PlayStation®Store Games

[Rapulsion]

1. I bought 3 months of PSN+ as soon as I heard that there will be 10 free games in one month. Although I haven't played any of them yet, I checked the Information and apparently, all of the games will expire on 9th of September. Is this because my 3 months of PSN will expire on that day? If I renew, will I have to re-download them again, or can I just start playing the PSN freebies straight away?

2. If I delete any of the full free PS3 PSN+ games, can I re-download them again?

3. If my PSN+ subscription expires, what will happen to my save files for the free PS3 full games? Will they be deleted with the expiration?

4. I currently have the 160GB stock HDD and with the amount of free PS3 games provided by the PSN, it won't be long until I have no more space. If I upgrade my HDD, can I re-download the freebies again? 

Sorry if I use the words PS3 full free games, I don't really know the simple word for those. 

Thanks

[QuietlyWrong · Accepted solution]

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Rapulsion wrote:

1. apparently, all of the games will expire on 9th of September. Is this because my 3 months of PSN will expire on that day?

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Yep

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If I renew, will I have to re-download them again, or can I just start playing the PSN freebies straight away?

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No need to re-download, they should start working straight away. (If they don't your PS3 maybe just needs a quick 'reminder' of your subscription, so a quick download of a PS+ avatar or even just the first beginning of a megabyte of a download of a PS+ game should be enough to refresh its memory.)

2. If I delete any of the full free PS3 PSN+ games, can I re-download them again?

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Yes, while your subscription is active, as many times as you like.

3. If my PSN+ subscription expires, what will happen to my save files for the free PS3 full games? Will they be deleted with the expiration?

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No, any saves on your PS3 will stay on your PS3, ready for when you either buy the game or resubscribe. I think any saves stored on the PS+ cloud storage may be deleted if you don't resubscribe immediately though.

Also, if you don't want to resubscribe immediately, check your settings - a lot of people find to their horror that the PS+ is set to automatically renew itself.

[Rapulsion]

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QuietlyWrong wrote:

No, any saves on your PS3 will stay on your PS3, ready for when you either buy the game or resubscribe. I think any saves stored on the PS+ cloud storage may be deleted if you don't resubscribe immediately though.

Also, if you don't want to resubscribe immediately, check your settings - a lot of people find to their horror that the PS+ is set to automatically renew itself.

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Thanks a lot!

How long is long enough for the saves to be deleted in the cloud storage?

Also, can you tell me how to disable auto-renewal? I'm pretty new to PS3 and the navigation can be confusing. 

[Project2insanity]

For auto-renewal, from XMB, select account management, then transaction management and lastly, services list. You'll find PS Plus there and it gives the option.

As for cloud, I can't say with 100% certainty but I'm pretty sure it's as QuietlyWrong said, the saves are lost immediately.

[Rapulsion]

Thanks for that! I'm all set. Thanks guys

[Iyonix]

Saves in Online storage are there for 6 months before deletion if you do not re-subscribe.