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[Duder1no]

oh ok i was looking for some kind of file explorer

i will check available space later, thanks

 

[Raduque]

Question, if you have a PSP, but it's never been online, can you go online with it and get the PSP games? Or did you have to go online with it prior to Sony getting haxed and pulling PSN?

Or, alternatively, can you download the PSP games to the PS3 and then transfer them to the PSP?

 

[Ross Ridge]

Question, if you have a PSP, but it's never been online, can you go online with it and get the PSP games? Or did you have to go online with it prior to Sony getting haxed and pulling PSN?

Or, alternatively, can you download the PSP games to the PS3 and then transfer them to the PSP?

You need to have a PSN account that was created before it went down. I think you also need to have previously associated your PSP with that account to get the PSP games.

Otherwise you should be able to download PSP games to your PlayStation 3 through the PSN store and then transfer them to your PSP. You can also use Sony's Medio Go software to do the same thing on your PC.

 

[Raduque]

You need to have a PSN account that was created before it went down. I think you also need to have previously associated your PSP with that account to get the PSP games.

Otherwise you should be able to download PSP games to your PlayStation 3 through the PSN store and then transfer them to your PSP. You can also use Sony's Medio Go software to do the same thing on your PC.

Ok. The reason I ask is because my sister has a PSP and a PSN account on the PS3, which was created so I could buy her FF8 as a birthday gift. She's transferred the game from the PS3 to the PSP, but never had her PSP online.

I don't think she wants any of the PSP games anyway.

 

[drbrock]

I tried to get infamous this morning but when I clicked to purchase it went through but I did not download it. I did the same thing for super stardust and it downloaded immediately. I don't know how to go back and get the game now. The options have disappeared.

Anyone know of a fix?

 

[Cutterhead]

I tried to get infamous this morning but when I clicked to purchase it went through but I did not download it. I did the same thing for super stardust and it downloaded immediately. I don't know how to go back and get the game now. The options have disappeared.

Anyone know of a fix?

Same thing happened to me. This fix worked:

On your PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable navigate to the PlayStation Network icon on the XMB
Log into your PlayStation Network account and choose Account Management > Transaction Management > Services List
Choose “PlayStation Network Promotions” from the list of services displayed
Select either “PS3 Free Games” or “PSP Free Games” and then choose “Select Content”

 

[gar655]

It sounds like you didn't know how to play it? No disrespect, but it's pretty easy to control. I knew what type of game it was going into it, though, but I think the graphics are just fine . Keep in mind too that it's just a $15 indy game, while Infamous and LBP were at one time full fledged $60 physical media games.

DN is easily worth $15, and it's even sweeter that I got it for free.

My problem was with the aiming it went either left or right blowing past anything even close to straight ahead.

Plus the top down 1999 graphics isn't my thing even if the controls were usable.

 

[Ross Ridge]

Ok. The reason I ask is because my sister has a PSP and a PSN account on the PS3, which was created so I could buy her FF8 as a birthday gift. She's transferred the game from the PS3 to the PSP, but never had her PSP online.

I don't think she wants any of the PSP games anyway.

Transfering the game from the PlayStation 3 is probably good enough to get the PSP associated with the account. It keeps track of which devices, PSP or PS3, are authorized to play the game. Have her log in to PSN, either on the PSP, your PS3 or on the PC with Media Go, and see if she can get the free games. It should be easy enough, though she'll have to go through the password reset procedure.

 

[Dessert Tears]

Has anyone played both Dead Nation and Zombie Apocalypse to compare? I played the ZA trial for a round or two and decided not to pay the $5 Gold sale price, but reviews seem to say that DN is ZA minus the suck.

 

[Spoooon]

Went with Infamous and LBP. I had wanted to play both of these, just never got around to buying them. Thanks Sony.

 

[Via]

How's everyone's general performance so far?

I still get lots of error messages, and some occasional lock ups. Signing in to PSN fails about 50% of the time.

Netflix still wont update for me; I'm actually thinking of canceling it because I mostly watch Xfinity on demand now anyway.

 

[Raduque]

My problem was with the aiming it went either left or right blowing past anything even close to straight ahead.

Plus the top down 1999 graphics isn't my thing even if the controls were usable.

Push the stick to the max of it's travel and run it around the outside edge. Much easier to aim like that.

As for being a gfx whore, I can't help you with that. DN's graphics fit it's gameplay and style perfectly, imo.

