UPDATED: Upcoming Change to PlayStation 3 and PSP Game Content on PlayStation Network

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UPDATED: Upcoming Change to PlayStation 3 and PSP Game Content on PlayStation Network

UPDATE: On November 17th (Pacific Time), the PlayStation network will undergo maintenance. Once this maintenance window has completed, the new policy will apply. If you want to purchase content under the current rules, please do so before this maintenance begins on November 17th.

We’d like to inform you of some upcoming changes to the usage policies for PlayStation Network game content. As of November 18, 2011, the number of devices that can be activated on one PlayStation Network account for game content purchased from the PlayStation Store will be updated as follows:

For game content purchased after November 18, 2011, a new policy will apply and the number of devices that can be activated will be as follows:

  • PS3: Users will be able to play the game on up to 2 activated PS3 systems.
  • PSP: Users will be able to play the game on up to 2 activated PSP systems.

Please note that this update will not affect game content purchased before November 18. The PSP rights include PSP-1000/2000/3000 series as well as the PSPgo system.

PlayStation Network users are able to change the activation setting through each device, and Sony Computer Entertainment plans to provide a new PlayStation Network account management website where users will be able to deactivate particular devices attached to their PlayStation Network account via their PC.

For more details on how to activate/deactivate the devices, please visit here or contact consumer services.

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  • @ 790
    If Sony kept it at 5 systems but had the option to deactivate via website, people would be appreciating this.

    So… What else do you plan on removing Sony? Because you just removed another customer.

  • you know what im really afraid,
    im pretty sure “karen” absolutly DONT KNOW what HIS TALKING ABOUT
    AND IM PRETTY SURE NOBODY CAN DEACTIVATE YLOD PS3 VIA PC website!
    go in the link us.playstation.com/support/answer/index.htm?a_id=796

    it CLEARLY SAY; NO PS3 CANT BE DEACTIVATED BY WEBSITE COMPUTER!

  • I think that PS+ should keep the 5 game thing, and none PS+ have 3. Sony has the people by the balls, and I ain’t paying to play on Xbox, but I am certainly getting their. I see whay hackers sank sony this year.all I did was purchase dlc for my brothers, but now I can’t. please correct the 2 to a 3 for standard playstaion people, and keep 4 or 5 for the PS+ members. Personaly, I will limit my activities in playstaion as well as only shop during discounts, and strongly urge all other people to do the same.

  • THIS SUCKS!!!!

    I own THREE PS3’s. I am not going to pay twice for DLC. I have three different places I move around too.

    Bump it up to three please. 2 devices is way too little or at least give 3-5 to those who have Playstation Plus.

  • I feel like it isn’t fair to announce this BEFORE the method of deactivating PS3s is launched. I’ve had a series of PS3s crash on me that I’ve tried to deactivate over the phone on numerous occasions, to which I’ve always been told that I should have “deactivated them before they broke”. The PC method of deactivating is a very welcome thing, but it should be launched before the 17th.

    Also, 2 seems unrealistically low. While 5 may be high, I feel like 3 would be much more reasonable. Many people have 2 PS3s and, if one were to break, having the spare would be a good thing.

  • Jclink81 is probably right Cynicalnerd has come on here again and again lying and trolling everyone who disagrees with “her” shortsited idiocy. I’m not the least bit surprised if it was some Sony insider too cowardly to speak openly. Jclink81 isn’t the only one who’s noticed this whoever it really is. And seriously look at the comments “the same 40 people over and over again”, a lie, look the comments are now over 800 posted by hundreds. And “EA and Activision” forced sony to Remove OtherOS and started them using online passes? thats a huge glaring lie right there. If anyone actually believes that crap then provide some evidence instead of breaking wind all over your customers. I think I saw it mentioned here in the blog before but Sony needs us far more than we need them. When they screw us in a way thats both scummy and illegal we are well within our rights telling them to F off. Any trolls who claim otherwise feel free to join them in doing so.

  • Wow, glad I caught up a bit since my last posts. Those comments by Tretton really tout the current setup as a feature.
    http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/news/2006/10/71982


  • I think my friend only has three games that I don’t, and of all the Plus content I’ve accrued since the new year, he’s probably only interested in as many. And right now, he’s the only other person I HAVE to “share” with. My second activation. But as I said, my to-be brother-in-law is expecting one (and he’s our source of Xbox in the house), and I have a couple other friends who tout a PS3 (though when it’s last been connected online, I have NO idea). I am not about to give my account information to people I don’t know personally, and all three of those are people whose house’s I’d personally be in to activate them. There’s maybe one other person whom I’d activate it for, but he seems like he’ll be fine on his own (I’ve seen him playing Dead Island and Arkham City often enough between my bouts of Home-crawlin’). THERE. There’s the maximum of my five, assuming I don’t get another system down the road, or want to leave a system and my account at my parent’s place (may have to get Disney’s Hercules Action Game, for olde tyme’s sake (aside from the PC->PS shift), before the limit kick-in).


