18 PS3 Tricks Sony Doesn't Tell You

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#1 Kratos-Sackboy
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http://www.techradar.com/blogs/article/10-ps3-tricks-sony-doesnt-tell-you-129626

http://www.techradar.com/blogs/article/more-ps3-tricks-sony-doesnt-tell-you-129687

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#2 dream431ca
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You should know those if you have a PS3.
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#3 Kratos-Sackboy
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You should know those if you have a PS3.dream431ca

Make free video phone calls? Come on.. how was I suppose to know that :|

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#4 dream431ca
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[QUOTE="dream431ca"]You should know those if you have a PS3.Kratos-Sackboy

Make free video phone calls? Come on.. how was I suppose to know that :|

Experiment :)

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#5 Kratos-Sackboy
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[QUOTE="Kratos-Sackboy"]

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]You should know those if you have a PS3.dream431ca

Make free video phone calls? Come on.. how was I suppose to know that :|

Experiment :)

Treated me :lol:. I knew most of them but I didnt know about the phone call one. I guess this will help the new PS3 owners lol

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#6 f50p90
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I knew all of that except the video chat. Pretty cool
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#7 dream431ca
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[QUOTE="dream431ca"][QUOTE="Kratos-Sackboy"]

Make free video phone calls? Come on.. how was I suppose to know that :|

Kratos-Sackboy

Experiment :)

Treated me :lol:. I knew most of them but I didnt know about the phone call one. I guess this will help the new PS3 owners lol

Trust me. There is a lot more than 18 that Sony doesn't tell you.

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#8 joopyme
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well, sony never told me how to keep the dust away from my ps3. :P
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#9 one_on_one
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Thanks for the link. Yeah the only way I found out about the video reset thing was from online forums. Also I just recently found out that you could give your purchased dlc to like 5 different people. Actually I knew people were trading and stuff but I never really paid attention to it and didn't know how.

I have a question about game saves, so if you download these saves, does that mean you can also unlock the Trophies that came with it?

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I knew all of that except the video chat. Pretty coolf50p90
You can also remote play the video chat using a psp. So you could say have your ps3 set to turn on with remote play active, so you could be at work and turn on your psp then remote play over the internet to your ps3. The ps3 will turn on and then you need to go to the video chat using xmb over remote play. Now you can see the room your ps3 is in while not at home, using your psp. A very cool feature...like a security camera. I guess you could also do voice chat from the psp too if you have a mic or 3000 model...not sure though.
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#12 Lab392
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The Wi-Fi boost is pretty cool, I guess.
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#13 Naylord
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I have a question about game saves, so if you download these saves, does that mean you can also unlock the Trophies that came with it?

one_on_one

no the console, user and psn of whicha save started from is forever part of it. As soon as it leaves to another psn the ps3 knows. it usually warns you saying "this save is from another console, you can still play but trophies will be disabled!"

now if the new console you move it to (at a friends house lets say) has a user made for you on which you have your psn linked to there will be no trophy disabling as it will see the psns match up.

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#14 one_on_one
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[QUOTE="one_on_one"]

I have a question about game saves, so if you download these saves, does that mean you can also unlock the Trophies that came with it?

Naylord

no the console, user and psn of whicha save started from is forever part of it. As soon as it leaves to another psn the ps3 knows. it usually warns you saying "this save is from another console, you can still play but trophies will be disabled!"

now if the new console you move it to (at a friends house lets say) has a user made for you on which you have your psn linked to there will be no trophy disabling as it will see the psns match up.

Oh ok thanks. What if you want to move the game saves to another one of your User/PSN account on the same PS3, will that work?

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#15 WilliamRLBaker
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All of this is known stuff that can either easily be found on the net, in the manual or on sonys website so its not secret.
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#16 LightReflection
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Was aware of most of those, the themes one is interesting. Will definitely check that out.
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#18 kunggustaf
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somebody, please linkify.
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#19 GreenGoblin2099
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I can't honestly see why Sony should tell us about that... anyone checking the PS3 features should be well aware of all that (except the Wi-Fi Boost that is)
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[QUOTE="dream431ca"]You should know those if you have a PS3.Kratos-Sackboy

Make free video phone calls? Come on.. how was I suppose to know that :|

On the freinds bit of the XMB theres a chat option, if you have a web cam plugged in I guess it just works... Ive never used it but other have when I spoke to them.
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#21 CDWJUSTIN
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thanks man
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I already knew those. :/
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#23 DarkyC
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http://www.techradar.com/blogs/article/10-ps3-tricks-sony-doesnt-tell-you-129626

http://www.techradar.com/blogs/article/more-ps3-tricks-sony-doesnt-tell-you-129687

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#24 DarkyC
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I knew every one of those tricks, even the can one (that's not actually a PS3 trick).
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#25 Paragus1
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Me and my brother just bought PS3's last week. This is very useful information for us. Thanks!
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#26 Kratos-Sackboy
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Me and my brother just bought PS3's last week. This is very useful information for us. Thanks!Paragus1

No problem :). Btw thanks whoever linked the sites.

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#27 Skittles_McGee
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That's pretty cool. I'm going out later today to get a PS3 so it'll be nice to know what I can do with it once I get home.
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#28 Rigga911
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Sony didnt tell me the PS3 could play games!
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#29 W1NGMAN-
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I can't believe people don't talk more about the PS3 being region free, that's probably it's best feature right there.