james2025a

OK, so i have a little problem. I bought a second controller for my PS3 this weekend so tat my stepdaughter and i could play games together. So on the first day whilst i was out of the room she accidentally erased a few of my PS3 game saves. I did not have backups and i am positive there is no way of getting them back. I don't play online, only offline games. For a number of games i seriously dont want to put in the hours needed to get back to where i was.

I was wondering if there is anywhere on the net where a person could download completed game saves for PS3 games and add them onto their system to eliminate the hassle of getting back to this point again? Is this actually even possible to do?

On a side note, i created a new profile for her to use in the PS3 console, however when we start some games it only comes up with my name and does not allow her to chose her profile. Fort example we were playing Sonic Racing Transformed and we had to use James and James1 as the profiles. Any way we can adjust this?

redbill

depends on the game. Little Big Planet, for example, lets you choose a profile outside of the main one for each controller.

Groucho

If you have PS+ your deleted game saves may be in the cloud, assuming you opted in for that feature.

Obi-Wanma

I'm sure there is, but I've never done it, so I can't help you with where to go. Some PS3 game saves are locked though, meaning they cannot be transferred from one console to another unless you do a direct system transfer with two networked PS3's or use the PS+ cloud. If any of your games are locked saves, you're pretty much SOL.

dsa_shea

Many game saves are tied to the PSN user that created them.

james2025a

The problem is that my PS3 is not connected online. I live in an area where the net connection is real, shitty and its wireless only. So i am shit out of luck with ever going online to even doing something as simple as updating my system. So my game saves will not be tracked on my account on the PSN.

I get the feeling this is gonna be a big headache and no easy solution.

Solid Snake

I say bring out the belt to make her remember not to fuck with saves.

Music

This is why kids suck and you should not share your toys with them.

Drexl

I think you're SOL.

BTW, to update your system you can download the file somewhere else (like where the connection is not shitty) and install it via a USB flash drive: http://us.playstation.com/support/sy...date/index.htm

james2025a

Well i did find a forum that has PS3 game saves, but it appears a big hassle to install it. I think i will just get her to play through the game for me so i can do other stuff.

redbill

now you're thinking.

there is nothing more frustrating than losing a game save. Back in the day, I lost my level 30 game save for Phantasy Star on SMS. I had gotten to the final boss but couldn't beat him yet. then accidently saved over it with a different play through. never went back to level grind back up to level 30 to beat. probably a couple hundred hours down the drain.

james2025a

Well a couple of years ago my old PS3 got stolen and i lost all the game saves. Well over 200 hours on Skyrim, Oblivion and Just Cause 2 alone. Tonnes more other game saves and it really pissed me off. I went through Skyrim and Just Cause 2 again. Everything else are in different levels of completion at this stage. I intend to keep backups of save data from this point on.

Drexl

Just bear in mind that the only way to back up protected saves is to either back up the entire system to an external HDD or use the online storage feature of PS Plus.