New to consoles, few PS3 questions

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#1 Angron51
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Hello and thanks for reading this post. I am new to the PS3 and consoles in general and got a few questions. Best way to save and transfer saved game files is to just put them on a USB stick and if they are unable to be copied then it sucks for me? Also, lets say I have my PS3 disconnected to the internet, put in a brand new game, lets say Bioshock and then I beat the whole game. Then I connect my PS3 to the internet. Will my trophies and such show up on my PSN network or will they not show up because when I played the game I was disconnected from PSN. Basically, if my PS3 gets internet here and there during continous play sessions will all my trophies aquired show up through my PSN account, even ones aquired offline?

Thanks alot.

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Well, if the game came with trophies (like any game that has come out in the past two years more or less) then you won't have to be connected to the internet to get trophies. But if the game had to get a patch for trophies then you will have to download the patch to unlock any of the trophies, and they won't unlock from your save.
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Hello and thanks for reading this post. I am new to the PS3 and consoles in general and got a few questions. Best way to save and transfer saved game files is to just put them on a USB stick and if they are unable to be copied then it sucks for me? Also, lets say I have my PS3 disconnected to the internet, put in a brand new game, lets say Bioshock and then I beat the whole game. Then I connect my PS3 to the internet. Will my trophies and such show up on my PSN network or will they not show up because when I played the game I was disconnected from PSN. Basically, if my PS3 gets internet here and there during continous play sessions will all my trophies aquired show up through my PSN account, even ones aquired offline?

Thanks alot.

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I don't quite understand. As far as I know, you can transfer saves with a USB stick, and your trophies should show up once you connect to the internet.

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Well if you don't have internet and if you try to look up your trophies on the PSN username, they won't show up. When you get the internet...you will be able to sync your trophies you have obtained to your PSN username. Then they will be there FOREVER. But if you are offline, they won't show up until you connect your ps3 to the internet and sync them every time.
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Hello and thanks for reading this post. I am new to the PS3 and consoles in general and got a few questions. Best way to save and transfer saved game files is to just put them on a USB stick and if they are unable to be copied then it sucks for me?

Yea, use a USB to transfer/back up your save files. As for those copyright protected saves, I assume the only way you could transfer them is to back-up the entire PS3 hard drive. But don't take my word for it since I've never actually backed up my hard drive before to see whether those copyright protections could be bypassed.

Also, lets say I have my PS3 disconnected to the internet, put in a brand new game, lets say Bioshock and then I beat the whole game. Then I connect my PS3 to the internet. Will my trophies and such show up on my PSN network or will they not show up because when I played the game I was disconnected from PSN. Basically, if my PS3 gets internet here and there during continous play sessions will all my trophies aquired show up through my PSN account, even ones aquired offline? Thanks alot.

Don't worry, once you'll create a PSN account, you won't need to have a perpetual Internet connection to collect trophies. You can collect your trophies offline, and when you'll sign on to your PSN account and select "profile" (or simply view your trophies), all of your offline-gathered trophies will automatically synchronize with Sony's servers. Like you've probably already guessed, this sync is necessary not only to keep your current PSN trophy acquisition and level up-to-date, but also to protect your trophy collection in case your PS3 breaks down or you experience some kind of hard drive failure.