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Posted on Monday, November 7 @ 08:32:09 Eastern by


From the get go, the PlayStation Network allowed purchased downloadable games to be played on up to five separate PS3s. Not on a per-game basis, but on a per-PSN account basismeaning that any one PSN account could have up to five PS3s "activated". This was great for anyone who owns multiple PS3s in one home or wanted to be able to play games over a friends house. But like all good things, it was abused. 

Gamesharing is the act of letting someone else download a game you've purchased, usually in exchange for access to their account so you can download a game they've purchased. Since you had up to five PS3s, it wasn't a big deal if you let one (or more) of those go to a friend (or even a stranger) so you could get some free games. But now, the new PSN Terms of Service is limiting the number of activated PS3s to only two.

Anything you purchase after November 18th on the PlayStation Network will only allow for two PS3s to be activated. Anything purchased before this date will continue to have the five-PS3 limit applied. This new system sucks for anyone who gameshares, but it sucks much worse for anyone who legitimately owns more than two PS3s and wants to play their content across them all.

Sony will also be opening a new PSN account management website, which will allow users to choose which devices they want as their two active PS3s.

We're hearing that you'll still be able to have the two PS3s and two other devices (any combination of PSPs and Vitas), but it's not entirely clear in the ToS wording.

Tell us: How will this affect you? Are your gamesharing days over and done? Are you an owner of more than one PS3 and have been wrongfully screwed due to people absuing the system? Or are you just pissed at anything Sony does because it's the cool thing to do?
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  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2

    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 8:52 am
    I've been known to gameshare, but I'm usually the one sharing. So suck it, lil' brother.
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 8:59 am
    I'm just pissed at anything Sony does because it's the cool thing to do, I don't even have a PS3.
  • renegade8164
    renegade8164

    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 9:23 am
    It's still better then Xbox LIVE
  • renegade8164
    renegade8164

    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 9:23 am
    xbox.com/en-US/support/licensemigration/faq
  • GuerillaMatzilla
    GuerillaMatzilla

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 10:18 am
    My game sharing has brought Sony 3 new Playstation 3 owners in less than a year. C'mon Sony, I thought you liked how this was going. So does that mean even content that was released before Nov 18th but purchased after will only be good for two systems?
  • GuerillaMatzilla
    GuerillaMatzilla

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 11:16 am
    My game sharing has brought Sony 3 new Playstation 3 owners in less than a year. C'mon Sony, I thought you liked how this was going. So does that mean even content that was released before Nov 18th but purchased after will only be good for two systems?
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
    This won't do anything but slow down the gamesharing process.

    There are forums dedicated to this. All you do is download and then deactivate the profile to open a spot for someone else.

    I planned on starting a GR gameshare, because I'm pretty much done buying games for the year.
  • warmaster670
    warmaster670

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 1:59 pm
    and again, the dicks ruin it for everyone, big shocker.
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 7th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
    I remember someone from Sony encouraging the sharing...
  • NecroWolf
    NecroWolf

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Nov 8th, 2011 at 8:40 am
    You know one of these days console games are going to ship with some kind of DRM.

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