PS3 backup utility - RAGE!!!

[RedScar]

I just hope my save files aren't corrupted when I get my BD player replaced. They might have to format the HDD so its all backed up (minus the massive amount of ghosts saved) but im still worried about it.

[Darkdrium777]

They will send another PS3 back, you won't be getting your HDD back. I haven't properly read, I hope you backed up all you could.

[Lance]

Well, because of a software error that shows up once in a while it convinces you to get the most dumbed down console with 33% of the units suffering from hardware errors?
I don't get the logic, sorry.

Anyways, if having a system with a problem so big and so widespread as the RRoD doesn't trouble you, go for it I guess...

Oh yeah, DLC for WipEout PurE is here, always has been and always will. It's sadly the only one you can get this way, unless some day the DRM on the Pulse DLC is removed (somehow...)

You're a bit late on giving me 'encouragement'; I bought the arcade model last week. I spent just about all weekend with it running [didn't sleep Saturday night.] in a house with no air-conditioning [In Florida][in summer!], so if it's going to self destruct from overheating, it's being given every opportunity.

[KIGO1987]

No AC. Shiit Lance, go and buy an box AC window unit.

No AC, bloody hell, i dont think Florida would get as hot as Aus, by the sounds of things.

BTW not good having the console on all weekend in summer, i know, it left a charcoal mark where the console once stood, i might place back in summer, didnt smell to good either, the PS3 went straight into the fridge for an hour to cool down.

[Darkdrium777]

You're a bit late

Of course, I've been away for a week and a half.
I can look at post date just fine without your help.

And I'm not saying that your system will fail, just that for me the RRoD is a pretty big deterrent to getting the system. If it's fine for you well go ahead, but it shouldn't be a surprise when/if your system ever fails.

[Lance]

So basically you're saying in those two posts that I made the wrong choice and I am highly likely to regret it, and you're going out of your way to let me know that my choice is a foolish one? Did I criticise your choice of a PS3? Do we not make the choices that fit our needs and desires the best rather than to buy what would satisfy someone else instead of ourselves?

In any case, all consoles and their associated software, firmware, and online organisations, have different strengths and weaknesses. For mE, one of the drawbacks of PS3 is higher repair cost that would go on top of already higher original cost. Not yet worth it to me. And the continuing troubles of Sony's failures and attempts at fixes and the associated irritations are definitely not worth it to me. Any desire I have to play any game on Sony's online service is definitely quashed by the frequent reports of difficulties that I read here in the WZ.

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KIGO: It gets pretty much as hot in Florida as it does in Australia, except for the outback, but the humidity is way higher here than it is in the outback. Makes one feel the heat more, or so some people say.

[Darkdrium777]

No, I am not saying that. Read again.
I said I didn't understand, from an observer's mentality, who hasn't got any system, how you could look at the tally of errors/drawbacks the PS3 has, look at the Xbox 360 in the same way, and decide for an Xbox anyways. Because you say so yourself, you looked at the shortcomings closely before buying... Surely the RRoD is something you consider?! I would... And that's not the only drawback of an Xbox 360 also (obviously.) That's why I said I didn't understand.
It also seems this backup issue is the particular error that convinced you of getting the Xbox 360, and IMHO I find that perfectly stupid if that's the case, as you most likely will never encounter this issue yourself (Whereas with the Xbox you have a significantly higher chance of encountering the RRoD, which is all I'm saying).

I also said feel free to enjoy your Xbox if the RRoD isn't a problem you find worrying (which appears to be the mindset you have about it, which is why I wrote that), so where do you get the idea that I say that you will probably highly regret your choice? From when I talk about the high failure rate of the Xbox 360? Well guess what, it's a fact that the Xbox 360 is a piece of crap hardware wise, if you're an informed buyer you know that as well as I do. Sorry for mentioning the truth.
But nowhere do I say that you won't enjoy it... I don't know what games you're into but the Xbox has some good games on it as well.

Lastly: what happens on a forum? People won't come here to post: "Hey, all is working good, I can play online perfectly well." (For example) They will most likely come when they have a problem, significant or not. FYI I've been playing the PS3 online since February 2007, I haven't had a single problem at all joining games, chatting or whatever. Started with RFoM a lot, now it's moved to WipEout HD. The only problems I have (as well as others here) are related to WipEout HD and are up to SL to fix. With RFoM online it was very good, no lag at all, voice chat working perfectly well, and that game is a launch title.

Now, I'm not trying to convince you to sell your Xbox for a PS3, not at all, so if you're even seeing this somewhere, forget about it. Like I said before, I don't understand, but feel free to not explain, it's just a general question I was asking and don't absolutely need an answer to it. I will live perfectly well without solving that mystery.

[okam]

I had the arcade xbox 360 for about a year. Apart from being louder than my vacuum cleaner and often drowning out game music (especially soft music like Oblivion's), and randomly restarting for no apparent reason, it also had a nasty habit of scratching the game discs, rendering them useless.

It's quite possible that mine was a "monday machine" as we call them here (whatever you produce, you occasionally produce one where everything is malfunctioning), as a few of my friends have 360s and are happy with them - apart from the disc scratching thing, which their consoles seem to do aswell.

So just a tip, check your discs once in a while, and have your drive replaced if necessary. Cheaper than getting new copies of games all the time. I believe you can get cheap generic drives fitted quite easily.

[okam]

isnt it possible to say you live in, for example the netherlands, when you make an account so you get the european psn?

i've heard about people doing that to get in the japanese psn (and ps store)

PSP games are region free, so maybe pick up a cheap euro copy on eBay? IIRC you could download the DLC via the internet and transfer to PSP with a thumbdrive (but it's been a while since I sold my PSP, so Im only 99% certain that's how I did it).

[Hemicrania]

Ps3 doesnt have that much problems, and most of them can be resolved @ home. But thats also what you pay for in my opinion. I think that the whole free "replace my xbox when RRoD" service also ends in september. This year anyways, wich I find a bit strange since there are still xboxes sold with this problem. Not to mention the E74 (or something) error, were yer hdmi port breaks yer entire system cous it isnt welded propper.


That, and it looks like a VCR smashed between 2 bricks, and makes a noise like a vacuumcleaner. No thanks, not for me.

[Lance]

I've run my 360 for ten to fifteen hours per day in non-air-conditioned Florida heat since I bought it more than 2 weeks ago, so I'm thinking that if the RRoD happens, it will be before September or whenever MS chooses to end the free service.

Xavier, to quote Garrison Keillor with reasonable accuracy: "Sometimes you just have to look Reality in the eye..
and ignore it."

And besides, you never know what your own reality is going to turn out to be. Going by the probabilities can cause one to lose out on a lot of happiness when you're afraid to take a risk.

[KIGO1987]

Really not a smart thing Lance having the console on in those really hot days and nights. Anything over 40degrees Celsius i dont turn the PS3 on for safety reasons.