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Cloud Saving on Playstation 3 Demonstrated (Video)

Video showing off the 3.60 firmware update on the Playstation 3 which comes with the option to now save and back up your game saves on to the "cloud" of the Playstation Network servers for easy access. But only if you are a Playstation Plus member and will only last for as long as you are one.

Video also shows the copyright restriction message you will receive for copy protected saves.

Blaze9295560d ago

Pretty cool. Would have been easier if there was a "check multiple" option instead of having to do each save one by one.

On a side note, how do you "recover" a psn account on another PS3? In the event that I did do to a friends house and wanted to download my save, how do I even get my profile back?

AridSpider5560d ago

what would be cool is if they have it to auto back up and save stuff to the cloud. Be able to choose where you want your default saves to be stored or at least at shutdown everytime, it should make a backup of your saves.

But seeing as they can't even get automatic trophy syncing down yet I'm probably asking for too much :-/

JasonXE5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

that's a great idea. But one step at a time, you know, with Sony. Just be glad we got this at least

Blaze9295560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

pretty nice idea. Having it set up like automatic updates/virus scan programs where we can make a cloud back up every night at a certain time, or week, or month or whatever would be sweet. Going through each save one by one as that video shows just makes this not even worth the effort if you're extra lazy.

But this is 100% useful for all those copy protected saves!

-Alpha5560d ago

So, you CAN save copy-righted games, right?

I have Demon's Souls on my 40 GB HDD but I now have a 500 GB HDD. If I save it in cloud and then switch HDD's can I retrieve it?

Blaze9295560d ago

Yes, once every 24 hours

Kamikaze1355560d ago

@Alpha-Male22

Yes, you can.

Focker4205560d ago

@Alpha-Male22

It should work. The first thing I did was put my demon's souls save onto the cloud. It says its saved on there but I haven't gone onto my other PS3 to test it yet. It says my save is on the cloud so theres no reason it shouldn't work.

morganfell5560d ago

I just tested it between my PS3s and it copies even restricted data, such as Vanquish, as well as profiles. Sweet!

-Alpha5560d ago

Thanks. It's time for me to consider Plus seriously.

If Sony rolls out more things like this then I am definitely jumping in

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ISKREEM5560d ago

All you need to do is make a new user, and sign in to your account on it.

ll_UNDERSCORE_ll5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

@blaze
get your profile back? I'm guessing you need to tell your friend to log on to your profile with his system, then go to the activate/de-activate system settings, and have him/her de-activate off your account through his ps3.
not sure if that was the answer to your question

paradiselost935560d ago

i just created a profile on my friends system and signed in from the psn on the profile.

Instead of ticking "create new profile" just select something like "already have an account".

Focker4205560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

To get your account on another console just create a new user and when you're signing up for PSN select 'create existing account'

OT: I've already got most of my saves on the cloud, so glad we have this.

VINNIEPAZ5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

What happens when ya Playstation Plus Member runs out?

@"poor attempt at trolling"

Really? More like poor attempt at giving an answer from you. I have a PSN+ account moron and it would be nice to know.

JasonXE5560d ago

was he trolling or is a known troll? Seems like a pretty legit question to me. To answer it Vin, If your PlayStation Plus subscription expires then you will no longer be able to access Online Storage until you renew your subscription. However, any game saves stored will be kept for six months and you will be able to access them as before when you renew the subscription, as long as you do so within that six month period.

Focker4205560d ago

On the off chance you're not trolling I'll answer you. They said that they can't guarantee your data will still be on the cloud when you resubscribe.

So I would suggest copying all of your data back onto the HDD or onto a flash drive if you don't plan on renewing. Not a big deal at all. It'll be exactly the same as before you had PS+.

Masterchef20075560d ago

They store your saves for a period of six months.

thebudgetgamer5560d ago

your right, i acted the fool and apologize.

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Blaze9295560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

EDIT: wrong reply button

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ProA0075560d ago

well, that was quick. great video

Quagmire5560d ago

Service shouldve been for everyone, not just PSN+ users

Aussiegamer5560d ago

Can't wait to use this service, fantastic if my ps3 dies, because I wont loose game saves like gt5, wouldn't wanna go through about 50hrs again from the start.

BaSeBaLlKiD7215560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

I added KZ3, ACB and NFS:HP saved data to cloud and I'm already at 146MB/150MB... lame...

Other than that, it's a neat feature to have.

Mmmkay5560d ago

sooo... you used 4 of the 150 MB... what a shame...

BaSeBaLlKiD7215560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

oh, I get it... lol

I thought 146MB was how much I used so far, my bad... lol

-Alpha5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

Good to see more and more actual features coming out for Plus. It's what the service needs more of.

Hopefully we see more things that are asked for coming, including voice messaging, smaller & faster in-game xmb, etc.

Tony-Red-Grave5560d ago

how many of the rumored ps+ features have made it so far from back when ps+ was a rumor?

JasonXE5560d ago

faster downloads need to come. Maybe have PS+ exclusive servers or something because sharing servers with the rest of everyone else kills me how long it takes to download stuff from PSN

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin3390d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905835d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5835d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905835d ago (Edited 5835d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5835d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5835d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5835d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495835d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5834d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5835d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn3425d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One