WhiteWolf Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Sony informed developers of a new feature for the PlayStation 3: the ability to save games in the "cloud". Cloud storage means that, rather than just keeping your save game data on your PlayStation 3's hard drive, users will be given the option to upload their saves remotely to a server. The advantage of this is that not only does it save the user space on their hard drive, but since it's tied to a PlayStation Network account, it can be pulled down to different consoles whenever and wherever the user desires. First rumoured all the way back in 2009, there is of course a catch: it'll only be made available to PlayStation Plus subscribers, not the great unwashed. Actually, there are two catches: Sony bundled the announcement with the clause that, because saving games to the cloud "will allow save data with the copy prohibited attribute to be copied into the online storage", developers are able to opt out and bar their games from using it should there be a concern. Sony will call the process "Online Saving", and it'll be made available as part of the PS3's upcoming 3.60 firmware update. http://kotaku.com/5746393/save-your-ps3-games-in-thin-air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 only for ps+ :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sufyan Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 meh :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersim Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 These saved games can be pulled down to a different console and played ? No point in making this available if this cant be done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot-Drake-Pixel Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Now this feature makes ps+ more desirable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted January 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 not gonna subscribe to PS+..for this.... This was used in AC2 PC version right ? online saving ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Assassin Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Who has given the thread "annoying firmware updates" tag? Must be Zodak P.S:A nice feature indeed.All consoles shud adopt this feature in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Awesome, I always found it difficult to backup my saves to USB flash drive and use it on another console. How about removing those stupid locks that developers put on their save files? This was used in AC2 PC version right ? online saving ? imo all Valve games on PC have cloud saving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngerSmash Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 ^^ trophy hacks will be more accessible if they unlock the save games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
★ Kani ★ Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 still not buying ps+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b!T Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 still not buying ps+ agree on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagWarriorZergey Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 These saved games can be pulled down to a different console and played ? No point in making this available if this cant be done . Really.. it may be an alternativ to having memorycards and be able to load ur games from any consoles... Dey should make it available to all, and maybe put a restriction on d space available to free member and Psn Plus members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 ^^ trophy hacks will be more accessible if they unlock the save games Most game saves are not locked, only handful of them are paranoid about it. They can do what PD did, unlock them to backup but keep them locked to your profile. This is the problem with Sony and their dev kits, nothing is uniformed, everything is done on the case by case basis in the name of giving devs more freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 okay......so please make the PS+ only guys eligible for the update and stop ruining the rest of out lives now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantz Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Awesome feature.. If this is true, I'd buy PSN + in a jiffy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngerSmash Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Most game saves are not locked, only handful of them are paranoid about it. They can do what PD did, unlock them to backup but keep them locked to your profile. This is the problem with Sony and their dev kits, nothing is uniformed, everything is done on the case by case basis in the name of giving devs more freedom. yeah u can copy most of the games to ext hdd only game which i was unable to copy was re5 i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 How many poeple play on multiple systems regularly? Cloud saves make sense for casual games on PC / mobile e.g. when I switch between Puzzle Quest in office and home. Similarly across all the various versions of Angry Birds. The other reason for online storage is backup. So how precious are your saved games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 How many poeple play on multiple systems regularly? Cloud saves make sense for casual games on PC / mobile e.g. when I switch between Puzzle Quest in office and home. Similarly across all the various versions of Angry Birds. The other reason for online storage is backup. So how precious are your saved games Not me :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R a g h u Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Bah..more test cases for me while I test their games now. Edit: typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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