going to buy a replacment ps3. i have a qustion.

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#1 Wild_Card
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my ps3 is giveing me trouble so i figure when it fully dies "looks to be soon" im going to just buy a replacment ps3 slim instead of spending half as much for sony to fix mine or most likely send me a refurb. my qustion is this. Once i get my new ps3 can i redown load all my psn bought games and DLC add on or am i expected to rebuy them? Also if i get a external HDD does the back up utility save all my DLC games ect? Thanks in advance to replies

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#2 Denji
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my ps3 is giveing me trouble so i figure when it fully dies "looks to be soon" im going to just buy a replacment ps3 slim instead of spending half as much for sony to fix mine or most likely send me a refurb. my qustion is this. Once i get my new ps3 can i redown load all my psn bought games and DLC add on or am i expected to rebuy them? Also if i get a external HDD does the back up utility save all my DLC games ect? Thanks in advance to replies

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It's all good. It's tied to your account and can redownload it..

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#3 magicquebec
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HAah i just bought a slim today, and wondering the same things as you... i have my old fat 40gig and i want to transfer my stuff over.... any advice before doing so ?

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#4 ropumar
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You can re-download everything free of charge, easily. Just go to your account management, see your download history and start downloading again.

You can do that even if you had 5 spare ps3s.

The limit of download tho is 5. Plus 3 if you re-downloading on your original ps3.

Sony is very generous, especially when you see securom with 3 install limits out there.

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#5 magicquebec
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You can re-download everything free of charge, easily. Just go to your account management, see your download history and start downloading again.

You can do that even if you had 5 spare ps3s.

The limit of download tho is 5. Plus 3 if you re-downloading on your original ps3.

Sony is very generous, especially when you see securom with 3 install limits out there.

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What about Trophies ????
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#6 Denji
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[QUOTE="ropumar"]

You can re-download everything free of charge, easily. Just go to your account management, see your download history and start downloading again.

You can do that even if you had 5 spare ps3s.

The limit of download tho is 5. Plus 3 if you re-downloading on your original ps3.

Sony is very generous, especially when you see securom with 3 install limits out there.

magicquebec

What about Trophies ????

It's all PSN account...

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Some game saves like Killzone2, Fat Princess and a couple dozen other games cannot be transferred easily cause of "copy-written saves" or something...
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#8 Wild_Card
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Thanks for the replies guys. worse case at least i know i can redown load it all. But does the back up option save the addons and PSN games so i dont have to down load, i have a meh connection speed and redown loading all the stuff would take for ever? i dont care about the save files.

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#9 jcopp72
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you can redownload on up to 5 different PS3s - if you were gamesharing and out of turns then your screwed, but thats probably not the case here.