 

[Duder1no]

so I canceled the Infamous download and re-started it fine up until it hit 1GB it froze again at exactly 1055 MB just like before, is it possible I ran out of HDD space? How can I check if I did?

so I chacked and I have plenty of HDD space available, restarted the infamous download and exactly the same thing happened: it froze at 1GB

is there a way i can change my game selection to another game? (I did look for a way to do it but did not find any)

 

[Queasy]

so I chacked and I have plenty of HDD space available, restarted the infamous download and exactly the same thing happened: it froze at 1GB

is there a way i can change my game selection to another game? (I did look for a way to do it but did not find any)

If it keeps freezing like that, you might want to call PS3 customer service.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

I've been trying to help my wife get her welcome back package but it keeps saying not available for this account for some reason. Could it have something to do with my account being on both consoles or is there something else causing this? I've already received my rewards (LBP & Inf) but I am a Plus member so my name needs to be on all the boxes in the house....

 

[realjetavenger]

Same thing happened to me. This fix worked:

On your PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable navigate to the PlayStation Network icon on the XMB
Log into your PlayStation Network account and choose Account Management > Transaction Management > Services List
Choose “PlayStation Network Promotions” from the list of services displayed
Select either “PS3 Free Games” or “PSP Free Games” and then choose “Select Content”

Thanks for posting that.
Man I hope it works. I had a similar problem. Tried to download the two free ps3 games (first select the free game icon then pick the particular game) but neither downloaded. Yet when going back to pick again, there was no option to download a free game. Ironically, there was no problem downloading the two free psp games. But that doesn't help since I don't have a psp. Whatver.

 

[Ross Ridge]

I've been trying to help my wife get her welcome back package but it keeps saying not available for this account for some reason. Could it have something to do with my account being on both consoles or is there something else causing this? I've already received my rewards (LBP & Inf) but I am a Plus member so my name needs to be on all the boxes in the house....

The free games are tied to the account, so if you're saying you have one PSN account and two consoles, you only get two free games.

 

[Qbah]

So I got the Welcome Back email, but I still can't login on my PSN account. I need to change my password, but the change my password website says PSN is under maintenance. I thought the service was restored? I don't get it...

 

[ManBearPig]

Anyone know where there free movies I've heard about are located in the ps store?

 

[HeXen]

Anyone know where there free movies I've heard about are located in the ps store?

their just rentals and only a small few. anyway just click on "videos" tab top corner. i know ghostbusters is one of them

 

[zerocool84]

Anyone know where there free movies I've heard about are located in the ps store?

afaik they were only for this past weekend. Haven't seen them again. Maybe they'll pop up again this coming weekend.

 

[blurredvision]

Just realized I had an EU account I created long ago for a demo, downloading Wipeout and Ratchet now. There's no way I get through all these games with it being warm outside now.

 

[Duder1no]

Spanish police arrest 3 from "Anonymous" over PlayStation hacking


MADRID, June 10, 2011 (Reuters) — Spanish police arrested three suspected members of the so-called "Anonymous" group on Friday on charges of cyber-attacks against targets including Sony's PlayStation network, governments, businesses and banks.

The police said the accused, arrested in Almeria, Barcelona and Alicante, were guilty of coordinated computer hacking attacks from a server set up in a house in Gijon in the north of Spain.

Spanish police alleged the three arrested "hacktivists" had been involved in the recent attack on Sony's PlayStation online gaming store which crippled the service for over a month, as well as cyber-attacks on Spanish banks BBVA and Bankia and the Italian energy group Enel.

Members of the loosely coordinated "Anonymous" group, known for wearing Guy Fawkes masks made popular by the graphic novel "V for Vendetta," had also hacked government sites in Egypt, Algeria, Lybia, Iran, Chile, Colombia and New Zealand, police said.

"They are structured in independent cells and make thousands of simultaneous attacks using infected 'zombie' computers worldwide. This is why NATO considers them a threat to the military alliance," the police said in a statement.

"They are even capable of collapsing a country's administrative structure."

The arrests are the first in Spain against members of the "Anonymous" group following similar legal proceedings in the United States and Britain.

The police did not rule out further arrests.

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre7593gv-us-spain-anonymous/

 

[Bonesdad]

Yeah, saw the same on NYtimes. Hope these are some of the right guys...

 

[ubercaffeinated]

is there any way to queue up the free games via the internet and pc? i'm on vacay and will completely miss the current window to download the freebies and activate the 1 month of plus. :/