Cool

yes, I hate it when my data gets corrupted.

Alright.

I didn't care about PSN Plus in the beginning, not really sure why, but it seems to be a really good value. I guess I'll check out for three months, see how much I like it.

This is the closest I've ever been!! arhhhhhh

It's back up for me in England, it was supposedly down from 4pm, its now 10.20, not sure when it went back up, but it was in the last 40ish minutes.

I actually wanted to get ps+ for the mk demo and stacking, but then I realized stacking isn't free anymore for plus members. I don't really see the appeal of cloud saving.

Frak.

Cool.

PS Plus is a great value... the games alone more than make up for the cost but the convenience of auto-downloads and updates?  I mean, sure Sony could make that free for everyone, but if something is worth what someone is willing to pay for it, then good for Sony for making a couple bucks on it.  Business!

I guess this is cool. I just play on my one and only PS3. Either way, I enjoy this PlayStation Plus business in my pants.

PSN+ pays for itself in the freebies you get and now, this? A must-have for those still on fat PS3s that may or may not be heading towards YLOD.

I asked about the 24h thing and got a response, yes you can only download a save once per 24h but if you upload a new version of a save, that resets the time. So if you download a save on ps3A and play a bit, save and reupload, then go to ps3B, you will be able to download that save again within the 24h period 
 
 
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/03/09/online-storage-for-game-saves-coming-to-playstation-plus/comment-page-2/#comment-531006

That's the first thing about PS+ that would make me consider subscribing to it. 

So will Jeff subscribe?

My old PS3 broke 3 weeks ago. I now have a new PS3 lacking in many a save file. I would have loved this.
 
The question now is, will I act on this and actually subscribe to Playstation Plus to avoid this happening again in the future? Or sit complacently in my arrogance that this ps3 won't break.
 
Probably the latter.

Was thinking this should make the GB crew ecstatic...until I read once in a 24 hour period.  That little obstacle seems so arbitrary.

great now i can upload my ps3 saves to play them later on my... other ps3?

• Does that include SCEE too? 
• If your membership runs out does it delete your saves from the cloud?

Well that's a nice little plus I might not use it but hey, it is still there.

' PSN will be experiencing a whopping eleven hours of downtime starting earlier today"
 
It was back up before this article was posted...

XBL better step it up soon.

probably great for giant bomb!

kinda weirding my out that there would be games that aren't compatible with this.  It's not like this is a PC or something.  Sony has full control over the SDK, the hardware, and the OS.

I'll probably upload my saves once a week for security sounds great but I was more psyched when Stacking was free.

" kinda weirding my out that there would be games that aren't compatible with this.  It's not like this is a PC or something.  Sony has full control over the SDK, the hardware, and the OS. "

YES!! *pumps fists*

looks like I'm getting playstation plus, having a backup for my fat Ps3 is to good to pass up.

Using this tomorrow so I don't need to buy a memory stick and back up my saves myself!

" I asked about the 24h thing and got a response, yes you can only download a save once per 24h but if you upload a new version of a save, that resets the time. So if you download a save on ps3A and play a bit, save and reupload, then go to ps3B, you will be able to download that save again within the 24h period 
 
 
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/03/09/online-storage-for-game-saves-coming-to-playstation-plus/comment-page-2/#comment-531006 "

Nice feature, but I'm not sure it's something I'm dying for. The restrictions on it are a head scratcher.

In six months Ive gotten more value  from ps+ then i ever will from LIVE

Wanted to write this on the PS blog, but PSN was off and couldn't.
 
So, I'm all for some cloud saves, sure thing. There's a problem though :/
You have to do this all manually! One save at a time... did you check how some games manage saves? Little Big Planet saves your data in the section responsible for installs, Wipeout HD has a different save file for each and every track! Games have different saves for options and multiplayer settings, and singleplayer saves...
Manually uploading and downloading saves one save at a time won't cut it. This feature needs to be fully automated like the Steam one. You tell it that you want to or don't want to use cloud saves for a game. The console checks modification dates of the local and remote saves and works accordingly.

Know PS Plus has my attention, iam seriously considering whether or not to go for this, but then again im not sure!

PS+ is on fire.  Thinking about signing up.

Lots of good stuff on PS Plus. I may sign up once I can get a steady cash flow.

If I ever manage to get a new harddrive for my PS3, I'm pretty sure I'm going to sign up for PS+.

PS+ is awesome, get it.
cool feature but will it really be useful to most players?

This is pretty huge. As a old fogey I really dislike how difficult it is this generation to bring a game over to a friends house and pick up where you left off then go home and continue. Also being a offsite backup of your game state is a nice perk. 

This is a great feature. I really dislike paying for Xbox Live Gold even more when I see PS Plus get features like this, automatic patching, free games, etc and XBL gets..twitter and facebook.  

" @rbanke said:

" I asked about the 24h thing and got a response, yes you can only download a save once per 24h but if you upload a new version of a save, that resets the time. So if you download a save on ps3A and play a bit, save and reupload, then go to ps3B, you will be able to download that save again within the 24h period 
 
 
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/03/09/online-storage-for-game-saves-coming-to-playstation-plus/comment-page-2/#comment-531006 "

well that's a relief, i wonder why they would need that restriction to begin with anyways. "

Do many of you actually own two PS3s? I can see the value of cloud saves on Steam where I use multiple computers to play games (laptop while I'm out and desktop at home), but I don't really see the use for the PS3. I understand why it would be cool for the GB guys, but not for the average user. Backup is fine, but I can do that to an external drive for free.

" Do many of you actually own two PS3s? I can see the value of cloud saves on Steam where I use multiple computers to play games (laptop while I'm out and desktop at home), but I don't really see the use for the PS3. I understand why it would be cool for the GB guys, but not for the average user. Backup is fine, but I can do that to an external drive for free. "

May be the push I need to get involved with Playstation plus

I am still on my first PS3 (an 80gb model bought in year 1) which is rare as I understand it, I have backed up my saves to an HDD but not all could copy and it was the time consuming ones like AC:B and Mass Effect 2 so I will definitely sign up for this! But I will choose the 3 month rather than 12 as it will be easier to bankroll.

I HAVE PSN PLUS! IM READY FOR THE FUTURE!

If this doesn't update automatically (like every cloud storage system out there) then what is the point? It seems like another half asses attempt by Sony (crossfame chat anyone?) Plus that storage limit isn't much. Then you have that 24 hour period where youcant update a save? Really weird.

Great for Game reviewers, not so great for the rest of us. Luckily for Sony, keeping reviewers happy exponentially increases the number of free PR people they have.