So this will allow me to download my son's old saved game from current 320gb unit and restore results to a brand new PS3?
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yes it will allow you to make a restore file to clean the system and restore it wit the games you had on it up to that date. I'be done one myself with this vary unit.
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Yes but if they are copyright protected then you are going to have to do a system backup! Games you purchased digitally I can understand but save data of your game's progress is just stupid!
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Spend $50 on PS+ and he can upload his save to the online storage and then copy them to wherever his PSN profile goes.
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.Hi Chuck,I remember a question on line identical to yours and the response given was no. You think like me. I planned to do that myself but the data on the external has to be downloaded to the PS3 in order to work. I bought a 1T hard drive to replace the 250GB that I had and love it. I believe it was under $100 and extremely easy to do. Currently, I have 54 games and well over300 hours of video not to mention music and photos and still have 470GB free for future downloads. I back things up on the external to be safe but am happy with it. Of course it comes with a price to do that but considering the cost of downloads, it pays for itself. .Hi Chuck,I remember a question on line identical to yours and the response given was no. You think like me. I planned to do that myself but the data on the external has to be downloaded to the PS3 in order to work. I bought a 1T hard drive to replace the 250GB that I had and love it. I believe it was under $100 and extremely easy to do. Currently, I have 54 games and well over300 hours of video not to mention music and photos and still have 470GB free for future downloads. I back things up on the external to be safe but am happy with it. Of course it comes with a price to do... » Read More .Hi Chuck,I remember a question on line identical to yours and the response given was no. You think like me. I planned to do that myself but the data on the external has to be downloaded to the PS3 in order to work. I bought a 1T hard drive to replace the 250GB that I had and love it. I believe it was under $100 and extremely easy to do. Currently, I have 54 games and well over300 hours of video not to mention music and photos and still have 470GB free for future downloads. I back things up on the external to be safe but am happy with it. Of course it comes with a price to do that but considering the cost of downloads, it pays for itself. « Show Less
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Yes you should, unless the Disc Type is not compatible in Japan or on Japanese (as u say) PS3 devices. Mine is BLUS30902GH
1999075
Yes. You can actually still use the old game disk as well, you just have to install the second disk of the set which has all the dlc on it
471937
I used this on a PS3 slim but dont think it would make any difference on backward compatibility.
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From the reviews I've seen on Newegg, yes, this drive can upgrade a PS3 since it's 9.5mm height. I plan on buying one this week to upgrade my 120GB slim so I have more storage for the new wave of PS Plus games coming out
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Short answer no. You have to copy your file to the hdd and when you want to play it you have to copy it back to the ps3.
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Yes, this hard drive will work on the original PS3. Be aware, even though it does not say it, the drive is refurbished.
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You can download the digital games anytime you want it, the only restriction is that it is limitated up to max 3 consoles and the game is associated with the PSN account that used the code to unlock the digital content; if the game is used and the user used the code, you won't be able to download it to your psn account... btw: the game sucks :P (i deleted it)
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I believe the ps3's use the same kind of hard drive as a computer. Just be sure you reformat the drive so nothing is on it and when you plug it into your playstation, it will format to whatever the playstation uses.
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Yes. The portable hard drive copies everything that is on your hard drive including saved game data and downloaded content. The only data that is not saved to the external hard drive is is your game trophies. Those have to be saved manually on the PlayStation network server which can be done by you on the same ps3 console.
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yes it will! There is a plate on the front bottom right corner of the ps3 slim under the disk drive. I don't know how it goes in the others.
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No. Only the very first PS3s sold had that feature. All systems now can only play PS3 disks however the Sony online store allows you to purchase and download many PS1 and PS2 games to your PS3 and okay them that way. But you may be purchasing games you already own disk versions of (unfortunately).
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yes works well...no issues seen. follow the directions from sony hdd upgrade and get the larger file...think it was 500mb or so....for new drive install.....do hate how you cant back anything up on ps4 except game saves...so you have to redownload everything....i had a god 60+ gb
819757
Yes. My PS3 is a 1st gen. Works great. Both 1st gen. and slims use the same hard drives.
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It should, I bought it to back up my PS3 since I have a 1 TB inside. I formatted it to FAT32 using a program (because you can't do it regularly) and it backed up perfectly.
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I would also like to get this HD for the ps3 ... Not sure why this wouldn't work ... Any confirmation out there??