  • All that rambling aside, I don’t hardcore share. I’m a single-player kind of guy, and the only reason I’ve touched a Call of Duty game was as a favor to a friend and co-worker, in exchange for him playing MY first-person love song (Portal, 2 in this case). If I buy DLC, it’s likely for me and myself to sit down with it, or at best couch co-op. The only reason I really share is to get someone else to try things that they otherwise WOULD NOT BUY. But, hey, if they like it enough, they MIGHT BUY MORE OF IT. So, yeah, the exposure factor? That “get the game in as many hands as possible,” thing from Tretton? THAT’s what I work off of, on the whole.

    But, on top of all this else, I also just don’t want to have my library divided between “five-system stuff” and “two-system stuff”. Just K.I.S.S., please.

    *hopes for some sales on games he’s been itching for in the next two Store updates*

    Also, your video service is crap. Selection’s great, but it took calling customer service to realize that the “you can’t redownload this” thing was intentional. So glad iTunes instated (as competitive to Amazon as it was) the iCloud. Hope you guys revamp it, if you ever want anything better than MAYBE rentals outta me.

  • 794
    + chevano on November 7th, 2011 at 3:59 am said:

    if you deactvate a system i guess you have to redownload the most games again, and with example dc universe that is hell of a job.

    Probibly not so. When some of my psn + stuff ran out, on a psn+ ps1 classic, a year after the original date of install. All i had to do was download long enough to get the activation with the new experation date, and then just cancel the rest of the download.
    As long as you didn’t delete your install and have one install available to reactive with. You’ll probibly won’t have to download the whole thing.

  • us.playstation.com/support/answer/index.htm?a_id=796

    Starting November 18, 2011, number of systems for activation will be:

    For Game Content – Two (2) PS3 and/or PSP systems
    For Video Content – One (1) PS3 and up to Three (3) PSP systems

    If you exceed this amount, you will need to deactivate a system before the new one can be used to download content. You must also have the system with you in order to activate or deactivate it.

    You can only deactivate a PS3 system using a PS3 only
    you cannot deactivate it using a PSP system or PC

  • @TJF588

    You do realize that the PS3 was $600 back then. It is now $250. Stuff is going to change.

  • EpicFail

    You guys sux.

  • How the hell well going to deactivate YLOED PS3s??!?!?!

    Jesus Christ!!

  • Remember a really big bullet point for vita was :Its’s so powerful you can even put your ps3 psn games on it!!

    No more as unless sony has vita as vita and not psp or somehow wouldn’t count against your paltry 2 ps3 limit they’ve already lo$t my $upport for vita and i was going to get it 15th feb launch bundle,oh well…

    They could tweak it so each multi-ps3/psp household as far as psn is concerned has 1 master id for purchases so if the kids each have ps3’s they could still earn trophies but only mom / dad could buy dlc.

    Heck if you created a psn account before 18th nov you should be grandfathered because you were here before the change so henceforth AFTER 18th nov you’d get 2 ps3 /psp systems but could upgrade to 5 through ps +.

    IMHO vita must be it’s own tier and not count against your ps3 or psp tiers anything less would be dishonest to say the least.

  • Are you serious? I’ve got 3 PS3’s, so your saying i can only use 2 of them!? Wat the heck. And when I buy downloadable content I can only download that content onto 2 of MY PS3’s!? This is insane! I play Cod Zombies with my brothers at home so for me to have new maps for that on all consoles i have to buy the DLc package twice!? Are you kidding me? loyal customers are the ones who will suffer. After your setback this year (yess im talking about the online outage) you guys are doing this??? Do you want us to move over to Xbox!? This is absurd!

