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Enabling PSN ID Changes is “Very Technically Complex”, Shuhei Yoshida Can’t Confirm It

September 20, 2013 Written by Jason Dunning

Being able to change your PSN ID with the PlayStation 4 is something that’s been repeatedly asked by gamers, with Shuhei Yoshida only trolling people with the response, “That’s people’s favorite question that I do not answer.”

Thankfully, Shuhei was in much less of a trolling mood recently when he was interviewed by Game Informer, where he discussed how you’ll be able to use your real name on the PSN, while also talking up PSN ID changes:

We are not replacing [PSN IDs], but we are adding another option for people to input their own real name. They have some control of how their real name is exposed to everyone or friends. It’s actually a common question that I’ve been asked is ‘Can I change my PSN ID?’ That’s a very common request, and I wish we could say ‘Yes, you can’, but it’s very technically complex. I can’t answer that, really.

Shuhei then detailed how your internet connection will come into play with the PlayStation Vita TV:

Vita TV or for PS Vita remote play are basically the same. The difference is that PS Vita relies on Wi-Fi, but the Vita TV has the [Ethernet port], so it’s a bit more stable. It works either inside a home network or through the internet. But because it’s like a Gaikai cloud game, there has to be certain bandwidth required and latency has to be more than a certain millisecond to have good, quality gaming. It depends on the title and it depends on what the internet condition is.

It’s definitely going to be great to play at home, unless you have lots of Netflix [accounts] going on the same network. But going through the internet is going to be more challenging unless you really have an ideal connectivity inside of the United States, or if Google is doing something. That’s the extreme, but with time the infrastructure will get better. What we are providing is a mechanism that game can know the internet conditions and tell you ‘No, you can’t play’, or ‘Yes, you can play’, or the quality can degrade.

And yes, The Last Guardian‘s development team at SCE Japan Studio is still there, along with Fumito Ueda, but they’re still waiting “for the time to reintroduce it.”

If you could change your PSN ID, what would you change it to? Let us know in the comments below.

source: http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/09/20/enabling-psn-id-changes-on-ps4-is-very-technically-complex-shuhei-yoshida-cant-confirm-it/

PS: I won't triple thread this time :P



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Yes, this is a feature that would be nice. Charge a dollar or two to stop abuse of it and they can make some money while they're at it.



Make it happen Sony, please please please



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Should have thought long and hard on those PSN IDs. Sorry.



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So how come ms is able to do it with gamertags or am I confusing things?



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I like my ID, got no reason to change it.

Also, hopefully there will be a way of figuring out whether or not one's internet connection is suitable for Vita TV before you bought it. Otherwise it would just become a big hassle.



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It sounds like they made the PSN ID the primary key value in all their databases. If that's the case, that would be a bitch to change for everybody.



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adriane23 said:
It sounds like they made the PSN ID the primary key value in all their databases. If that's the case, that would be a bitch to change for everybody.


and a pretty stupid thing to do. everyone who had one, only one hour lession in database design wouldnt do this.



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Gehirnkrampf said:
adriane23 said:
It sounds like they made the PSN ID the primary key value in all their databases. If that's the case, that would be a bitch to change for everybody.


and a pretty stupid thing to do. everyone who had one, only one hour lession in database design wouldnt do this.

Yep. But Sony made a lot of mistakes when setting up PSN. I know a few situations where people called customer service and complained enough to where they had it changed, keeping all their Trophy data in the process, so I'm guessing they tied it to some hidden ID number with no way of being able to alter it quickly through all their databases. A lot of MMOs do this because their main goal is to prevent duplicate names and this is the easiest way to do it.



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