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PSPgo refuses downloaded games from UMD reward program

Sony offers a reward program that provides three free games for every PSPgo customer who already owns an older PSP model with at least one UMD. But there seems to be a big problem with the restrictions of this offer. Many users in Sony's official forums claim the games to be unusable on the PSPgo if you downloaded them via PlayStation 3 and try to transfer them to the PSPgo afterwards. It seems like the games are automatically linked to the machine which downloaded them and they can just be used on that system only. So for example in case of a broken PSPgo, you can't play the games from the reward program on your new handheld after a possibly unavoidable exchange caused by technical issues.

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Mikey Mike6061d ago

How many times have I bought an album in various formats. Many. Same thing with double dips in DVD releases, heck I bought Big Trouble in China three times, VHS, DVD, and now Blu Ray.

SmokeyMcBear6061d ago

didnt read the article... but did they remember to activate the pspgo to the ps3.. you have to sync/connect/activate/whatever its called/ before you can play games downloaded from the ps3 to the psp.. if i remember correctly

Keith Olbermann6061d ago

People! If you have umd's that you want to keep playing, keep your old psp or get a 3000. This argument makes no since at all.

trancefreak6061d ago

I know im still waiting for my vid service to be reactivated after trading my 40gb in for a slim @ gamestop.

Just a heads up to peeps selling or trading in your ps3/psp system. Make sure u deactivate it otherwise you will have to call sony and wait 5-7 business days for reinstatement for video or games.

The video content is somewhat stricter with only one activation per system. Just a heads up because I didn't know and ofcourse dumbstop didn't either.

Biphter6061d ago

And what they say is true. You HAVE to download them on the PSP go, and you can't later transfer them to another PSP or re-download on the PS3 to store them. All these things you CAN do with a normal Digital PSP PSN Store Purchase. This limit doesn't affect the Free Gran Turismo offer. That can be downloaded and stored on the PS3 or PC like all other PSP downloadable games.

This limit is only on the three free games. I personally store all my Digital PSP games on my PS3 so I can transfer what I want to the PSP Go as and when I like (and this works to my PSP Phat too). The 3 free games offer limitation means you can't store those games... loose your PSP go, then you loose them games. Thats not good.

Ju6061d ago

Ok, that's new then. So what, if you download them by "accident" on your PS3/PC, you can't re-download them with PSP Go or you can ?

Biphter6060d ago

Thats what this article is saying. Some people have done what I would normally do. Bought the games through the PS3 store and when they have come to transfer the games to the PSP Go it wont let them. Which is absolutely ridiculous, there should have been some kind of block or warning if you try and download on PS3.

I was fortunate enough to notice that in the download instructions it said you must download the games through the PSP Go. I thought it was a little weird, but did it anyway. (took 2 frikking hours to download all three, which would normally take 20 mins on my PS3).

Later that day I logged into the PS Store on my PS3 and I went to my purchased list, tried to download the three offer games for backup purposes, and got an error come up. Nothing more to do than press Circle and go back to the list.

It seems like this is a glitch, I can't see why we wouldn't be allowed to store these games on PS3. And even more ridiculous, download on PS3 and not be able to transfer. Hopefully its a mistake and will be fixed.

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Ju6061d ago

Since when is that new ? And since when is the PS3 registered to PSP games ? You need to register the PSP to the PSN - either on the PS3 or on Media GO! And, yes, you can only download the games to PSP(s) which are registered to the proper account (not device!). You can register a PSP to a PC and PS3, and you can register multiple PSPs to the same account. What't the big deal ? Did that before and that works just fine.
If you loose your PSP or it breaks, register the new one. Done.

ThanatosDMC6061d ago

People are just ignorant. A little research on google would have helped.

Vortex3D6061d ago

For people who love the idea of buying download version of the game, live with the restrictions.

Give it a few years and people who bought their games and movies as download version will find they don't own anything once the restriction prevents them for using them. It doesn't matter what Sony or the movie studio says today about able to redownload them because when they want to double or triple-dip you, they can easily do it.

Many will disagree with me today but when your favorite games or movies refuse to let you play them later, it's time for you to pay for the same product you already paid for.

Of course when you are bored with the download games or movies, you can't sell or trade for any value. You can't even give them away to your friend or anyone.

I like to see how younger kids are going to do about that. The old days of trading games with friends is gone.

trancefreak6061d ago

I partially agree with ya and since I had my very own trouble this week with my ps3 slim upgrade activation I know where u going with this.

Also like you mention without physical media you cant trade it in or get rid of right? Its yours paired to your system or gamer id or both.

If your psp go gets ripped off that would be a lousy scenario. You will need sony to deactivate your go and if you dont have the $$$ to get a new one it'll be some time before you can be assured you have your games.

Anyways Sony has been very lean ant and I do believe they'll work with their consumers on their digital content retrieval.

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1313 was the one I wanted to play. To bad