Your PS3 Trophies are Safe and Sound [UPDATE]
One of PS3 owners’ biggest concerns with the PS3 calendar bug is whether their hard-earned trophies are still intact. Many people dedicate countless hours to obtaining a Platinum trophy in their favorite games, giving them serious “gamer cred.” Fret not, your precious shiny trophies are just fine.
In a recent tweet from EU PlayStation Community manager, MusterBuster says he has checked his trophies, and they are safe and secure.
Just checked my trophies here https://secure.eu.playstation.com/psn/mypsn/trophies/ – they’re safe and sound
You, too, should check your trophies HERE, if only just to ease your mind.
Sony has recently released an update, diagnosing this major PS3 issue and stating a fix is coming within 24 hours. We’ll bring you up to the minute information regarding this massive PS3 issue as it unfolds.
[UPDATE]
Many users are reporting via Twitter that any unsynced trophies are not showing up in their PSN ID profiles. Only synced trophies are certain to be “safe and sound”. We’ll find out within 24 hours if any trophies unlocked post-sync can be salvaged.
34 Responses to “Your PS3 Trophies are Safe and Sound [UPDATE]”
My trophies are good, but what I’m wondering is what will happen to the ones that I earned in Heavy Rain and didn’t have a chance to sync before the system crashed?
My Dad has a “fat”. He’s not online, but he is affected. He’s not exactly great with electronics. How is he supposed to get this update?
The EU site is under huge loads at the moment, and doesn’t always respond.
You can also check your trophies on the US site, using this link and inserting your PSN ID in the appropriate place:
http://us.playstation.com/publictrophy/index.htm?onlinename=YOUR-PSN-ID-HERE
But be aware that for some reason, Heavy Rain trophies do not currently seem to show (well, mine don’t, anyway), even though they are included in the trophy counts at the top of the page. This has been the case for days, and is not a result of the current problems.
@FiftyQuid – There is no update yet. If a firmware update is released, you can update in the usual fashion, since updates are not dependent on being able to sign in to PSN.
probably externally, with the use of a USB flashdrive, since the Fat ones can allow that
FiftyQuid – either the update will still work through the PS3 System update feature or they will release it on the Official US Playstation site where they usually put them when they release new firmware so you can put them on a USB drive and plug that into the PS3. I would just wait until they release info that the problem has been fixed and I’m sure they’ll include instructions on how to get it done.
Anyway, I’m glad they finally released a little info on the trophies, I was getting sick of people whining that they thought they lost them. I’ve been trying to explain to people that any trophies that have been synced are going to be safe, along with purchased themes that may have been corrupted. That is the purpose of SOny always having you sync your trophies, so that they are backed up if something happens. As for purchased content, that stuff is always saved in the download list attached to your PSN account so that is always going to be safe too unless Sony’s servers get entirely erased which will never happen…It’s just good to get an “official” statement from someone inside the organization so those that don’t completely understand these features can relax a little.
I just had an idea. SONY should apologize for this really stupid error that they didn’t catch from the get go and give us all a free PSN game!
oh well here’s something to keep going whilst waiting for the fix!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu-vdhgkC6o
LOL I booted that link up funkyellowmonkey and the moment I saw what it was I started laughing already. Now I’m going back to the link to finish watching it.
yes a free psn game would suffice
Oh come on guys, sure an apology is in order but don’t threaten for a free game of the issue. It wasn’t like everything got wiped, unable to play anything for close to a week, and have to buy a new system. Just chill. Sony’s doing what they can.
meh im getting sick of everyone saying that we should get something because no one takes into consideration that NOT everyone is effected and not every slim is save and not every fat is broken… this would mean the only way to actually give out a freebe without missing someone would be to give it to everyone which i rather get nothing than the % of people who can use psn *which is atleast 25%+* getting something for free while they can use psn =\
I just checked and my Heavy Rain trophies are gone.. which ok i guess cause I planned on passing it a second time JUST for Trophies…
I just want to be able to play the game already…
Do people realize that a firmware is not going to fix this issue? Its an internal clock issue that is not affect by any firmware. If you want to fix this, you need to open up your PS3 and remove the battery (CR2032 cmos (NVRAM) Battery) for about 5 minutes and put it back it. You PS3 is going to work fine after that. Opening up your PS3 will void your warranty.
