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Home News PlayStation Network Goes Bye-Bye, Say Hello To SEN

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PlayStation Network Goes Bye-Bye, Say Hello To SEN

Posted on Monday, February 6 @ 07:28:34 Eastern by


Well, this is strange.

The PlayStation Network will be no more. The free-to-play online platform that launched with the PlayStation 3 will soon be called Sony Entertainment Network.

Chances are, you've already received an email from Sony detailing the change. Your account will stay exactly the same, as will all of your games, and pretty much everything else. It's really just a change in name only, as Sony looks to align all of its networked products under a more singular service.

The new SEN will be applied to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, but the PSP won't get the rebranding... at least not yet. Poor PSP, it couldn't be any more clear that its days are numbered.

You can enjoy the PSN name for just two more days. After that, you better get used to SEN, which doesn't roll off the tongue as easily, and sounds more like an acronym for something the government uses to track your every move.

[Update] Sony has confirmed to us that the original PlayStation Network logo will remain, and will NOT be replaced with the SEN logo, as we initially reported. The change, again, is in name only.
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  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 7:59 am
    lol "networked prodcuts"

    As for the name change, SEN just doesn't roll off the tongue as well as PSN, at least if I say PSN everyone will still know what I'm talking about.
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  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 7:59 am
    Nice, didn't even notice you say the same tongue thing, so I guess I'm not alone for sure on that.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 9:42 am
    Now you can just say "sen" instead of pronouncing all the letters.
    0 0
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 8:17 am
    The acronym doesn't roll off the tongue as well, but this is a change for the better. The PSN hacking last year really damaged its image.
    0 0
  • sandineyes
    sandineyes
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 8:22 am
    Dear Sony,
    Syfy couldn't get rid of their reputation as "that channel that broadcasts awful sci-fi tv movies and shows", and a name change won't get rid of your reputation as "that company that got the personal information of millions of its customers stolen".
    Love,
    Me
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  • MasterRabbi
    MasterRabbi
    Joined: May 2007
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 9:38 am
    The new CEO is probably rolling it to integrate PSN into laptops, TV, and more. Image Sony TV's that you can download the small indie games on. I can see 'untapped casual market' stamped on the Board of Directors pamphlets now.
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  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2
    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 10:08 am
    I've noticed the SEN thing while I've been using Music Unlimited this last week. I imagine this being integrated across the board. I bet within the year their internet capable TVs will be able to purchase Video On Demand from SEN (unless they already do). Not to mention that they're starting a push behind their tablets, Minis will sell for the tablets.

    I would guess that they're trying to move away from PSN just being viewed as only for the PlayStation.
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  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 10:14 am
    It rolls way easier now, like "zen" but with an S

    Or are you going for the "sin" pronounciation?
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  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
    Consumer confusion.
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  • Squiggy
    Squiggy
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
    So now we just have to say 'Sen' now, rather than "Pee Eh Sen."
    0 0
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
    Nobody ever referred to it as "pissen"?
    We took the piss out of it, now its "sen"
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