Because for some players who are less than technically savvy, it's easier to locate the saves if we need to take a look at them for any reason. Having them stored outside the game's folder (like in AppData, for example) would cause more problems than they would solve.
Because game stuff, belongs in the games folders/drives, not system folders/drives.
I don't code and long since gave up trying to understand Windows; this makes sense to me, so how come so many games don't do it that way and insist on dumping save files in Appdata? Does anyone know?
That's up to the individual developer. They choose where to store the saves and what methods work best for them. Faerin has used this method since his first game (Man of the House). AFAIK, that's not likely to change.
True ... I just wondered if anyone here (not just you, but thanks for responding) knows why some developers prefer to put it in appdata.
I store my saves on cloud storage (there are also saves for all renpy games or rpgm( which is more important because there saves with 200+ hours play)
Doubtful.
Most of the programmers don't analyze all the aspects of their programs, therefore they use the documented procedures.