  • well people this is nothing new they are not giveing us nothing new ther call center always allowed you to deactive systems u want n stuff n also i have 4 system 2 60gb fatboys n 1 80gb fatboy n one slim n i pay like $ 699 for both fatboys n the 80gb was $200 so i feel like im getting ripped for a new feature that is not new n for those who think is new u dont use the call center ro u def n cant hear when they say deactivate part n also i have like over $ 2,000 in dl content so now im reduced for being a loyal consumer when did psn store become the consumer i remember aint it customers always right on thing s but now sony is right

  • yeah i like to spend mai mony on dlcs because i can use them on mai different systems because i travel alot n stuff i got one at mai brothers house one at mai gfs house so when i crash ther i play ther
    n alsoi think we need to boycot sony n they might see they are making a big mistake instead of kissing ther buts why dont some of you fan boys n girls grow up n see the real point we makeing instead of brown noseing them it makes what i see in this world even worst i been on home n i can tell some who you that are on here are pervs on home with no stuff so dont matter to yall

  • LETS BOYCOT SONY

  • BUY NO MORE PSN GAMES ONLY DISC GAMES N DEMAND THEY CHANGE THER MINDS WHEN THEY LOSE MONEY THEY WILL TAKE US SERIOUSLY WE CAN SAY BYE BYE PSN GAMES BECAUSE IM NOT BUYING ANY N I HAD A LIST OF OVER $400 IN DOWNLOADED GAMES I WAS GONNA BUY BUT POO ON THEM THEY LOST MAI MOMNEY BYE BYE SONY
    I WAS A VERY HIGH PAYING COSTUMER N SONY IF U CHECK MAI ACCOUNT N IT DONT SHOW MUCH I HAVE 3 OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE TONS OF MONEY ON THEM SO GET A CLUE BUY A BRAIN OR WHY DONT YOU DO US A FAV N FIRE THE GUY WHO MADE THE DRM PROGRAM N ALSO THE GUY WHO RUNS THE SERVER N THE HEAD GUY OVER SONY FIRE HIM TO THAN YOUR COMPANY MIGHT SURVIVE

  • IM JUST VERY TICED OFF

  • Maybe if this gets a 1 star rating, this wont happen… (votes 1/5)
    Worth a shot

  • Dont they answer the questions anymore at sony?

    Cause i am waiting for some more info.

  • Hey sony explain why vita counts against the portable rather than having it as home,psp,vita and then also explain why @ e3 you were talking vita’s power up stating anyone could put games like pixeljunk shooter,pac man dx,joe danger on vita and enjoy them on the go. As of 18th of nov that would punish the 2 ps3 system owner and we who use ps3 as a bd player/game system will already be punished because we supported bd in the HD format wars and have 3+ ps3 systems.

    I’ve already said how you can be fair to all and yes i’m sure companies like capcom,ea etc are saying how they’ll take their toys and go home-not put them on psn but there must be better solutions and with how secure psn was this year i worry that a site that can activate/deactivate my systems will get jacked and anyone could get their systems deactivated/blocked/jacked.

    In a year when you should be rebuilding peoples trust and not burning more bridges this isn’t the move i’d expect,suggest or support as i will keep all my existing systems active,play online ,keep ps+ and avoid psn like a plague.

    I’m just glad i’m getting mw3 and elite before the cut off as i’d have a right to put all 20 pieces of dlc on all my ps3 systems,right sony.

  • Chevano, realistically we cannot expect answers from sony, they are as cowardly as they are greedy. The day Eric Lempel announced this illicit scheme he didn’t even have the courage to reply himself. He had one of his functionaries do it for him. Things like forthright answers, honesty, integrity, and value those are not attributes found at sony. They mistakenly believe they are accountable to no one. The boundless averice for the almighty dollar is sonys single core value. A value shared by Enron, Nortel, Conrad Black, Bernie Madoff among others. A well managed company would bear in mind the mistakes so many made in the early to mid 1980’s that lead up to the video game market crash of that era. But sony is not a well managed company and its making the same mistakes again.

  • While I can see why Sony would want to protect it’s assets against piracy etc …what they are doing is completely unfair. I as many people own multiple PS3’s…in my case 4. I’m sure many can’t believe why someone would want the ps3 on 4 tv’s but I treat it like a media center and like to have access to my content on every TV in the house. I also like to share my games on all the TV’s in the house. After the announcement I decided to sell one of my PS3’s for an XBOX 360 (no not because I hate Sony). Alot of improvements have been made to the x360 (mostly thanks to Sony). Sony came out with the superior system which had a lot of innovative ideas. They had the Bluray, Linux, Sharing games on consoles in your house, controllers that charge via usb, replaceable HDD, backwards compatibility, Optical Audio, HDMI ports and the list goes on. What I DON’T get is why Sony has decided to remove alot of their unique features midway through this generation of the console. I understand security and maybe Linux had to go but for god sake stop removing features that where the main reason why people bought their PS3 in the first place.

  • . If you want to remove stuff…do it in the next generation of console. To me it is like stealing removing a feature that you paid for…I know it sounds like the whole Linux complaining again, but this time I think people are justified in their complaints.

