Before I begin, I'll open with a quote from Jack Tretton on Wired Magazine's website (oct 2006) regarding game sharing:
WN: If downloadable games are tied to an account, what stops five people from sharing one account and all the games?
JT: Nothing, and I think that's a great advantage. You can send that content to four other friends for that initial investment. We want to get the game in as many hands as possible, and it's not about a financial grab [from] consumers.
Source and full interview below:
http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/10/trettonday_conc.html.
It would appear that the 5 active accounts is not on a per game basis. Instead, you can only have 5 systems in total which have logged in and downloaded content under your name. Therefore, if one of your systems breaks down and they send you a refurbished one, you go down to 4 systems who can download content from your account. Including your new system, that leaves you with the possibility of only sharing with 3 other people.
I had originally thought that it was on a per game basis, so I could share Warhawk maps with 4 friends and Locoroco with 4 different friends, but that does not work.
Does anyone know if one of my friends removed my profile from his PS3 would that free up another sharing slot or is it forever used up?
