Survey Reveals Possible New Feature for PlayStation Plus
If you’re one of those people who does their gaming on more than one PS3, then you know that there is one thing that sorely affects your ability to pickup where you left off. That is the fact game saves are stored away on the system’s HDD. So sadly, you cannot keep on trucking away at the single player game you are currently playing back home, on a friends PS3. That is unless you pop in a USB thumb drive or memory stick (for us early adopters) and grab your save data. Just don’t forget to do it again before you go back home, or else you’ll be stuck re-playing everything you did while you were away from your own PS3. Of course, some of these game saves are even copy-protected and are unable to be copied to another PS3.
This is even more frustrating for those of us with more than one PlayStation 3 in the same house, on the same wireless network. However, a recent survey conducted by Sony Japan, hints at a solution to all this game save swapping.
According to this SCEJ survey which asked PlayStation Network users ‘what features they would like added to PlayStation Plus’, one of the options was for online-server based game saving.
Having your game saves stored in a computer cloud would theoretically allow you to access those game saves anywhere you are connected to the PlayStation Network – be it your friends house or in your very own home.
While this is only a survey, it’s likely that Sony is at least considering bringing the option to PlayStation Plus subscribers in the future. Let’s just hope enough Japanese gamers chose that option when asked in the survey.
To all you PlayStation Plus subscribers out there, would this be a feature you would use? To the non-subscribers, would this feature sway your decision to become a PlayStation Plus subscriber? Let us know below…
24 Responses to “Survey Reveals Possible New Feature for PlayStation Plus”
I really hope this become part of the PLUS service. I back up all my save data once a day, but most of them are copy locked
Thank GOD my WKC save data is copy protected because the amount of grinding and farming I been doing lately for the best gears and weapon would really really really piss me off if it was lost dude to my PS3 bricking.
I think this would also help to get more PLUS subscribers for people with multiple PS3 in there home
I suspect this is more of a backup-and-restore feature that would allow you to continue where you left off after replacing your dead PS3.
Imagine- No more lost save data….
No more corrupted files and having to replay 30 hours of a title to get back to where you were.
This alone would be reason enough for me to jump in on PS+
Wow, just wish they put the same amount of thought into the content what went onto the watse of space ps+. My Advice at the minute dont waste your money on ps+ untill they start delivering decent content and world wide update so everyone gets the same thing at the same time.
I don’t have the older survey they did last November but I think that survey had the same information on it.
@TheHater
LOL yeah my PS3 bricked not so long ago, and I just found out that I couldn’t restore my Demon’s Souls and Heavy Rain saves from my external hard drive back up.
So I have to do that all over again, but probably not though lol
Here is the link to that article that PSLS did last fall:
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2009/12/20/survey-reveals-psn-subscription-details/
There is one item about “Cloud Storage”…
“one of the options” what are the others??
I remember the buzz about the cloud storage for save files and it being included in the Plus service. It would have been a day one purchase for me had they went through with it, but as it stands, I still am not subscribed to Plus. In short, if they put Cloud saves in, I’m a subscriber for life. I game everywhere I go and the USB method is not optimal (and sometimes nonexistent if copy protected). I would pay even more for this service (shhh…don’t tell Sony).
Yawn
I can’t even count the amount of game saves I lost when my ps3 broke earlier this year. I certainly would like this feature – and its features like this that PS+ should have. Paying money to get sales prices is… stupid. Flat out.
Definately could use it!
this would be an awesome feature. My brother has a ps3 as well and l wish l could load up my file at his place since he’s a noob and doesn’t complete most of the missions in games
This was in the survey some of us got late last year.
@KwietStorm – yes it was, which is why I expected this and x-chat to be in PS+. I find it hard to believe that there weren’t a lot of people interested in those features…
hello …
it would be grade to have such features, for would remove the fear of losing save data when you lose a console too, like a lot said, just like a backup & restore option, yet more subtle for in the beginning the data won’t even be on the console. Would be great if added the option to backup the same locally.
I don’t need any more reasons to go for PSN+, in fact i would have gone for it long ago, if ONLY my country was officially recognized & my credit card too … so i’m still waiting for a MOVE from SONY, but i guess it won’t be tomorrow …
cheers!
pretty good idea, like many people have said, I do back ups, but some games dont allow it (Im looking at you rock band). I’ve lost game saves which REALLY hurts when it comes to trophy hunting too. I think I would use this service.
As long as they do SOMETHING with PS+. That junk is WORTHLESS!
@BigWoop
Well I was hoping cloud storage would be a part of the initial offering, but just because certain features aren’t here right now, doesn’t mean that people didn’t want them. It’s a fact that many people want cross game interruption, and it’s a fact that more features are coming for subscribers.
Sounds great, lost all my LBP progress when I got my replacement PS3. I just happy I haven’t seen alot of Cross Game Chat crying.
PS+ is awesome, it’s only been like what 2 months in and I got Wipeout HD, which is pretty good, three decent minis and syphon filter(great game btw) for my ps3 and psp (rally cross, the first free psone game sucked real bad), a couple of cool themes and avatars, a small discount for “fat roles” which I definitely wanted, I got a free preview of kane and lynch 2, so now i know extra early that I DON’T want kane and lynch.
The only bad thing was that some of the discounts or freebies have been for things I already had like the resistance 2 maps and critter crunch. If anything it makes me less inclined to buy some stuff cuz, maybe it’ll go on sale later or be given free.
I’m not complaining about PS+ at all, its gonna be totally worth it over the next 13 months.
they have been adding little things every week, I had expected monthly updates, if they continue doing stuff like this, maybe throw alittle cloud storage or xgame chat or whatever, sign me up for another year.
Everything on PSN+ i have bought when it released… Im a true ps3 owner… Now they wanna give it away for a subscription? Make me want it Sony! Give me offers on a choice of stuff not just ‘OLD’ stuff… I also recall them saying CLOUD would be part of PSN+ (theres hope i thought) but no….
Until this changes PSN+ is the biggest fail going 2day……….
If your a new user BUY IT! If your not just feel pooped on… Thanks Sony!
I have to agree with lemmy78 to a point. I don’t know what a true PS3 owner is, but I do own a PS3 and I do buy from the PSN all the time, just not immediately (on release day). So PSN+ is great for me. WipeOut HD and Siphon have pretty much paid for my subscription already. However, PSN+ is worthless to all those Sony fans that already have these games. Sony needs to add services that will entice these owners.
I don’t know who is deciding the features for the PS + Service but I posted a topic in the Playstation Forums about what I think should be a Part of PS + or not you can find it here… (Warning: Long Read Ahead)
http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-Plus/My-Thoughts-Feedback-of-Playstation/m-p/45886632
In short though these are the things that I thought would add & make the PS + experience unique & worth the price
•Customer Service Priorty Access
•Exclusive Experinces with Sony Brands
•Extended Console Warranty
•Early Access to Store Content
•Access to Early Beta’s
•Discounts on the PS Store
•Cloud Storage Space for games
•Loyalty Program Rewards
Everything else seems to me like they should be added for free, or improved slightly. I posted this in both the Europe & North American Forums so I hope that it gets read and passed along the right people. As I don’t want to see some of the things like Cross Game Chat & Online Music & Music Video Services come at a price. It just seems stupid. It’s like with the 360, having to pay twice to use netflix on it. I really don’t want to see Sony do stuff like that on the PS3.