the-pi-guy said:
He replied, “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.”
I think there was a more thorough answer, but I can't find it.
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The reason I mention this is because while I'm happy with my name, me and my brother were talking about other people's usernames when playing an online game, I see rubbish name after rubbish name. No one capitalises their names (for some reason PSN is title case yet I can't create 2 usernames the exactly the same, one with uppercase the other lowercase), people who have names like 'Xx-SNIPES-xX69' are stuck with it forever. Things like that, allowing someone to change their username would go a long way.
People seem to just say 'Just create a new one.' don't get that many like to keep their trophies or don't have 15 spare email addresses to attach to these new accounts. Based on the idea you could use your real name, I wouldn't even give my real name out here, let alone to strangers on the internet, my friends already know my real name so what's the point in that?
I can understand why they say it but reasons about just don't cut it and unless they technically come out and say what they did to make the username so required and 'stuck', I'll never understand.