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You Can Soon Save Your PS3 Games In Thin Air

Via Kotaku: "Kotaku has learned that, earlier today, Sony informed developers of a new feature for the PlayStation 3: the ability to save games in the "cloud"."

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ActionBastard4866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

Hell. Yes. PS+ is so worth it. Games, discounts, exclusive access to betas and demos, and now cloud gave save storage. Now that's a service that actually gives you something.

Xulap4866d ago

Agreed. PlayStation Plus keeps paying for itself. This sounds amazing.

Well, actually.. It payed for itself a while back. Everything from the 2nd month onward is a bonus for me.

I'm a really happy PS+ member.

I_find_it_funny4866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

Not yet PS+ member, I hope this includes all the locked saves.
And that what Im lookinf for before signing for +, I want features not discounts , good move Sony

JoySticksFTW4866d ago

The article says that it does include copy protected games, but goes on to say that devs can opt out of cloud saving

Like I said before, my 60gb is long in the tooth. So I just bought a slim mainly to transfer over my copy protected saves like Demons' Souls that I already put hundreds of hours into.

It would be crazy to let devs opt out of this feature, if this is true

I really can't think of an acceptable scenario in which a dev should refuse to let their game be saved with this service

If anyone knows a reason, please share because my feeble mind can't come up with one

hakis864866d ago

JoySticks:
You bought a Slim because of the HFF space? Why didn't you just get a 320GB HDD for 50$ and put it in your first PS3? It doesn't break the warranty.

Shikoro4866d ago

He bought a new Slim to transfer his saves in case his old 60GB dies on him. Get it now? :)

JoySticksFTW4866d ago

What Shikoro said.

Unfortunately, there are some game saves that are copy protected and cannot be transfered to memory cards

The only way to save them from being lost before your older system dies, is to use the transfer data utility to move all data including copy protected saves to a newer system

This may change though, if what this article says is true.

Kevin ButIer4865d ago

That image... PSN is heaven

ComboBreaker4865d ago (Edited 4865d ago )

"It's a bird!"
"It's a plane!"
"No, it's Playstation, man!"

Saving the world of games in the cloud.

Wada of Square Enix: "With saving in the Cloud, gamers can finally save Aries from Sephiroth, in the sky."

Gamers: "That doesn't even make any sense..."

Ravenor4865d ago

Yeah, paying for discounts is AWESOME.

ActionBastard4865d ago

Good thing it's not just discounts Ravenor, as the story clearly states. Go back to paying for the privilege of playing with buds and leave the next-gen stuff to Sony.

SeanRL4865d ago

To the cloud!

Wait a minute....

Ravenor4865d ago

@actionbastarrd

If only I paid for XBL, then your comment would have stung. You like the idea of having to pay to get into beta's and the privilege to play a demo? Worse enough that a lot of games don't launch with a demo, but PAYING? Ridiculous, what you people are willing to pay for, it's absolutely ridiculous.

As others have stated, Steam has had Steam Cloud for ages and most major free Email providers give you loads of space for images and other things all for free. This isn't new, and it's certainly not worth paying money for.

DragonKnight4865d ago

@Ravenor: Cosco has been doing it forever and seems to work. People like to pay for what they feel is value to them. In PS+ case it's exclusive access to betas, early access to demos, game trials, etc.. Maybe some people think that that's stupid to pay for, just like paying a store to give you discounts on products, but they find merit in it so... what are you going to do about it?

Oh I know, degrade people for it. Yeah, that'll change their minds for sure.

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HolyOrangeCows4866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

Does it include copy-protected save files? Because I can't back up all of mah gaem savez :(

duplissi4866d ago

i know this is heretic talk here... but if you jailbreak your system then you can copy your saves.

deadreckoning6664866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

@duplissi- Not even...u can go the even simpler route and just backup your game saves on a $10 usb stick or memory stick pro duo.

Don't get me wrong, this is a cool feature for PS Plus users, but it ain't gunna convert me. Until Sony creates an "all you can eat" subscription service for movies and tv shows..they won't be getting a yearly fee from me.

multipayer4866d ago

I think duplissi meant you can break the copy protected saves, that can't be saved to usb...

