Copy games/savegames to Series S

Joesn666 · Nov 2, 2020

Hi there!

I am rather new to console gaming. A few months ago I bought a used Xbox One S. I knew that this year the new generations would be released, but I was curios if the console gaming hits my mind (it does!). Besides, it was the old Xbox from a close fried and
a rather cheap deal.

Now I do have some games (e. g. Witcher 3, non-disc version) and played some hours already. Unfortunately I have a very slow internet connection, so a new download of my games would last for days. Is it possible to copy all games on a external HD (including
all save games) and re-install the games/copys on my new Series S (when it arrives after release)?

I don´t want to restart some games...my time is too limited for that

Another question: I own Assassins Creed Odyssey, but only as disc-version (got it with the Xbox). Do I have to buy it again as digital version for my Series S (no DVD-drive)?

Thanks!

:)

DwyaneXBL

Any game you bought digitally will be playable day one, along with your game saves as they save to the Cloud, when you load up your games on your new Xbox Series S, your save data should sync and be available to you straight away.

As for the disks you own, yes unfortunately you will have to repurchase them and own them digitally on the Series S. (Although some good news, from the time posting this reply Assassin's Creed Odyssey is on sale for $14.99 as opposed to its original $59.99
price mark, only 3 days remaining on this current sale)

For the external hard drive, you can transfer all your digital games to the hard drive and use it on your Xbox Series S.

One thing I personally cannot say for certain is if those games loading from the external hard drive will run the same way they would if they were installed straight onto the console, but regardless you can save yourself time when your Xbox Series S shows
up & load up your old games using your external hard drive with all your save progress.

Obsessive Power

One thing I personally cannot say for certain is if those games loading from the external hard drive will run the same way they would if they were installed straight onto the console...

If you load games on the Series X or S from an external hard drive they will load the same as they do on a regular Xbox One. There won't be any performance issues. Games installed on a external SSD (SATA SSD not the Expansion Card) will load faster then
they would before due to the much faster I/O on the Series X/S.

If you move your games to either the internal storage or the optional Expansion card, you will see significant loading speed improvements. They'll be massive on a game such as Odyssey. Fast traveling in 5 seconds rather than 40 on a regular Xbox One or One
X!

To use the Series X/S 'Quick Resume' on Xbox One or other BC games will require said games to be installed internally or to the Expansion Card. Series X/S games can only be installed on the Internal or Expansion card.

ArminatorX

Can you try to start the game with a different Gamertag Account?

Maybe a world in a savegame became corrupted for that Gamertag Profile, and the game can't load the corrupted world.

If the game starts with a newly created profile, you should try to backup your savegames except one to an external USB drive, disconnect the drive, and try to start the game.

If it doesn't work, delete that savegame, and copy a different one over. If that works, copy one savegame over again, until the game gives an error again, or if all other working savegames are copied over.

ArminatorX

The Xbox One has a specially reserved storage space to keep a local copy of the cloud savegames stored online.

That storage space is only used to keep a local copy of your savegames to speed up loading, or to store savegames temporarily when your console was not connected online.

If you clear that save game storage, this storage is cleared.

If the console was connected online, your savegames are already synced to the cloud, and will be re-downloaded the next time you start a game.

If there are unsynchronized savegames on your console, because the console was offline, your savegame for that offline play will be lost.

Arminator

Well, telling the Xbox to automatically duplicate your savegames and profile to USB won't work. But you can manually copy certain savegames and other content to the USB Stick, but not all.

Your Gamertag can not be copied or duplicated. It can only be moved, which means it copies the Gamertag to the USB Stick and then deletes the Gamertag on the console.

Also, some Games disable the function to copy or move their savegames or certain content to other storage drives. So it is quite normal (unfortunately), that you can't copy everything for a backup.

And finally, there is no comfortable tool to batch copy your data. The Transfer Tool will only
move your stuff to another drive, deleting the originals, so you still only have one copy.

What you need to do is, play a game, and save your progress. After you finished playing, go to "My Xbox", then all the way to the right to the system settings, and then to the Memory options. There go to the harddisc, and find your savegame you want to back
up. Choose to copy it and select the USB drive as a target.

But as I said before, not all games allow copying or moving savegames.

Copy games/savegames to Series S