PS Vita Will Support Multiple PSN Accounts After All

[Epona]

Haha that is cheap. They should call it Sony Playstation CASHING!

That probably took you all day.

It's better than locking the whole system down to a single account but it still seems like an awfully convoluted way to go about things. It's not like there's an inherent limitation in the technology, so why not just let the unit access as many PlayStation Network accounts as its owners want? Why force people to buy expensive, proprietary memory cards just because they have more than one PSN account they want to use?

I take it you have never heard of the whole piracy thing involving multiple psn accounts and is basically impossible to detect?

I'm tired of being punished because of the fear of piracy. In all honesty, all I see is Sony wanting to take away features so they can make more money and needing a scapegoat (piracy). PS2 compatibility (only so they could start selling the games on PSN), Linux, dropping the device activation limit from 5 to 2 and now only one account per memory card because they decided to tie accounts to memory cards and only allow one. You can have multiple accounts but you have to BUY that feature in the form of overpriced memory cards.

Being overly greedy does more to hurt this industry than piracy ever could.

of which some of those ps2 games run upwards of 30 to 40 dollars used. when i can get them for 10 on psn...

If you already own them, you shouldn't have to pay anything for them. It's obvious that the PS3 slims CAN play PS2 games with a software emulator, so why don't they just let you download the emulator so you can play your PS2 games? You know the answer to that, don't you?

Yes, because only a simplistic mind would think "it would only take an emulator to get the Ps2 games running on my Ps3 as well as they do when they've actually been emulated", and only a paranoid mind would think they actually have it on hand. The reality is far more complex.

This makes no sense.

 

[mjc0961]

It's better than locking the whole system down to a single account but it still seems like an awfully convoluted way to go about things. It's not like there's an inherent limitation in the technology, so why not just let the unit access as many PlayStation Network accounts as its owners want? Why force people to buy expensive, proprietary memory cards just because they have more than one PSN account they want to use?

I take it you have never heard of the whole piracy thing involving multiple psn accounts and is basically impossible to detect?

That's not an excuse to make things hard for paying customers. I'm sick of getting shafted because some people are thieving douchebags.

And to anyone out there who wants to be clever, no I don't care about your stupid pictures and wordplay explaining how "piracy" is not "stealing". Bottom line, you're taking things without paying for them, and that makes you a scumbag no matter what pathetic excuse you come up with.

 

[orangeapples]

If multiple users want to use the same device, just make a family account.

This is something that I found out recently (I am a very recent PS3 adopter), but games with online passes that need to be unlocked in order to access the online multiplayer have a very inherent flaw: They'll only unlock the multiplayer for a single account.

Say there are 2 siblings and they share a (PS)3(60) and have different accounts on the console. If they split the price of the game ($30 each), only one of them will be able to access the online multiplayer.

If Microsoft and Sony want to make sure their system remains family friendly then they have got to tell the developers to drop the online pass system or at least link the online pass to the console because that is just crap.

That's why we enjoy using the Wii. We don't have to deal with that crap. Sure the online is shaky, but at least we both get to use it.

 

[HassEsser]

I love how Sony is the thing to hate now. Sony comes up with a few methods to protect them self from people gamesharing, and getting their games for free, so they're automatically money grubbing whores, how dare they make me wait for a jailbreak so I have to manually pirate all my games, rrarghgh!

 

[Epona]

I love how Sony is the thing to hate now. Sony comes up with a few methods to protect them self from people gamesharing, and getting their games for free, so they're automatically money grubbing whores, how dare they make me wait for a jailbreak so I have to manually pirate all my games, rrarghgh!

It's more about Sony giving features and then taking them away. One of the reasons I bought a PS3 was because I could share games with my PSP. I can still do that but they have tightened their grip.

I am not stealing games from Sony, I am not sharing games with people across the country or even my neighbor. I am tired of being punished for being honest. The pirates, well, they don't need to worry about Sony taking away features, they will work around them.

 

[Quiotu]

I love how Sony is the thing to hate now. Sony comes up with a few methods to protect them self from people gamesharing, and getting their games for free, so they're automatically money grubbing whores, how dare they make me wait for a jailbreak so I have to manually pirate all my games, rrarghgh!

It's more about Sony giving features and then taking them away. One of the reasons I bought a PS3 was because I could share games with my PSP. I can still do that but they have tightened their grip.

I am not stealing games from Sony, I am not sharing games with people across the country or even my neighbor. I am tired of being punished for being honest. The pirates, well, they don't need to worry about Sony taking away features, they will work around them.

Oh god, not this shit about the PS3 and Linux again...

Besides the 'taking away features' thing isn't even valid this time. It's a brand new handheld console. They're not taking away anything. They didn't promise anything. So what if the Vita doesn't have some features the PSP did. It also doesn't come with a UMD drive, and I find that an improvement.

Besides, by all accounts the Vita should be able to share PS3 games MORE than the PSP... it's designed so that Vita games should be playable on the PS3 as well if built that way. You couldn't ever do that with PSP games.

 

[Anthony Wells]

It's better than locking the whole system down to a single account but it still seems like an awfully convoluted way to go about things. It's not like there's an inherent limitation in the technology, so why not just let the unit access as many PlayStation Network accounts as its owners want? Why force people to buy expensive, proprietary memory cards just because they have more than one PSN account they want to use?

I take it you have never heard of the whole piracy thing involving multiple psn accounts and is basically impossible to detect?

I'm tired of being punished because of the fear of piracy. In all honesty, all I see is Sony wanting to take away features so they can make more money and needing a scapegoat (piracy). PS2 compatibility (only so they could start selling the games on PSN), Linux, dropping the device activation limit from 5 to 2 and now only one account per memory card because they decided to tie accounts to memory cards and only allow one. You can have multiple accounts but you have to BUY that feature in the form of overpriced memory cards.

Being overly greedy does more to hurt this industry than piracy ever could.

of which some of those ps2 games run upwards of 30 to 40 dollars used. when i can get them for 10 on psn...

If you already own them, you shouldn't have to pay anything for them. It's obvious that the PS3 slims CAN play PS2 games with a software emulator, so why don't they just let you download the emulator so you can play your PS2 games? You know the answer to that, don't you?

not even going to bother arguing since you cant seem to understand what i said in my post. im going to leave this comment and never speak on this subject again

I understood but you don't seem to realize that you aren't the only person in the world. It's true, look outside.

You may not own those PS2 games and would therefore choose the $9.99 option but some people do own those titles and shouldn't need to drop another $9.99 to play them on the PS3 when it's clear that there is a working software emulator for the PS3 Slim. This can happen with any PS2 game that they release in the future on the Playstation Store. In short, they took out backward compatibility so they could sell it to you, one game at a time.

its funny that i was actually going to say the same thing to you about not being the only person in the world. several of my friends both on the psn and off have never owned most of the ps2 games on the psn now. also if you have the games play them on your ps2...why do you have to play them on your ps3? but whatever.. also i live in an apartment complex and most of the "people" i see outside i hesitate to call human beings with how they act and treat others.

 

[Charmi the ninja]

Apparently it seems that I am the only one okay with this.