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Tiny Diggers has just been released on the iPad and soon the Mac computer. Here’s the details on this fun, educational game from TouchTilt Games.
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The Moment I Try To Take My Save Game Out…

Submitted by Paul Munn on March 30, 2007 – 8:00 am2 Comments

…they pull me back in.

I’ve discovered something new and interesting not just about The Godfather: The Don’s Edition for the PS3, but a, hmm, “feature” of the PS3 itself.

One of the great little things about the PS3 is that saved game data can be copied on and off of removable storage. If you have the 60GB model you can copy it to flash data cards, and if you have either model you can copy it to a USB storage device, including external hard drives and so-called flash drives. You can do this with PS1 saves, PS2 saves, and even PS3 saves. This lets me take my Resistance: Fall of Man saved game or my God Of War II saved game and copy it to a teeny tiny 16MB SD card that was too small to be of use otherwise and take it to my friend’s house so I can show him a cool part I’m playing.

The catch? Apparently publishers can disable the ability to copy data. When I tried copying The Godfather: The Don’s Edition saved game data to my flash card it told me I was “not allowed” to copy this data. Excuse me? I played your damned game for a few hours and want to show it off, and I can’t take it with me? I mean what’s the point, really? It’s a single player game! Are your precious online leaderboards worth that much? Then separate the leaderboard data configuration from the saved game data, ok?

It’s pretty annoying, and it definitely puts a second black mark on a game that I was considering picking up after my rental time with it is overwith. The first black mark? Tune in next time.

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Stephen

This is similar to what happened on the Gamecube. When you try to copy certain game saves, the function is blocked. Animal Crossing and F-Zero are examples. So you can’t migrate at all. I imagine in AC it has something to do with discouraging dupes (a weak argument), and in F-Zero it has to do with the arcade version interaction.
John H.

Yep, apparently all the consoles have this “feature.” The worst thing about Elebits on Wii is that its gigantic save file, over a hundred blocks in a memory space that it has to share with saves, virtual console games and their saves (which can include suspended emulator data) and downloaded channels and THEIR data, cannot be copied over to a SD card.