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Sony: How to recover PS3 Trophies

CVG: Sony has issued advice to PS3 users that have seemingly 'lost' Trophies due to yesterday's bug.

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Corrwin5169d ago

Most of my games were working yesterday, so I played Fallout 3 GOTY edition.

I made a point to save before earning any trophies (completing a mission for example), so I could carry on playing, then just reload the save when it was fixed.

The problem is though is that I know most games that had been patched for trophies required restarting a new game to "activate". Anybody else know if this will be true? If that is the case, how would other games that shipped with trophies installed to begin with work? as the GOTY edition of Fallout technically did.

I guess I'll find out when I finish work *fingers crossed*

RealityCheck5169d ago

Good luck Corrwin. It isn't as clear cut as the article make it seem. Just relaunching the game, quitting and then doing a resync may work most of the time but I can confirm it does not work in all cases.

There are other factors at work such as was any trophy sync for that game before the glitch? Were new trophies earned during the glitch? Is it a game with front loading trophies or trophies that were patched later? And so on. I don't know the details but from experience some trophies were restored and some were not.

Still, it's not a big deal all things considered.

Corrwin5169d ago

Yeah, I think waiting and seeing is the best solution.

I think it may probably work, because Fallout 3 and the GOTY edition are two different editions on PS3 (the 360 GOTY version was just F3, then another disk to install all the DLC, like the PC).

The trophies were working before the glitch, and completing a quest on the trophy list didn't award a trophy during the glitch (which is why I saved before completing it).

I'm confident it should be ok, since the GOTY editon works like any other PS3 game that had trophies from the beginning.

JoySticksFTW5169d ago

I can play Heavy Rain but my game saves were corrupted :(

Bah

Syronicus5169d ago

They fixed the issue and have issued advice all within a 24 hour period of time. It's nice to see that they were quick to helping their user base out and not pulling the "let them rot" mentality.

Raf1k15169d ago (Edited 5169d ago )

True that.

It was pretty chaotic on here yesterday though lol.
Who'd have thought a leap year glitch would cause so much trouble? The PS3 fans were pretty shocked at what was going on and the Xbox fans finally got a bone thrown in their direction.

Corrwin5169d ago

I still have trouble believing some idiot working on the internal timer though that treating every even year as a leap year was a good idea. It's very low level stuff which means s/he couldn't have been an idiot, but thought they'd probably get around to fixing it "soon".

It isn't difficult calculating a leap year, it's one of the first things you need to look out for as a possible exploit when working with dates.

sorceror1715169d ago

@Corrwin - It was lower-level than software. There's an ARM CPU in the PS3's front panel, and it has an onboard clock. There was a bug in that hardware that caused the trouble.

The Slims have a more recent stepping of that CPU where the bug was fixed, and so were not affected.

I'd bet that there'll be a fix to prevent this from ever happening again in the next firmware update.

Cocytean5169d ago

Hopefully in before that fool, Bungie.

I'm glad Sony are doing all they can to repair the PR damage cause by yesterday's little...uh...hiccup. A free PSN game would absolve you in my heart completely if you're reading this, Sony employees. :)

Corrwin5169d ago

The damage for me was minimal, I don't know about everybody else, but most of my games still worked, I could use the internet and iplayer, play dvd's and bluray, listen to music.

Though if I've lost the potential to carry on getting trophies in fallout 3 because it would require starting a new game (I played and saved it last night), then I'll be annoyed.

A free cheap game, couple of £ worth of credit wouldn't be unappreciated, should SONY decide that's the way for damage control. But even if they don't I'm quite happy, PSN still provides better value for money than XBox Live Gold: Free.

CaptainMarvelQ85169d ago (Edited 5169d ago )

"it could take up to a week"

didn't take more than a day and here we are back again

stop making stupid comments

wicko5169d ago

Once again Pachter making comments about things he doesn't understand..

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies1d 3h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken22h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 14h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 13h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt1d 1h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken22h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 19h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 19h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 18h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies1d 8h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.