PS3 dl'ed games

[_b.jaye_]

wonderin if i can play games i've downloaded when im offline? i picked up the extra modern warfare levels & took it to a friends house who didnt have broadband, only to find out i had to be online to play the damn things.

so, am i gonna run into the same problem if i download a game & take it somwhere i cant jump online?

[Nali]

If the DRM on PS3 is anything like the 360

Then the content is linked to the console, so even if you were offline they should work as long as its the console they were originally downloaded on.

However if you took your harddrive only then there might be a problem.

But i dont own a PS3 so i cant be sure, and i would find it hard to believe Sony would be more racial about their content than MS.

[MinisterofDOOM]

But i dont own a PS3 so i cant be sure, and i would find it hard to believe Sony would be more racial about their content than MS.

I can. Sony has long been famous for their ***hole rights-management tactics. They've never been afraid to step on the toes, heads, and balls of paying customers in order to stretch their antipiracy reach as far as possible.

Prejudiced-sounding posting aside, Sony's DRM for the PSP consists of individual system authentication. You can download titles to any PSP, but only those you have "authorized" via the sony store will be able to play the games. I assume that's how the PS3 works, too. Even if you were to sign in under your PSN ID on the other machine, that machine is not authorized to use your purchases.

[RCA]

wonderin if i can play games i've downloaded when im offline? i picked up the extra modern warfare levels & took it to a friends house who didnt have broadband, only to find out i had to be online to play the damn things.

so, am i gonna run into the same problem if i download a game & take it somwhere i cant jump online?

Here is what you need to know:- Your Playstation Network username and password.- Where to find your Download menu.

Go to your buddies house and sign on to YOUR PSN account then look for the menu that will show you EVERY THING you have ever DLed on your PS3. Click the map-pack to DL it. Install it then you are good to go.

The process is annoying especially if your friend doesn't have broadband but it is possible.

[Morph]

If the DRM on PS3 is anything like the 360However if you took your harddrive only then there might be a problem.

Ya dont do that. The HDD in the PS3 is liked to the specific console. So if you took yours out and put it in your firends it would reformat the drive b/c the serials or what ever it uses dont match up. If you really wanted to do this you would have to make a backup and then restore the backup on his ps3 w/ your hdd.

As far as psn games that arent multiplayer i dont think you would.

[_b.jaye_]

thanks, all, for the stuff to take into consideration.

with my particular case, as it turned out, i was able to play the game i downloaded, ragdoll kung fu: fists of plastic, while offline, (cheesy? yes, but my lil cousin & nephew freakin loved it, & to be honest, i kinda did too ) but no dice on the extra, split-screen COD levels. is there any way to know, before shelling out for DL'able content if i will or wont be able to make use of it offline?

issue is, i take the PS to some places where i just flatout dont have access to an internet connection.

[RCA]

is there any way to know, before shelling out for DL'able content if i will or wont be able to make use of it offline?

issue is, i take the PS to some places where i just flatout dont have access to an internet connection.

Any thing you DL on the Playstation Network is available to you any where you go. You also can use COD4 DLC maps offline, but you need to be online at one point to DL them. If not, then you might be able to put it on an SD card, but I doubt it.