between 12 and 2 most likely

Probably not a problem for many of you, but with all the free PS+ games recently, my 500gb HDD, which of course is actually like 415gb after all the conversions fail and OS storage, is down to 50gb. Decided I might bite and get the 1tb if I can get one for around $75 and did a system backup. Holy Crap!!! It took the PS3 12hrs to do the full 350gb backup. So if any of you had been considering an upgrade from a large HDD to an even larger one, keep that in mind. You may just be better off redownloading stuff if you have a decent connection, I may just do that because typically the restore process takes as long as the backup. Damn you Sony and all your required installs, free games, and PSN library.

Originally Posted by bilbobagins3 Probably not a problem for many of you, but with all the free PS+ games recently, my 500gb HDD, which of course is actually like 415gb after all the conversions fail and OS storage, is down to 50gb. Decided I might bite and get the 1tb if I can get one for around $75 and did a system backup. Holy Crap!!! It took the PS3 12hrs to do the full 350gb backup. So if any of you had been considering an upgrade from a large HDD to an even larger one, keep that in mind. You may just be better off redownloading stuff if you have a decent connection, I may just do that because typically the restore process takes as long as the backup. Damn you Sony and all your required installs, free games, and PSN library.

I know everyone loves to have lots of games at their disposal and just having recently signed up for Plus myself I can see the dilemma with drive space but at 160GB I'm good. I just purchase the games that are free so they go to my download list, and can grab them when I'm ready to play them. Why spend another $75 if you don't have to?

I have a 350 gb. Sometimes you have to look at your lists of stuff and cull out the games and demos you know you're just not going to play again.

Originally Posted by bilbobagins3 Probably not a problem for many of you, but with all the free PS+ games recently, my 500gb HDD, which of course is actually like 415gb after all the conversions fail and OS storage, is down to 50gb. Decided I might bite and get the 1tb if I can get one for around $75 and did a system backup. Holy Crap!!! It took the PS3 12hrs to do the full 350gb backup. So if any of you had been considering an upgrade from a large HDD to an even larger one, keep that in mind. You may just be better off redownloading stuff if you have a decent connection, I may just do that because typically the restore process takes as long as the backup. Damn you Sony and all your required installs, free games, and PSN library.

Unless you have anything on your HDD that you absolutely refuse to lose, I'd suggest backing up all your saves onto the cloud storage and then just switch the HDD without backing up anything. Then you can just download your save files back to your new HDD and download everything else you want at your own time and leisure. That's what I did and the whole process was pretty quick and painless.

Originally Posted by abhinav I don't usually worry about this stuff so sorry if it's been asked before: Does anyone know when Sound Shapes should go up? I have jury duty all Tuesday and this game would make the experience a lot more fun for me... Thanks.

Haha It's been asked about a billion times before actually, but thank you for asking politely, it's very much appreciated (by me at least).

Recently the PS Store has been updating in the afternoon, anytime between 12-2 Mountain time. However sometimes the store doesn't update until later in the evening, so it's really kind of a crapshoot as to when Sound Shapes will actually be up and available to download.

Also, the best way to find it as soon as it's up on the store is to search it. So you may just want to search the store every 30 minutes or so and that will be your best bet to getting it as early as possible.

Originally Posted by PimpLimp Unless you have anything on your HDD that you absolutely refuse to lose, I'd suggest backing up all your saves onto the cloud storage and then just switch the HDD without backing up anything. Then you can just download your save files back to your new HDD and download everything else you want at your own time and leisure. That's what I did and the whole process was pretty quick and painless.

Hmm. I disagree about refilling 300+ gb with downloads "quick and painless." That would take me several days, including reinstalling games, which also renders your PS3 unusable during that time. Maybe if you spaced it all out, it could be tolerable, but sure isn't quick and painless.

Originally Posted by GT Hmm. I disagree about refilling 300+ gb with downloads "quick and painless." That would take me several days, including reinstalling games, which also renders your PS3 unusable during that time. Maybe if you spaced it all out, it could be tolerable, but sure isn't quick and painless.

Well that's under the assumption that you'd want to replace everything immediately. I specifically said that the method I used was better for re-downloading items on your own time and pace. Just backing up the HDD and then restoring it is going to take you AT LEAST a day anyways. In which time your PS3 will also be unusable. I've just been downloading and installing games when I actually feel the urge to play them. And so far I haven't regretted my choice.

Originally Posted by PimpLimp Well that's under the assumption that you'd want to replace everything immediately. I specifically said that the method I used was better for re-downloading items on your own time and pace. Just backing up the HDD and then restoring it is going to take you AT LEAST a day anyways. In which time your PS3 will also be unusable. I've just been downloading and installing games when I actually feel the urge to play them. And so far I haven't regretted my choice.

I went this route when I traded in my fat PS3 for a slim and I don't regret it one bit. How much of that 300GB of stuff would you wan to play immediately anyway? The only thing that really sucked was downloading all my LBP2 DLC one at a time :(

Trying to decide between R-Types & R-Type Delta...can anyone make a recommendation?

Any news yet on when that raptr free psn import game deal goes live? Isn't yet....

I bought a 1TB HDD for $60 off ebay. Best decision i made so far.

My PS3 is filled with games. (Plus until 2016) and Downloaded Tv shows and movies.

So far i have 400gb left from the 1TB.

I sold my PS3 stock 320gb for $30 on Craigslist making the upgrade a mere $30

Let the ps3 do it's back up procedure (8-10 hours) while i did other productive things.

All it takes is a day or just let the ps3 back-up everything while you are sleeping

Originally Posted by 6er Any news yet on when that raptr free psn import game deal goes live? Isn't yet....

Previous raptr rewards that I've watched have gone live at 10 AM PST.

Hey! Forgot I get Sound Shapes today! yay!

Originally Posted by louiedog Previous raptr rewards that I've watched have gone live at 10 AM PST.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by rawer Trying to decide between R-Types & R-Type Delta...can anyone make a recommendation?

I bought Delta a long while ago and its great. I think its the best R-Type game in the series.
R-Types is the arcade version of R-Type and R-Type II. I have that on disc so I didn't buy it.

Of the two I recommend Delta I really enjoyed it and cant wait for PSone games to be playable on the vita so I can transfer it.

Stupid AT&T DSL won't let me sign-in to PS Store (apparently AT&T outage in several states since Monday)

I can't check the Expiring Soon tab - I hope I am not missing any free stuff from last week.

Originally Posted by zeldaking Stupid AT&T DSL won't let me sign-in to PS Store (apparently AT&T outage in several states since Monday) I can't check the Expiring Soon tab - I hope I am not missing any free stuff from last week.

You could give me your account info and I could check for you

Hopefully I can queue up the Sound Shapes demo when I get home from work today

Just an FYI: the Raptr import reward is up now.