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Bought a 2nd hand ps3, will I lose the previous owners games when I do a restore

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  • 23-08-2018 12:22pm
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    home1
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭


    Hi, I bought a 2nd hand ps3, when I started it up it had GTA V and a few other games installed and are playable. They were installed by the previous user. I want to restore my data from my old (now broken PS3) via a USB drive. Does that mean I would lose the GTA V game after restore. Any help appreciated.
    Thanks


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    bigphil2
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭bigphil2


    home1 wrote: »
    Hi, I bought a 2nd hand ps3, when I started it up it had GTA V and a few other games installed and are playable. They were installed by the previous user. I want to restore my data from my old (now broken PS3) via a USB drive. Does that mean I would lose the GTA V game after restore. Any help appreciated.
    Thanks

    Yes,you will lose them as they are tied to the psn user account of the previous owner


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    home1
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭home1


    Ah pity, okay thanks for the reply.


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    home1
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭home1


    Ha ha, guess what, I did the restore and that all went well, then I tried to put in my Red dead disc but couldn't cause there was a GTA V disc inside. Free game for me.


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    dreamers75
    Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    You could have just logged in with your PSN account and gained access to all the games on the HD for free. Deleted the ones you didnt like and moved on.


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    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,899 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    dreamers75 wrote: »
    You could have just logged in with your PSN account and gained access to all the games on the HD for free. Deleted the ones you didnt like and moved on.

    Really? I can't do that unless my son has set my PS4 as his primary, or I'm logged in as him.


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