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{{ProductCargo

|ArticleType=Service

|Category=Software

|Company=

| Description = PS4 Save file editor that has revoked lifetime licenses, reducing them to only 5-year licenses.

|InProduction=Yes

|Logo=Save Wizard.png

|ProductLine=

|ReleaseYear=2017

|Website=https://www.savewizard.net/

}}

'''Save Wizard''' for PS4 Max advertises itself as a service for editing PlayStation 4 save files, that can modify save files using cheats.

'~~''Save Wizard''' for PS4 Max advertises itself as a service for editing PlayStation 4 save files, that can modify save files using cheats.~~

==Consumer impact summary==

{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):

* User Freedom

* User Privacy

* Business Model

* Market Control}}

=Incidents=

==~~Anti~~-~~consumer practices~~==

=== Revocation of lifetime licenses ===

On its website, Save Wizard said its customers would have unlimited access to this service,<ref>https://imgur.com/a/wz5dyVt ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250709033541/https://imgur.com/a/wz5dyVt Archived])</ref> but Save Wizard later changed the terms of the sale by making it a five-year subscription.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/ps4homebrew/comments/1ptaj17/losing_my_save_wizard_lifetime_license/|title=LOSING MY SAVE WIZARD “LIFETIME” LICENSE|author=u/KYfirefighter|work=Reddit|date=2025-12-22|access-date=2026-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222224637/https://old.reddit.com/r/ps4homebrew/comments/1ptaj17/losing_my_save_wizard_lifetime_license/|archive-date=22 Feb 2026|url-status=live}}</ref> This means everybody who bought a lifetime license to use the service no longer has access to it.

File:Save Wizard PS4 terms (1).png

File:Save Wizard PS4 terms (2).png|[https://web.archive.org/web/20240124082745/https://www.savewizard.net/#price-list Archive]

</gallery>

On its website, Save Wizard said its customers would have unlimited access to this service,<ref>https://imgur.com/a/wz5dyVt</ref> but Save Wizard [[Post-purchase EULA modification|later changed]] the terms of the sale by making it a five-year subscription.<ref>https://mega.nz/file/Mz4S0RoL#DW5rC92JdXW4XsJNhSgWAj3FqeumqZmUDJiCxXFqK2w</ref> This means everybody who bought a lifetime license to use the service no longer has access to it.

== See also ==

[[~~Category:Software companies~~]]

* [[Retroactively amended purchase]]

[[~~Category:Articles in need of additional work~~]]

* [[Post-purchase EULA modification]]

==References==

[[Category:Save Wizard]]

[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]

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+{{ProductCargo
+|ArticleType=Service
+|Category=Software
+|Company=
+| Description = PS4 Save file editor that has revoked lifetime licenses, reducing them to only 5-year licenses.
+|InProduction=Yes
+|Logo=Save Wizard.png
+|ProductLine=
+|ReleaseYear=2017
+|Website=https://www.savewizard.net/
+}}
+'''Save Wizard''' for PS4 Max advertises itself as a service for editing PlayStation 4 save files, that can modify save files using cheats.
-'''Save Wizard''' for PS4 Max advertises itself as a service for editing PlayStation 4 save files, that can modify save files using cheats.
+==Consumer impact summary==
+{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):
+* User Freedom
+* User Privacy
+* Business Model
+* Market Control}}
+=Incidents=
-==Anti-consumer practices==
+=== Revocation of lifetime licenses ===
+[[File:Save Wizzard License Revoke Email.png|thumb|right|150px|alt=|AOL email detailing license revocation.]]
+On its website, Save Wizard said its customers would have unlimited access to this service,<ref>https://imgur.com/a/wz5dyVt ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250709033541/https://imgur.com/a/wz5dyVt Archived])</ref> but Save Wizard later changed the terms of the sale by making it a five-year subscription.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/ps4homebrew/comments/1ptaj17/losing_my_save_wizard_lifetime_license/|title=LOSING MY SAVE WIZARD “LIFETIME” LICENSE|author=u/KYfirefighter|work=Reddit|date=2025-12-22|access-date=2026-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222224637/https://old.reddit.com/r/ps4homebrew/comments/1ptaj17/losing_my_save_wizard_lifetime_license/|archive-date=22 Feb 2026|url-status=live}}</ref> This means everybody who bought a lifetime license to use the service no longer has access to it.
+<gallery>
+File:Save Wizard PS4 terms (1).png
+File:Save Wizard PS4 terms (2).png|[https://web.archive.org/web/20240124082745/https://www.savewizard.net/#price-list Archive]
+</gallery>
-On its website, Save Wizard said its customers would have unlimited access to this service,<ref>https://imgur.com/a/wz5dyVt</ref> but Save Wizard [[Post-purchase EULA modification|later changed]] the terms of the sale by making it a five-year subscription.<ref>https://mega.nz/file/Mz4S0RoL#DW5rC92JdXW4XsJNhSgWAj3FqeumqZmUDJiCxXFqK2w</ref> This means everybody who bought a lifetime license to use the service no longer has access to it.
+== See also ==
-[[Category:Software companies]]
+* [[Retroactively amended purchase]]
-[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]
+* [[Post-purchase EULA modification]]
 ==References==
 <references />
+[[Category:Save Wizard]]
+[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]