Kantong5 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I recently discovered that If you chose to delete a game from your PlayStation Vita, the saved data gets deleted alongside it. Personally, I think this isn't fair because most gamers don't have enough room on their memory stick to store every game they purchase. If we want to play different games we are forced to delete our old games. I found out that you could cross-save between your PS3, PS VITA and PS4 and in doing so, it will automatically unlock the trophy set in the process. I attempted to try this feature with a PlayStation Vita game and because I deleted the game, my save was deleted as well. I had no idea that deleting my game would result in this. I gave full faith and credit to Sony to take care of my saves and they let me down. I just assumed that just because they have a 'Saved Data' folder on the PS3 that they would have a folder for your 'Saved Data' on the PlayStation Vita. Long story short, I have missed out on the opportunity to unlock two additional platinum trophies because of this error and I don't feel up to the challenge to play the game all over again from scratch. Do you think I was hard done by and cheated out from something or do you think it was my own fault? Please share your thoughts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanilla Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 the "content manager" app lets you back up your saves to your computer or ps3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson_ Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Cant be helped, Vita reads data in a very different way (obviously to prevent piracy) also hear that it's related to trophies data too somehow, not sure. Im starting Disgaea 3 from scratch cause i decided to use jp psn for Vita so i can buy Super Robot Wars Z3 on it as it will be Digital only so your not alone lol... Content manager can back up everything but saves will be tied to the psn region account. Edited January 15, 2014 by Nelson_Otaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kantong5 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Content manager can back up everything but saves will be tied to the psn region account. Are you suggesting my save data isn't completely gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChickenExotic Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Yea, unfortunately all saves go on the actual application, if you have PS+ you can upload it to PSN so if you choose to install again your save is saved in the cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kantong5 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Yea, unfortunately all saves go on the actual application, if you have PS+ you can upload it to PSN so if you choose to install again your save is saved in the cloud. I'll be more cautious next time I delete a PlayStation Vita game. Thanks for the feedback. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRANGEgenius Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Yeah it really sucks, I usually back them up if I ever delete a game i started and want to play something big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosweaverkira- Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 This happened to me with Wipeout, i needed space and deleted it. I then redownloaded over December and saw i had to start from the beginning, because no saves were backed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRANGEgenius Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 This happened to me with Wipeout, i needed space and deleted it. I then redownloaded over December and saw i had to start from the beginning, because no saves were backed up. Hopefully you werent that far in the game, its tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Dragon_Man Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I didn't know this thanks for pointing it out or i would've did the same thing down the line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosweaverkira- Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hopefully you werent that far in the game, its tough. I completed the SP campaign, not a lot of gold but a couple and i think i was around level 10 in MP, so that's quite a lot to redo... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technatorium Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Or you can dump your save files to a PC. (which is okay but can be cumbersome) You have to backup the entire Vita game/save/etc to a PS3. (which REALLY doesn't make sense to me.) Not sure why Sony did this other than as an anti-piracy/security feature frankly. Though I'd think backing up saves to a PC would be more wanton for editing and cheating. (imo) Edited January 15, 2014 by Technatorium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOKINITING Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I spend the same with ninja gaiden, in 3 days did not stop mourn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasaDeBen Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Get plus, cloud saves, no crying. I lost my ridge racer save which was frustrating but just use cloud save (even on a cart) and youre golden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProGamerX56 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 You can backup on Plus, which is compulsory with PS4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goro Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Thanks to PS Plus i don't have to worry about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson_ Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Are you suggesting my save data isn't completely gone? If you did back up before it wont be gone, since it back up's everything of your Vita OS including saves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW_0210 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 ye its a bit annoying. If you have ps plus though, u should always back up via the cloud servers. I think u get 1gb of room for game saves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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