PS3 "Automatic Download"

So I turned this hunk of junk on thinking it'd be cool. Now, I really like "Download game patches", but I wasn't so sure how the PS3 would determine which games it was going to download patches for...nonetheless I turned it on.

Now, every ****ing day it downloads "Skate 3 DLC" and "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Patch Data". My cousin played these games on my PS3 ONCE. Their Game Data AND Save Data has been deleted, yet the PS3 insists that it is of the utmost priority that it download this every night. Is there any way to configure which games this system actually downloads patches for, or does it just have an eternal log of every game that's ever been put inside of it that it updates?

I'd like to use it but not if I can't dictate which titles to update and not to update

Satanas


So I turned this hunk of junk on thinking it'd be cool. Now, I really like "Download game patches", but I wasn't so sure how the PS3 would determine which games it was going to download patches for...nonetheless I turned it on.

Now, every ****ing day it downloads "Skate 3 DLC" and "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Patch Data". My cousin played these games on my PS3 ONCE. Their Game Data AND Save Data has been deleted, yet the PS3 insists that it is of the utmost priority that it download this every night. Is there any way to configure which games this system actually downloads patches for, or does it just have an eternal log of every game that's ever been put inside of it that it updates?

I'd like to use it but not if I can't dictate which titles to update and not to update

Delete all the UC2 game data (not save data, but the game data file that saves your settings for the game) and it should stop patching it.  As long as it detects that file on the system, it will update it.  No matter the game.

Satanas


So I turned this hunk of junk on thinking it'd be cool. Now, I really like "Download game patches", but I wasn't so sure how the PS3 would determine which games it was going to download patches for...nonetheless I turned it on.

Now, every ****ing day it downloads "Skate 3 DLC" and "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Patch Data". My cousin played these games on my PS3 ONCE. Their Game Data AND Save Data has been deleted, yet the PS3 insists that it is of the utmost priority that it download this every night. Is there any way to configure which games this system actually downloads patches for, or does it just have an eternal log of every game that's ever been put inside of it that it updates?

I'd like to use it but not if I can't dictate which titles to update and not to update

Nope, no way to change that. haha. Luckily since I had to get mine replaced recently enough, it never downloads patches to games I'll never touch again.

Formerly Known as Hellbringer.

cgoodno


Delete all the UC2 game data (not save data, but the game data file that saves your settings for the game) and it should stop patching it.  As long as it detects that file on the system, it will update it.  No matter the game.

Deleted both to no avail - same for Skate. I went and cleared the patch data again


There's nothing in "Game Data" or "Save Data" on the PS3 corresponding to either title...and nothing in the uploaded PS Plus save data either. I'm keeping the feature on again tonight to see if it redownloads this data again...if it does, I guess this is just a feature I won't use.


Update: Well the way to get this to behave seems to be as follows:

1) Delete the Game Data (and possibly Save, and Cloud Save Data) for any title you wish not to be patched.

2) Allow automatic patching to occur once.

3) If patch data for some title you deleted is downloaded, go to your Game Data and delete the newly created content.

4) Next cycle, the game should not be patched again.

Now the question is, if Skate or Uncharted 2 (or any game I do not have Game Data for, for that matter) receive further content/patching if I will randomly acquire it in the future...

Among Thieves Patch Data