Customer Reviews

Max Memory Card

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(22)

 

 

This is the new 8 97459 00003 9 model. After you have 10MB of saved files on the memory card, games can no longer save to it. Some games will saved a corrupt file, or unable to save, or giving error there's no memory card.

PS2 also can't copy any saved games from another memory card to this 32MB memory card once it has 10MB of saved files.

If I delete some saved files to free up the memory card to less than 10MB of usage, any games will be able to save to it.

My theory is PS2 has problem writing to the memory card once it has 10MB of saved files.

This card was bought at a Target store at a steep discount to the Sony brand cards and w/ 2x the memory. This card has not functioned right from day one - corrupted game files, save errors and in many cases deleted game files lead to a bunch of frustration. Not sure why this is the case, but this card is NOT recommended at all.

The 32MB capacity of this card is a great value compared to the standard PS2 memory cards. However, this is completely outweighed by the inconvenience of having to load a cd to initialize the card every time you wish to use it. I now only use it to store game data that I don't use regularly and have reverted to a standard card for day-to-day use. (Rating would be a 5/5 if initialization wasn't necessary).

We have had some problems with these memory cards not being very user friendly. You have to use an installation CD everytime you want to use the cards. But the biggest problem is that we just purchased the new PS2 and we cannot get them to work at all. I just opened a brand new one that I had not used previously, but had purchase last Christmas and it does not work either and of course, now, even though I still have all the packaging, receipt and everything since I just opened it, Best Buy won't take it back, exchange it, nothing... I just wasted almost $20 on that one and now the other two we had been using are useless also. What a way to burn money. I wouldn't advise anyone to purchase these memory cards.

Bought the 64 MB Version to save all of my MGS3; Subsistence data including the camo downloads which are about 1MB each. After I saved about 11 MB on the card it started to corrupt my data and would not save or be recognized by the PS2. Complete waste of time and money. You're better off with a NYKO memory card, they haven't failed on me yet.

we had this memory card for 6 monthes and now it just doesnt work anymore. can't believe how unbelievable crappy this thing is put together. dont be fooled, just because its 16 mb not 8 like sony's doesnt mean its a better bargain. now im here on amazon to buy another memory card, a sony 8mb.

I have two PS2s in two different places, one in Pennsylvania with my brother and the other here in NYC with me. It was becoming a hassle to keep track of which of us got which memory card (we have two Nykos), so I bought the 64mb version of this card (which Amazon doesn't seem to have here) to put everything worth backing up on one card. I have the Max, my brother has the Nyko cards.

I had no problem at all copying the files from the Nykos to the Max, nor have I had any problem with loading files from the Max. The problem comes in with trying to save. I tried to update my We Love Katamari save file, and it no longer lets me. If I save to a different file, it still fails. I'm currently leaving the system on until I can get to GameStop tomorrow to get a replacement for the Max.

Since I bought a 64mb card, it's not even near full capacity yet. It's ended up being a waste of money, as I could have saved everything to Nykos. At least those work--I've never had a problem with either Nyko memory card.

In a nutshell: It's all right if all you want to do is backup your files, but it seems that once the memory gets past a certain point, saving becomes useless. You're better off with a Sony or a Nyko, even if they aren't as large. Even the 16mb version of this card isn't worth it if you only have full access to your files up to 10mb.

This card will not save more than 10MB and it takes a long time to transfer the saves. You will waste a lot of time and end up very frustrated! Pure garbage.

[...] It is absolute crap. Users are forced to boot first from a software CD, and then swap the CD for the game. This in itself is a hassle, but besides that, it doesn't work at all. I have tried booting with the software CD but the CD doesn't spin up at all. I finally went out (the day after Christmas) and bought a Sony 8MB memory card. Hopefully the vendor will exchange this piece of junk...

I have this memory card. After I have saved about 8 mb on it I try to save something on it but it keeps on saying "Save Failed" "Save Failed" "Save Failed" "Save Failed". It has been driving me crazy and that is why I am buying a new memory card right this second.