You can't earn trophies with a used Vita game unless you erase the old gamesave

[YokA_sun]

Originally Posted by shaunnn191

IMO Sony shouldn't be fucking people over just to protect their precious broken trophy system, that most people don't give a shit about.
It's pure retarded that you wouldn't be able to borrow a game from a friend and earn the trophies without deleting their save data.

You are contradicting yourself. If no one gives a damn about trophy system, why would you care to earn trophies in a borrowed game?


P.S. I have a bad feeling the trophy system might be ruined someday by the hackers from leaks in PSV. I know there are hackers now but it's minimal and restricted.

[kdrcraig]

Glad I stumbled upon this thread, I would've been awful surprised the first time I popped in a game from Gamefly and it told me I couldn't earn trophies.

Edit: Oops, didn't realize the thread had been dead for a while.

[Blaspheme]

so, if I buy a second hand game, I just need to erase the save to have access to the trophies ?

[YenRou]

Originally Posted by Blaspheme

so, if I buy a second hand game, I just need to erase the save to have access to the trophies ?

It won't be that easy. According to the guide which is posted on this site's front page, you need to have the previous owner delete the save data.

You can't do it yourself.

[Wedge19]

Originally Posted by YenRou

It won't be that easy. According to the guide which is posted on this site's front page, you need to have the previous owner delete the save data.

You can't do it yourself.

This is incorrect. as long as the game is set to factory settings, trophies can be earned. It's not really a big deal or hassle at all..... Takes like 2 extra minutes prior to playing a pre-owned game. Delete the save data on the game card, exit the game, delete the game data on your Vita, then restart the game. You;re good. It's quite simple, I have done it.

[YenRou]

Originally Posted by Wedge19

This is incorrect. as long as the game is set to factory settings, trophies can be earned. It's not really a big deal or hassle at all..... Takes like 2 extra minutes prior to playing a pre-owned game. Delete the save data on the game card, exit the game, delete the game data on your Vita, then restart the game. You;re good. It's quite simple, I have done it.

Like I said. The information I have given is taken from the front page. Only have one game so far and it was new. I can't confirm

Here it is:

Originally Posted by News

Presumably as a deterrent to the used games market, if you fire up a pre-owned game on the Vita it presents you with this message, "You cannot earn trophies in this application. Only the first player to use an application can earn trophies. To earn trophies, you must link the Sony Entertainment Network account of the first player to use this applicational with the PS Vita system."

[Wedge19]

Originally Posted by YenRou

Like I said. The information I have given is taken from the front page. Only have one game so far and it was new. I can't confirm

Here it is:

Ah gotcha. Yes, while it does state that, restoring the game card to factory settings by deleting the save data on the card, then deleting and reinstalling the game data on your system effectively tricks the game into never knowing that it was linked to a PSN (or SEN) account before yours.