Games | Ps3 Save

That’s the strange trade-off of the PS3 save game era: a battle between ownership and security, where one corrupted file could cost you your online life, and a stranger’s save file became a forbidden treasure.

That led to an underground scene of people sharing their console IDs — a huge risk, because if Sony banned that ID, your console could lose access to PSN forever. Ps3 Save Games

One story from the forums stands out:

A teenager, "Mike," had spent over 300 hours on Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on PS3. His save was corrupted after a power outage. Heartbroken, he downloaded a save from a stranger online — a nearly identical character, right before the final quest. But the save wouldn’t load. The signature was wrong. That’s the strange trade-off of the PS3 save