PS3 Died, savegames?!

Knight_Of_Zero · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:40

So hey guys... my PS3 died in august/july-ish... and Got a new one for Christmas (I know it's not christmas yet, I just know) and, my question is, if I took out the old PS3 HDD, and plugged it into an external 2.5" HDD enclosure, would I be able to save my savegames?

Alexrose1uk · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:51

If the HDD size difference isn't massive/doesnt bother you, the old HDD in the new PS3 would probably work.

Knight_Of_Zero · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:55

I wish it were that simple, Sony (Those devilish ********) require a compulsory Format for any new HDD's that you put into the PS3's... so I have to get the data off of the HDD without using a PS3

TheVoice · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:56

Unless you can get the old PS3 working again, your saves are gone.

Knight_Of_Zero · 24 Dec 2010 at 01:07

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

point decay · 24 Dec 2010 at 01:08

TheVoice said:
Unless you can get the old PS3 working again, your saves are gone.

pretty sure i read this elsewhere, in fact its the reason i back up what i can to a mem stick every couple of weeks.

no idea why ms & sony cant tie the saves to your account and back them up to a server somewhere

Knight_Of_Zero · 24 Dec 2010 at 01:10

r3d zombie said:
pretty sure i read this elsewhere, in fact its the reason i back up what i can to a mem stick every couple of weeks.

no idea why ms & sony cant tie the saves to your account and back them up to a server somewhere

They're Stupid :mad:

and, I did that for the first few months, but then I got in to the state of false security of, nah thats never gonna happen to me...

I guess, I'll just have to open her up and "Inspect" :/

point decay · 24 Dec 2010 at 01:13

Knight_Of_Zero said:
They're Stupid and, I did that for the first few months, but then I got in to the state of false security of, nah thats never gonna happen to me...

I guess, I'll just have to open her up and "Inspect" :/

in fairness only half of the games i own allow me to back the saves up, so even doing this is not ideal.

good luck !

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have you tried googling PS3 save games?, seem to be a fair few sites offering game save files..

Scort · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:49

TheVoice said:
Unless you can get the old PS3 working again, your saves are gone.

Speaking from experience, this is correct

ic1male · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:22

Roll on Valve with its Steam Cloud saving, eh?

Scort · 24 Dec 2010 at 11:16

ic1male said:
Roll on Valve with its Steam Cloud saving, eh?

Or roll on Sony not being ***** and allowing me to swap my HD like I can on my 360