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/03/01/8001050f-problem-fixed/
they should put the slim ps3′s offline too… so they can experience the pain and suffering we “phat ps3″ owners went through!!
hmmmm…. I have an idea. A revolutionary one at that. Don’t sign online. Play a game – get this – for fun! and say “screw trophies!” No? ah… I tried.
I’m ok with an apology as long as I don’t lose anything .
if it’s just the inconvenience of not being able to play any game for 2 days that’s fine — but … if I lose all 65 plus psn titles and over 200 dlc items I’ve paid for out of my own hard earned money I’ll expect a full refund for them and my ps3 too because as of now it’s just an expensive dvd player — I couldn’t even listen to music because it said that the copyright information was invalid and I copied it from a cd I own .
if I lose all my stuff and have to redownload everything that’s time and money lost for me because that’ll take me about 2 days to download everything again and not everything has shown up on my downloads list recently when it should
Im glad my slim saved me a headache like that. Last night around midnight I noticed I had one friend on and like half the normal people on MAG, then read this this morning. Thank you slim!
my Heavy Rain trophies i got most of them Friday
and they are not there
I already knew this. I had my trophy card updated last night and I still got a platinum in Dante’s Inferno
Too bad I can’t finish the game now.
dang i was playing a game when the bug hit. i think I will miss 2-5 trophies
Damn mines down 2
@giese095
youve been whining about not being able to play heavy rain. Who are you to say everyone is whining? when your crying about not being able to play.
@thehater
than how will Sony fix it? your not doing anyone a favor by posting directions on how to reset there clock by opening there PS3.
@shadowjin
Sony isn’t going to fix anything. It is going to reset it self at 6PM Eastern time today or tomorrow. I am just offering people with the old PS3 a way to fix it now rather than wait several hours. And Yes, I am doing people a favor. Many people, including myself, no longer have a warranty because it has been 3+ years since we got our PS3. So it doesn’t really matter if we open it or not because we are not voiding our warranty.
shadowjin – I’m sorry, I guess I didn’t realize stating that I wanted to continue to play Heavy rain would be considered as whining or crying…I guess I assumed there was a difference between me saying I wished I could play and people complaining that Sony had “failed us” and it was all their fault and they would be so upset if they lost some of their trophies and would never forgive them. I never even said that is was people on this site doing the whining, there have been people all over the Playstation Blog just going crazy thinking that they are going to lose their precious trophies. I’m pretty sure every PS3 “fat” owner would like to be able to play games on it right now, so I guess I just don’t understand how I was whining…Maybe next time I should include a disclosure stating that “This is not meant to be whining” so it isn’t as confusing for you…
well i don’t really care about trophies so…the bigger problem for me is not being able to play my PSN games!
Giese095 just cries and cries about everything…like so many people already stated hes A TROLL! THATS WHY!
and
thehater should open up his PS3 tell us if it works..
well i had all my stuff saved and synced before this happened so it’s good to know that they’re safe
Glad to have multiple PS3s so I can still play, but I don’t think trophies are a big deal. I think the REAL big deal is game data corruption so don’t take the chance until this gets fixed (unless you enjoy starting again).
What does piss me off is how Sony seems to focus only on the slim now. There have been problems with many updates that I have experienced (there are 3 PS3s in my house). Every time the slim has been perfect, but the fat has suffered (game freezes, controllers not connecting…and yes the system was even formatted and the HDD upgraded).
Multiple SKU consoles are fine as long as a company doesn’t forget their original buyers (over 20 million fat purchases), but there is this underlying current from Sony that the really don’t think about the fat models anymore…..I hope I am wrong.
Either way give them some time and see what they can do. At least this isn’t Live where you pay to lose your service for a month. Now there’s a good reason to complain.
@Fiftyquid
ever thought about showing him how to do it yourself?
Why don’t we all just take a breath, call our home boys and hang out with our REAL LIVING FRIENDS!!!! Sounds lik every one relies on there ps3s a lil much haha
I have a question – does the Trophy bug stop Trophies from being achieved, or just stop them from syncing?
Like, if you were playing a game after the crash hit and you met a Trophy requirement – would the notification “You Have Earned A Trophy” still appear? Also, some of my games have been removed from the Trophy section on the XMB, Sony better have a way to get them to re – appear really freaking soon.
it would be so awesome if i got a trophy in 1999