Cloud isn't something I'd want tied up in a subscription service anyway, what if I stop paying? There goes all my saves...

tigertron4866d ago

If it does then I'll subscribe to PS +

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fucadastates4866d ago

loving the auto update/downloade thing that comes with psplus. havent downloaded a patch in ages.. the ps3 does it for me, when i sleep :)

Christopher4866d ago

Man, get this done now! I want my saves always saved in a cloud.

PS3 crashes? Whatever, I've got all the saves I need stored off the PS3 and quickly rotate in another.

thesummerofgeorge4866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

Sounds cool, but wouldn't that mean you'd have to be online to access your saves? I would be worried that I wouldn't be able to play my games if I couldn't get a connection for whatever reason.

Edit:Now that I think about it, I suppose I do have tons of saves for games I haven't played in a while, so I can see it being really useful for files you aren't using but don't wanna get rid of.

ChrisW4866d ago

Yeah... but on PC STEAM which gives awesome demos, discounts, and what not... Cloud is free.

kwicksandz4866d ago

yup but console gamers dont seem to mind being nickle and dimed by their favourite manufacturer for some reason.

Ravenor4865d ago (Edited 4865d ago )

This always comes to mind when I see people praising PS+.

Not all good things HAVE to cost money.

Discounts aren't worth a subscription, and 95% of the free stuff I'm not interested in playing. I have a PS1 for PS1 games, I don't need them on the hard drive too.

Carlos_Irwin_Estevez4865d ago

Get this, its optional......

and its a great option, its not a needed aspect like steams cloud because almost everyone has more than one pc.

It should have been supported by all steam games from day 1 imo.

WhiteNoise4865d ago

@Action Bastard

Yeah man, it does the same things as steam, except steam is free...

For the price of PSN+ you could buy a few games a year which you get to keep..

Steam has matchmaking services, achievements, game store, media viewing and trailer downloads etc, free demo's, beta's, DLC support, cloud storage, and anti cheat.

People need to stop praising and paying for features that have been free on PC for years.

FinalSpartan4865d ago

what kind of pointless feature is this? saving games into a server on the internet?

1. You can backup your files using extrenal hhh
2. You can backup your files using a large USB thumbstick

depending on what they mean by games? Gamesaves ? LOOOL they so small and take no space at all. Full PSN games? Can be saved onto the above.

This is pointless , the space provided in nowaydays PS3 is enough. For everything as installs and such. I have 180GB. Thats why more then enough.

Give us stuff like

party chat
cross game invite

real features.

Oh what happens when server goes down? server gets hacked lol

FinalSpartan4865d ago

oh it is for saves haha ridiculous and also for PSN+ members only haha who would buy that garbage just for that.

bananlol4865d ago

Newer ps3 games already use a unified invite system. And i believe that if you are in a text chat lobby these invites will go out to everyone in the lobby, so in a sense the ps3 already have a party system. Just lacks the voice part:(

y0haN4865d ago

"Hell. Yes. PS+ is so worth it. Games, discounts, exclusive access to betas and demos, and now cloud gave save storage. Now that's a service that actually gives you something."

You get all those, for free, on Steam.

solar4865d ago

you shouldnt have to pay money for those features Action. those are features you should get for buying Sony's hardware. along with Xbox Live should be free. anyone who pays for that is insase.

Geralt4865d ago

Worth it? This is what Steam has been giving for years, totally free.

thorstein4864d ago

Right.... on PCs. And we are getting Steam too!!!! SO if you aren't PS+ you're still good.

thorstein4864d ago

This is PURE WIN!!

I guess PSN has finally ecliPS3d the competition. (see what I did there???)

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eggbert4866d ago

interesting. Save a bit o space It seems.

PSplus only PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTT TTTTTTT

Nitrowolf24866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

Well i wouldn't expect something like this to be free, i have tons of game saves on MY PS3. And with so many other users who do to, this has to be costly for them to maintain that many saves.
Another reason why people should go for Plus.

I'm hoping this eventually evolves into more then just gamesaves over time.
Maybe next generation or so.

The way i see it, PS3 is a testing ground for PSN for next generation console.

coldfoot4866d ago

I bet all your game saves would take up less space than a demo download like ME2 or Bulletstorm.

