Can I copy my downloaded games to a 2nd PS3 I just bought?

[MotionBlurr]

I got a 2nd PS3 for my bedroom. This is the one I will mainly using for games while the one in the living room will be used for movies. How can I copy the downloaded games that I purchased for the 1st one to the 2nd one?

[DrasticPlastic]

Go to your account management, and you can view your download history and re-download your content. But you can only re-download purchased content I think a max of 5 times.

[kman]

Originally Posted by DrasticPlastic

Go to your account management, and you can view your download history and re-download your content. But you can only re-download purchased content I think a max of 5 times.

Bingo, you just have to have keep that same login on the second system in order for the games to stay.

[Avarice]

Originally Posted by DrasticPlastic

Go to your account management, and you can view your download history and re-download your content. But you can only re-download purchased content I think a max of 5 times.

No this is not true, you can download purchased content as many times as you would like. There is no limit, but the limit comes from the amount of ps3's you can have activated at one time and that number is 5.

[jono_0101]

Originally Posted by Avarice

No this is not true, you can download purchased content as many times as you would like. There is no limit, but the limit comes from the amount of ps3's you can have activated at one time and that number is 5.

this is correct, you may need to contact sony to deactivate the old one so it doesnt count as one of your 5

[Sylin]

Originally Posted by jono_0101

this is correct, you may need to contact sony to deactivate the old one so it doesnt count as one of your 5

I don't think the OP wants to deactivate the living room PS3's ability to play downloaded games completely. (And you can always deactivate it yourself, if you want, unless the PS3 is defective/inoperable.)

Avarice is right. You can download purchased content as many times as you'd like, and use it on up to 5 different PS3's, provided you use the same PSN account (or a sub-account, I believe).

I did exactly what the OP did--bought a 2nd PS3 for my bedroom, and had to do this. Which makes me wish Sony had some sort of Content Sync feature for people with multiple PS3's, because finding and downloading over 180 items of purchased DLC amidst a list of over 300 downloaded items took FOREVER.

[Lucy Diamond]

Just do a whole system backup onto an external harddrive.

Go to the other PS3 and restore the system from your backup.

That's it. moving to a new PS3 should be no different than putting in a new hard drive. Unless there is an IP address issue.

[AikonEnt]

You won't be able to copy it. I think downloads work like this, you can download to 5 different machines using your one account. You can re-download an infinite number of times to each machine that has one of the original 5 downloads. I think