale for sure the second-hand market of PlayStation 4 will be activated since many users will want to sell their old console in pursuit of buying the new one, which is why its price is will devalue quite a bit.
If this is your case, the advice is to put the PS4 for sale now, since the sooner you sell it the more money you can get for it. Once the PS5 is for sale, the price of the new PS4 in stores will surely drop, and therefore its value in the second-hand market will also be devalued.
As before we have recommended that you could save the PS4 controller to use it on the PS5, the same happens with games, since SONY has guaranteed their backwards compatibility. This will be especially interesting especially in the beginning, since initially there will be very few exclusive PS5 games, and thus you will have a greater variety.
In any case, remember to make a backup of all your PS4 data (now we tell you how), erase it completely and unlink it from your PSN account if you intend to sell it. Also make sure to disable it as your primary console.
Migrate your profile from PS4 to PS5, how to do it?
If you have PS Plus it will be very simple, since you only have to make sure that on PS4 you have activated the functionality to back up your profile in the cloud. Then, on the PS5 you only have to log in to load your profile, with your saved games, digital games library, etc.
In the PS4 menu you also have the option of using a USB pen drive to back up your profile, which you can then import on the PS5. Depending on what you want to save you will need more or less capacity, but typically with an 8 GB pen drive you will have plenty to save your profile, saved games, etc. If you want to also save the installed games, you will obviously need much more capacity.
In any case, if when you buy the PS5 you still have the PS4, you will only have to connect both consoles at the same time and follow a simple wizard to be able to migrate all your things from PS4 to PS5 directly.