Darkfocus4866d ago

steam does this for free....

Neo Nugget4866d ago

Not on every game though, right?

Amplitude4866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

@Neo Nugget:

Lol nah he's right Steam does do it for free for every single game. xD Keeps track of your exact saves for every game, your play time, last time played, etc.
But it's still definitely awesome.

In all seriousness it SHOULD be free. I mean, 100 game saves most likely would not take up more space than 20 pictures or so, and yet photobucket remains free.
And then yeah Steam cloud saves are free.
Even Microsoft has cloud storage on hotmail where you can upload up to 25 gigabytes of files for free. It's called Skydrive. Pretty sure Google has it as well.

But whatever. I already have plus, and i fully intend on using this since i constantly travel to people's houses and need to repeatedly transfer saves from ps3 to memory stick to other ps3 to memory stick back to my ps3.
Super annoying haha

Kewl_Kat4866d ago

@Darkfocus, PS+ isn't charging just for the cloud save feature. The feature is part of the many benefits PS+ offers.

Darkfocus4865d ago

it's not free if it's part of a service your paying for...they should just give it to all ps3 owners game saves are ridiculously small anyway...

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Nitrowolf24866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

title a bit misleading
anyway
Bout dam time
Now i have something to look forward to in a FW update.
However i am under the impression that it has to be activated by the developers first
"Sony informed developers of a new feature for the PlayStation 3: the ability to save games in the "cloud"."
idk maybe its just letting them know, which means that they might enforce more locked Gamesaves (not good for people offline).

Either way, this is really good news. A feature thats been requested for some time now.

Cloud Storage>>>>> Cross Game Chat
Still would be nice to add later on in the year. I'm hoping we see some of those NGP Apps make it to PS3.

Checkmate4865d ago

my question is what if you're a PSN+ user and have saved games on their servers and then you decide to cancel PSN+? do you lose all of your saves??

saladthieves4865d ago

No, I'm pretty sure if that is what happens, then it is a wrong move by Sony. I think that your saves will stay in the cloud, but something tells me that if you want the back, you have to re-subscribe your PSN+ account.

BARF4865d ago (Edited 4865d ago )

"Cloud Storage>>>>> Cross Game Chat"

not even close. party chat is great. i dont know why ps3 kids hate on it so much??? i could care less about this online storage bs compared to party chat. i like to be able to communicate with my friends during games without random people throwing in their two scents. also party chat helps to avoid those outrageous arguing matches in lobbies. give me party chat so i never have to pay for live agan. if sony added party chat to ps+, it would sell like crazy (i pay for + now as it is).

BARF4865d ago

"throwing in their two CENTS" - fixed lol.

had to do that before a grammar nazi came after me.

danmachine4865d ago

the expression is COULDN'T CARE less not could care less. has the whole world gone mad?

trounbyfire4866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

eat your words haters PS3 is the future...wait the future is now

yeah

and doesn't portal 2 have cloud storage so yeah this is one step closer to psp2 and ps3 being husband and wife.

play uncharted on your ps3 then save to cloud. go out and play uncharted by getting your saves from online then again and again

ALFAxD_CENTAURO4866d ago (Edited 4866d ago )

When is the Wedding?

Because PSN and Steam they have a Matrimony already:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

trounbyfire4866d ago

i know but this has to do with the NGP like i said it means more than storage

see my comment on #10

jizzyjones4866d ago

Sounds like STEAM, o wait steamworks arrives when Portal2 does.......3.60 in prep for Portal2 it is then.

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay1d 18h ago (Edited 1d 18h ago )

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai2d ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19721d 20h ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

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@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19721d 20h ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation1d 17h ago (Edited 1d 17h ago )

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz1d 18h ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay1d 18h ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

RaiderNation1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

Progress is inevitable. Nobody driving cars today is complaining that the horse and buggy is no longer around. Yes, some jobs will be lost but guess what? With innovation comes new job opportunities. It's how the cycle of the job market works.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

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Profchaos31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers30d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken30d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g30d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing30d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H930d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola30d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66930d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle30d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

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jznrpg31d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos31d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola31d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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