PS3 to get Online Storage cloud-save service tomorrow | VG247
Online Storage, a cloud-save system for PS3, is to launch exclusively for PlayStation Plus members tomorrow, March 10.
Online Storage will allow PS Plus subs to make game saves online, up to a maximum of 1,000 saves or 150Mb of data.
Users will be able to access their Online Storage via the XMB, under the Games icon. There, they’ll be able to save game data or download and pick up and play from where they left off.
Games saved in Online Storage can be accessed by logging into PSN from any PS3. Therefore, it’s possible to download a game save to a friend’s PS3 and continue playing.
The service also means, as Sony pointed out today, that game data will now be safe when updated confirm software.
The move will be seen as a precursor to the launch of PlayStation Phone Xperia Play and PSP successor NGP later this year: a cloud-saving system, as has been much-noted, will be necessary for owners of more that one type of PlayStation-branded hardware to keep track of their progress.
Remember, you need to be a Plus sub to use Online Storage. A subscription costs �39.99/€49.99 a year, or �11.99/€14.99 for 90 days.
As well as Online Storage, a Plus sub gives you access to “new, classic and exclusive games, themes and avatars worth over �200 a year,” according to Sony.
Subs also get early access to selected demos and betas, the option to try certain games before you buy and auto-firmware updates.