    Sony, the board may have decide to drop the ID’s to 2 but I think you guys should go back to the boardroom and openly discuss how upset most people are with this move. I’ve personally talked to 5 people that were upset but they just responded….ah, it’s Sony what do you expect. Is this really what you want people to think of your great company? Hey, I own a 55″ 3d Sony TV, Sony Receiver, 3 PS3’s, Sony Camcorder….so I love your company! But even great companies make bad decisions

  • +@CynicalNerd

    “If you can give me a circumstance that would justify a person owning more than 2 PS3′s in one house…then by all means I will say I was wrong.

    Family owned PS3′s do not count…as with any game…each person should have their own account and their own games.”

    See my earlier post in regards to my 3 PS3’s, or read my brief summary:
    We have 3 – 1) My PS3, 2) My Fiance’s PS3, 3) PS3 for the children.

    After Nov 18 let’s say we have a library of 12 DLC games and 12 Disc games. If I am playing a disc game then there are 11 others one they can pick off the shelf and play.

    If I am playing 1 DLC game and my fiance is playing a different DLC game, then those 10 other DLC’s cannot be played by the children because we have 2 of the activations being used.

    Does that sound justified? =)

  • @Sony

    You can see that you have upset your loyal followers and fan-base. The legitimate users are complaining just as much. We understand protecting investments, but you need to bring in the big-thinkers and come up with a better solution than narrowing it to 2 activations.

    There are some great suggestions here ranging from multiple activations across similar IP’s to 2 activations based on the game itself. Please get an R & D team together to come up with a better solution.

  • I AGREE WITH AL;L THE PEOPLE SO FAR AFTER MAI LAST POST I DID SHOWING THE COMPANTY FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE COWARDS N IDIOTS WITH PHDS N THEY REFUSE TO HEAR ARE PLEADS I SAY THEY WANT ALL OF THER NEW N OLD PEOPLE TO LEAVE N GO TO XBOX 360 IM WILLIN LIKE I SAID I HAVE XBOX 360 N WII IM NOT WORRIED AS FAR AS MOST BUT MAI FRIENDS ARE ON PS 3 N I DO LIKE TROPHIES N STUFF BUT THE NEED TO SHOW US SOMETHING I GOT KIDS IN MAI HOUSE N STUFF WE CANT ALL PLAY THE GAMES AT ONCE BUT WITH THE DLCS BEING COPYABLE WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY ALL THE GAMES NOW WE SCREWED N THX FOR HELPING YALL ALL KNOW THEY STEALING STUFF FROM US LEFT N RIGHT THER NEW DCU ONLINE MOST OF THE TIME IT FREEZES DO TO SONY NOT GIVVEING DCU ONLINE MORE ROOM OR SERVER SPACE I ALSO BEEN HAVEING PROBLEMS WITH THAT ALSO

  • I CALLED THER HELP LINE ABOUT THIS N THEY SAID THEY KNOW NOTHING BUT GOTO THE PS3 BLOGGS IM LIKE HOW CAN OTHER PEOPLE HELP ME WITH A PROBLEM THAT IS TO DO WIITH CORPERATE U KNOW IM LIKE WHERE THEY FIND THESE PEOPLE THAT ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN THEY CANT EVEN HELP YOU AT ALL I REPAIRED MAI OWN SYSTEM 2 TIMES NOW TO THE LAGG IN THER SERVERS ON PS HOME N BURNED UP A HARD DRIVE OF MINE ALSO I WAS LIKE DAM WHEN IT HAPPENED IM LIKE OKAY SHOULDNT SONY BE BUYING ME A NEW HARDRIVE FOR THER SERVERS BEING CRAPY

  • U REMEMEBER AT ONE TIME THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT WE WOULD PAY TO PLAY N US GAMMERS UNITED N STOPED THEM AT THE HEAD WE NEED TO UNITE N REFUSE TO BUY THER CRAPY PSN GAMES N BUY THE DISC SO WE N TELL THEM TO STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DONT SHINE

  • IN TILL THEY STOP WITH THIS CRAPY NEW FEATURE THEY TALKING ABOUT PSN WILL NOT GET NO MONEY FROM ME AT ALL I WILL ONLY BUY DISC GAMES ONLY THX SONY FOR TURNING SOMETHING I LOVED INTO CRAP N ANOTHER THING ILL USE MAI WIFES WORD TO MOST PERVS TALK TO THE HAND SONY IM NOT BUYING

  • I WILL TELL YOU ALL THIS IS ONE OF MAI 1ST TIMES BEING ON PS3 BLOG TO BE HONEST I DONT USE THE BLOG VERY OFTEN BECAUSE I NEVER NEEDED TO MAI OPINON COUNT BUT NOW LETS GIVE A ARE TEXTS N UNITE TO STOP THIS EVIL THREAT FROM SONY LET THIS BE ARE WAY OF VENGENCE LETS ALL UNITE N STOPS THESE IDIOTS

  • i can feel your pain, NAWTY_JAMIERAVE!

