Rumored PlayStation Cloud details are fake, though we wish they weren't

by Jem Alexander on Jun 22nd 2009 6:45PM

It's almost three months since we first spotted the PS Cloud trademark and some fake details have been "leaked out." Allegedly, PlayStation Cloud is like MobileMe for the PSN. A cloud-based system which will hold all your contacts, save files, stats and in-game videos and screenshots online, so they can be accessed from any PS3.

Not only that, but these leaked details -- along with the screenshot above -- imply that the service would substantially improve the PSN's community features, showing peoples activity in realtime. As welcome as these features would be (very!), we've received feedback from the PlayStation Blog's Jeff Rubenstein. "This 'mockup' is pure conjecture. This is 100% fake."

We're glad to see Sony quashing rumors before they get out of hand. As for the fact this PlayStation Cloud info is fake? We could be happier.

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It would be cool if this could be done on the PSP2 as well. Sony with the PSP2, please make all PSP2 games have trophy support.

The first challenge would be to make the PSP 2 unhackable.

The first challenge would be to make the PSP 2.

touché

I'm disappointed.

When I earn a trophy, I want Facebook to update my profile that says, "User achieved x trophy!" in real-time status.

i don't. my gaming and social lives HAVE TO stay apart except playing COD online multiplayer or rock band local with friends...

Yeah, so all your cool friends can see how cool you are

WORLDS ARE COLLIDING!!

Well the mockup might be fake but not the service...
I still want this

indeed this looks sweet

fake eh? just like the ps3 slim. ;)

or the trophy leak photos
or the PSPGo leak
or all of the Sony leaks

Something like this is the only way old fuddy duddies like me are going to go with the digital download everything system.

See, younger kids are used to things coming and going, but I actually like to keep everything I pay for. If something happens, I don't want to repay a buck a song for all the music I used to already own. If something happens to my PS3, I dont want to pay for all my games to come back again.

People like me want some kind of online system that acknowledges all our non-physical purchases, so if something happens we can download everything again. Hell, nothing has to actually happen, if we want to clear some space on our hard drive for a new movie, we want to be able to watch that old movie again in the future without having to pay for it. Right now people are fine with just losing that stuff forever, but soon there will be a reckoning and something like this will have to exist.

I'm not sure what you're trying to reference here, but I think everyone would rather not repay for what they already own. I also don't think you just lose the content you download over PSN. I'm not sure on movies, but with games and content your PSN keeps account of everything you download and you can redownload anything on your list that for free

Now I know why you picked the Lion as an avatar....

I don't really care about the displaying stuff in real time thing, but the back-up feature would be fantastic

I just back up mine to a pen drive every couple of weeks, only takes a few minutes, nice piece of mind in case something goes tits up.

*User* is watching porn on the web Browser.

No thanks.

Seriously, this feature is worth pursuing. The technology is ready to go, you just have to be willing to commit the server space. I think we'd all prefer innovations like this as opposed to Home.

should have known it was too good to be true when PixelJunk Eden was spaced out into separate words

Good eye

Love how you're acting all nice sprinkles, then flat out call him a jerk. cool.

This looks awesome. I hope it isnt just a fake and this is the real deal (I think sony said that the trophy and psp go images were fake but they turned out to be true) because this would be an awesome new feature.

This seems more similar to Steams Community page, that list's what achievements folks have got, when they've got a new game, as well as the standard who's online and not. Steam Cloud also allows for backing up your config to Steams servers, though not sure about save files, though that would be great, but for now it's easy enough to carry them on a thumb stick.
Sony already have made vague whispers of PS Cloud, so I would guess this feature is proably coming, as pointed out above most Sony rumours tend to be true. and if it does it will be a welcome addition to the many new features of the PSN.

Watching a video is not noteworthy. And if this were real, there'd be no space in PixelJunk. Other than that, this sounds like a much-needed feature to PSN.

Well, you're right about PixelJunk, but Live tells you if people are watching videos, Netflix, or using Media Center. So noting that a friend was watching a video wouldn't be all that odd for those of us with 360's.

So if I downloaded a trailer and felt like watching it, everyone knows? Now, if it's a movie bought off the PlayStation Store, by all means, I'd love to hear that and which movie, but the mental picture I had is that you notify people about every minute-long video you see.

I would love a syncing system such that your save file is stored in the cloud so that when you want to play a game at someone's house, you don't have to start from the beginning.

Then again, Microsoft would still love you sell your those expensive pieces of shit they call memory cards.

Copy to a USB drive or flash card

You can do that? O_O

lol just pull up your save file and hit "triangle"... insert USB into the USB drive and go to "copy"... you'll then be prompted to confirm the USB drive is the save location.

I'm doing this off of the top of my head, so it may not be exact, but you'll get it.

@Kdiggy

You certainly can do that on PS3, but I think he was referring to the 360.

It's Aslan, isn't it? Haven't watched the two (new) Narnia films so I can't say for sure, but that'd be my guess.

Slighty off topic:

Can I log into my LIVE account on someone else's 360?

Also if I have a friend over and they have LIVE as well can they sign in at the same time I do on the same console?

Thanx.

http://xbox.joystiq.com/

Yes, and yes.

Yes. All you do is "recover gamertag" on that hard drive.

thanx guys.

You thought he was gone and that was the end of it, but no.. he had to come back. Although in your case, you should stay gone.

Oh, crap, the nostalgia just hit. Might have to go buy the books now.

I knew this guy who usually would run across the street when it had incoming traffic...I never quite knew why he did it...But I think he once told that he 'just needed to get out sometimes'. I told him that it was not very healthy for him...

Yeah BigFat, that's exactly what I meant.

Don't care if it has nothing to do with Narnia. Think I'm gonna buy the books now anyway.

LOL... to be fair TLA didn't say anything fanboyish here, quite the opposite in fact. I know he has a history and maybe this is all some ploy to lure us into a trap, but I really don't see the need to jump on him over this comment.

That looks extremely stupid. I'm glad Sony isn't doing this

For some reason, I don't think this rumor is squashed. It's only natural for Sony to try and cover this up before it's release. I guess we'll see...

But if the troll defense keeps a 24 hour watch on him we can at least Isolate his babble in a single thread. this would at least slow his trolling through other threads allowing others to enjoy the site Sprinkles free.

It really sucks that this is fake, it would of been awesome

Looks pretty convincing to me.

I kinda like this idea actually. Sony, print it, publish it. I'll be expecting a fully functional version on my PlayStation 3 desktop by Spring of 2010, but Summe of 2010 at most. Goodluck. Look forward to using this. And uh, where's that music service that was supposed to come about. An iTunes of sort, but on PSN of music that can be transfered through Bluetooth technology not only to your PSP, but also to your Sony Ericson Cellphone. See these both soon. The Bluetooth technology is already there. I trade ringtones and music with friends on my Samsung slider already. I think it can be done with an Ericson and a PlayStation 3. Maybe even a PSP Go and Sony Ericson. Eh?

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