HumanError101 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Greetings all. At the PlayStation Experience 2017 event there was talk of us being able to change our PSN names. This is great idea. Question is, will this site be able to cope with that change? For example, I am a premium member, but if I changed my PSN name, would I have to pay again? Best regards, Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MynockGate Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 This is one of the concerns that I had when i started thinking about possible name changes. Since I wan't to change mine it will be interesting to see how this would work on PSNP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ddracarys Posted December 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2017 I’m hoping this doesn’t happen, honestly. Would cause more problems than it’d fix. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I need more BIOSHOCK Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I've always thought it would be great to change the stupid name I went with all them years ago without putting any thought into it whatsoever. At the end of the day though it will still be me playing the games earning the trophies so what difference does it make. If I did ever change my name though I think I'd have FARTSareGHOSTSofFOODweEAT :0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanreo Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) 45 minutes ago, HumanError101 said: Greetings all. At the PlayStation Experience 2017 event there was talk of us being able to change our PSN names. This is great idea. Question is, will this site be able to cope with that change? For example, I am a premium member, but if I changed my PSN name, would I have to pay again? Best regards, Stephen. EDIT: whoops misinterpreted question, ignore Edited December 14, 2017 by Zanreo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) There are more identifiers than just the PSN name. I'm sure there is at least an unique identifier (GUID) for every user. We as users won't see them, but they are there to structure the data in the database. A simple name change shouldn't affect any webapplication worth its salt. Edited December 14, 2017 by Ric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirPigFace Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I didn't think they would entertain the idea but there has been more and more talk of it happening. They said removing games from your list was impossible but they can do it with 0% games so I think it's a matter of time before name changing happens. Might be something they charge people for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Sly would have a more solid answer but the hope is that PSN will push out an ID number for each name, otherwise the site would just draw the new data from the username and somehow link the data - as usual PSN never makes it easy or organized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Leaderboards Posted December 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) The PSN Name Change will shake the very foundations of PSNP. Thousands will be slain that day, but the prophecies foretold that only those with My Name is Mayo (aka The Mark of the Beast) on their profile will be the ones to perish in the inferno. Edited December 14, 2017 by Primeape 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvick_ Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 6 hours ago, SirPigFace said: I didn't think they would entertain the idea but there has been more and more talk of it happening. They said removing games from your list was impossible but they can do it with 0% games so I think it's a matter of time before name changing happens. Might be something they charge people for Why? Shu said ages ago (mid-ish last gen) it would require a lot of work, like fixing sub-accounts not being able to change to master accounts. Which they only got around to fixing this gen. And that was an actual issue worth complaining about, while this one is just a minor annoyance. It's not a quick fix. PSN wasn't built for it, but Sony has known for ages that people want it. It's just a matter of resource management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Primeape said: but the prophecies foretold that only those with My Name is Mayo on their profile will be the ones to perish in the inferno. When in fact Mayo is the only protection against the onslaught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStar83x Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Well, it won't happen until sometime next year anyway, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syumisan Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 But....but I like my PSN name ._________. I had that name for years lol. Since I was a teen. Years ago o.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemmy_Wemmy Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I wonder if the will allow spaces...bc I want spaces instead of underscores lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phlegeth Posted December 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, Shiny Suicune said: But....but I like my PSN name ._________. I had that name for years lol. Since I was a teen. Years ago o.o Too bad, this name change is mandatory. And you have surround it with xX_ and _Xx 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syumisan Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 4 hours ago, Vermachtnis said: Too bad, this name change is mandatory. And you have surround it with xX_ and _Xx NOOOOOO I do not want to add it DXX hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassylvania Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I hope, if they do this, that they also purge names that haven't been used since, say, 2010. Or at least the ones with no trophies and no account purchases. It'd be a shame to finally get this feature and then realize all of the good names are already taken. That said, I like my name and wouldn't change it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddracarys Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) On 12/16/2017 at 2:51 AM, Cassylvania said: I hope, if they do this, that they also purge names that haven't been used since, say, 2010. Or at least the ones with no trophies and no account purchases. It'd be a shame to finally get this feature and then realize all of the good names are already taken. That said, I like my name and wouldn't change it. If this did happen, the system would use a tag feature similar to that of Discord's. For example, on Discord you can have any name you want, even if it's taken, but it's your tag at the end of your name (ddracarys#3852), that differentiates me from other ddracarys' out there. Once again, if this did happen (which I hope it doesn't), you would be able to take any name on PSN, except tags would become a thing. I am assuming that sites like these would use those tags to continue running properly, but hey, I don't know anything about how to run a site. Edited January 17, 2018 by ddracarys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShogunCroCop Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) On 12/14/2017 at 11:17 AM, BlindMango said: Sly would have a more solid answer but the hope is that PSN will push out an ID number for each name, otherwise the site would just draw the new data from the username and somehow link the data - as usual PSN never makes it easy or organized We all have an email linked to our PSN accounts, yes? As someone who is familiar with building websites and that sort of stuff (I do it for a living), any PSN name change doesn't mean you are changing the email associated with the account (necessarily). So that would be how the data is linked, since each email would serve as the equivalent of an ID, since each email is unique. Now, if the user chooses to change their email address at the same time, well then, hopefully, PSN is accounting for that. There also might be other ways PSN uses to make the accounts unique besides email. That is just one example, and for me, the obvious one. However, sometimes people don't use the obvious when building and running websites. Edited January 17, 2018 by ShogunCroCop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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