  • We outttchyeaaaaa TM

  • thx bro

  • im just gonna hate seeing the faces on mai nieces n nephews faces when i tell them uncle jamies systems cant all have the same dlcs it will brake ther hearts u know sony is like the grinch u notice they waited near x mass to take away something aint they suppost to give us stuff during x mass not take away u know i say sony is the new

    SONY GRINCH

    THER LIKE MWHAHAHAHAH I WILL MAKE U PAY 2 TIMES INSTEAD OF ONCE IF U HAVE MORE THAN 2 SYSTEMS HOW U LIKE THAT GAMMERS IM SO UPSET AS I CAN SEE SO IS OTHERS

  • Sony arrogantly believes they have us over a barrel, that they hold all the cards and they have all the power. Such cult like beliefs are foolish and dangerous to sony. Customers vote with their wallets & feet. So when creditors come calling in the new year sony will have a very rude awakening. For once it won’t be them screaming “pay up or else”. It’s a worn out cliche that when your in a 6 foot hole stop digging. Yet for some bizarre reason known only to sony insiders they keep wanting a bigger shovel.

  • With all due respect, I believe that having only 2 simultaneous downloads is a ridiculous decrease. It should be 3. While I do realize that 5 was a pretty insane amount to allow, 2 is far too low. If you have 3, it’s a nice middle-ground. Unfortunately it seems as if Sony is trying to go from one extreme to the other at this point.

    Let’s see how this plays out, though.

  • So can I still download games from my PS3 to a psp?

  • YEAH THE LIMIT IS 2 PSPS N 2 PS3S ONLY

  • PLX EVERYONE IN TELL YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DONT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS PLZ SPREAD THE WORD

  • If sony doesn’t adept to ongoing pressure i recommend ALL PSN content be ignored until sony recieves the message loud n clear-we WON’T be screwed over!!

    I still don’t know if u get the cod elite or uncharted 3 combo dlc BEFORE 18TH NOV will sony have to allow you access to the upcoming data on up to 5 systems or give everyone a merry christmas-and a happy FU new year!!

    I’M SURE THIS IDEA CAME FROM JAPAN WHERE THEY HAVE SMALLER HOMES AND CAN’T BELIEVE SOMEONE WOULD HAVE NEED OF 3,4 OR 5 PS3 /PSP SYSTEMS BUT WE’RE MUCH MORE SPREAD OUT IN THE USA WITH BIGGER HOMES -JAPAN’S GREAT HOME OF ANIME,VIDEO GAMES,GIANT ROBOTS,ETC BUT THEY HAVN’T A CLUE OVER @ SOJ AND NEED TO WAKE UP FAST.

    This will be like coke 2,m n m’s dissing et or transformers skipping toy story 1-ALL EXAMPLES OF HOW NOT TO DO BUSINESS.

    This is like when a bunch of suits sat around and @ the height of transformers g1 series decided here’s how we can sell more transformers-KILL THEM,REPLACE WITH NEW ROBOTS-THEY’LL EAT IT UP……WE ALL KNOW HOW WELL THAT WORKED!!

  • Hey if anyone wants to u can also spread the word by calling 1-800 345 sony and then press 0 for a live agent to get a running call log of complaints going.

  • Seriously Sony? This is just insanely stupid. Like over the past year you’ve been shoving nails in your coffin.
    like if it was 3, I would understand but you are really hitting the bar too low with 2. Especially forgetting family purchasing, So 3 people in my family have psp systems, we all want to play a PSone Classic? Oh great Only 2 can because Sony is completely stupid. Excuse me while I now give Nintendo my money, as Microsux, and now Sony both fail harder.

  • Comment 846 is awaiting moderation which to me means they don’t have a clue if they can or should screw us with elite or the fortune hunters pack which keeps on giving dlc throughout the next year passing the 18th nov date and successfully pissing off the entire elite crowd and deep sixing buy dlc up front save money while sony stabs you in the back.

  • I Just want to be 100% sure I Will be able to deactivate my PS3 console from the website. I have one dead PS3 that needs removal. If the website actually goes up and truly allows us to deactivate PS3 consoles I’m a happy man.

  • Man, this sucks in so many levels, i do have 3 ps3 system, so, imma have to buy the game twice to play it?? for real? I rather jailbreak the third ps3 and just go with it if you ask me…

  • I don’t like saying this but this really is one step forward, two steps back.

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