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Sony change PSN TOS; Cripples game sharing...
Topic Started: Wednesday Nov 25 2009, 10:15 AM (269 Views)
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Bad news for all traders and users with multiple PS3s, SCE have changed their Terms of Service to allow only up to 3 PS3s on one account.

Traders beware, you can only share games on up to three PS3s now, users with share groups will also be affected.

Users with >3 systems activated should be safe, however if one system is deactivated, it can no longer be activated again.

Quote from the TOS:

In-game items or content that you have purchased may be downloaded from PlayStation®Store. Pursuant to the particular terms of use that govern a specific in-game item or content you have purchased, you may use that item or content on up to three (3) different PlayStation®3 systems that have been activated for your account. You may deactivate or activate specific PlayStation®3 systems, as long as the maximum activated number of PlayStation®3 systems for your account at any given time is three (3).

* The first category, called Network Content, can only be accessed by one activated PlayStation®3 system per day and only by the account through which the Network Content was purchased. Network Content cannot be used on two different PlayStation®3 systems within a twenty-four (24) hour period.

* The second category, called Local Content, once installed on a PlayStation®3 system by the account that purchased it, can be accessed by other accounts on that same PlayStation®3 system.

This means that, if a game is purchased, it can only be downloaded once every 24h, meaning games can’t be shared immediately.


Well there goes that generosity....
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PSN seems to be slowly turning into XBL.
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I wouldn't go that far, but it's a definite change in attitude.
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You do still get 3 bites of the cherry. It's not like they've completely nerfed it.
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No, it's not a complete nerfing at all. They did used to proudly proclaim that you can share your games with friends though, and that (rather shocking actually) attitude has been shifting. 3 consoles is essentially enough to cover personal use. I've always happily shared out the other 2.

Anyway, this is all for naught! Turns out it was actually a typo! It remains at 5 consoles! :D
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The Playstation Network allows “game sharing,” which is a method where you can download the same content you bought from the Playstation Store on one Playstation 3 to another by activating your Playstation Network account on the other system. Recently, the Software Usage Terms were thought to have changed the game sharing limit from 5 to 3 systems (this was later revealed to be a small typo and that the limit is still 5).

Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games (developer of the upcoming PixelJunk Shooter), voiced his excitement when he heard the news on his personal Twitter page:

good news, 3 is plenty!

When someone asked what will happen to the limit if his Playstation 3 broke down, he responded with the following:

if you had a lot of hardware failures Sony are actually quite receptive to resetting the count (if you ask them nicely)

Finally, he added the following statement in regards to game sharing:

running on 3 accounts should be enough for anyone really, and re-downloading is unlimited - the 24hr lockout is fairest tho

Dylan Cuthbert’s latest title, PixelJunk Shooter, just went gold and is slated for a December release.


I actually think the 24 hour lockout is the most bullshit part, and I guess that wasn't part of the typo. Why should I have to wait a full day to download a game I bought onto two PS3's that I actually own???

Looking back on the original post, how the hell was "three (3)", twice, a typo??? Looks like they meant that shit to me.
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so is the 24 hour thing happening? that would suck because we always download games to both our ps3s straight away.
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I guess we'll soon find out...
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out today, see other post
yo listen up here's a story
about a little guy that lives in a blue world
and all day and all night and everything he sees
is just blue like him inside and outside
blue his house with a blue little window
and a blue corvette
and everything is blue for him and hisself
and everybody around
cos he ain't got nobody to listen to

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