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Dominiking

Hey currently having an issue with my PS3. Hoping you guys can help.

My original 60gb PS3 died recently and I switched over to a slim model. I transferred all the data from the old to the new system but keep on running into the same issue. Every game that needs an online code does not work regardless of how many times I try to download it.

I will download the online code and it says it downloaded and installed but when I look for the file it cannot be found. I tried it without game updates and it worked but as soon as I downloaded the update again the code was gone.

Not really sure what to do it is really frustrating to not be able to play the games online.

Posted Jun 26, 2012, 6:33 AM UTC

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jbigboote•

how many PS3s do you have activated? you can check on the web by following these directions. If you have two already that don't include the new slim, that could be your problem.

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DominikingOP•

It did say I had 3 PS3 activated so I deactivated them and reactivated but I am still facing the same issue of not being able to download online codes.

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[deleted]•

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DominikingOP•

I only activated my current PS3.

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[deleted]•

How did you transfer your data? With the backup utility?

When I replaced my hard-drive, I tried the backup utility. Everything restored, but most of my games didn't work. I had to do a full format & re-download everything, which fixed it.

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DominikingOP•

My brother used his external hard drive to back everything on to the new PS3 through backup utility. I will try a full format.

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[deleted]•

Yeah, just try it with 1 game that wasn't working before. You'll know pretty quickly if it was the backup utilitys fault.

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