PS4 6.1 FW Testing - eMails being sent UK (Name change firmware)
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I got my email an hour ago and just clicked and all was dandy
I want to change my PSN name but wow.
Even just changing it and attempting to go back if it breaks can still leave your account broken?
I know these are precautionary texts to cover their ass if anything bad happens but I'm very anxious about this.
Even just changing it and attempting to go back if it breaks can still leave your account broken?
I know these are precautionary texts to cover their ass if anything bad happens but I'm very anxious about this.
Is this something we had to sign up for? Or is it if you were in previous ones you're in the drawing for this, I can never remember with the Playstation betas
Sony needs to put out a list of games effected by this. Those vague warnings don't cut it when you're talking about losing things you paid for.
Ugggh....
I'll let you folks iron out the kinks for me before I attempt this when it goes live
I'm pretty sure this is going to be good for the VAST majority of games people are still playing... Y'know... Like sony said it would be...
Either way, I wonder if this is going to be specifically the accounts invited, or if anyone who logs into their PSN account on a PS4 with this firmware will be able to do it... Guess I'm finding out! :P
Either way, I wonder if this is going to be specifically the accounts invited, or if anyone who logs into their PSN account on a PS4 with this firmware will be able to do it... Guess I'm finding out! :P
What? they are doing betas now for 0.1 updates?
Also how did you know this beta offers name changes? It doesn't have any changelog after all.
Also they didn't let us sign up for this beta like with previous time. How did you get it?
Also how did you know this beta offers name changes? It doesn't have any changelog after all.
Also they didn't let us sign up for this beta like with previous time. How did you get it?
In Europe you can't sign up anymore. They send you the new beta's if you've tested out beta's before.
I signed up tested all betas before but they didn't sent me a beta code for 6.00 (and eventhough I managed to get a code at that time). Dunno why they stopped sending me Beta invites.
I would like to get a code if someone doesn't want the beta anyway.
I didn't get one for 6.00 either at first, but after a couple weeks they sent me one after all. It's likely being sent out in waves.
I see. But after 2 weeks? That's long. I never received mine though and I was surprised.
Yeah, definitely going to wait for guinea pigs for this one. If I was to change my PSN name it'd literally just to change the numbers at the end from Roman numerals back to numbers (or remove them all together) since my original account was hacked and then banned when I did a chargeback to get a couple hundred £ worth of money back from games and DLC they bought using my card. Not willing to risk losing access to DLC or game progress, even if it is only for older PS3 stuff (like some theorise).
They are... when it officially releases. So everyone in the Beta can have fun risking their accounts, I guess?
I would LOVE to change my PSN name but I am way, way too paranoid about this stuff and even with a list I doubt I can ever change it. What a ridiculous situation; it should have been dealt with far, far earlier than this, and this is not a suitable solution even if I do understand that it's probably an incredibly mess on their end.
Ok, I only know a little bit about databases, but I think I understand the problem Sony has. But can anyone explain to me why they are not just doing a "hey, we added an extra nickname field that now displays as your default name, you can change it once a month and all games are free to support it from now on or go back and patch it in!" All while keeping your old account name.
It's pretty much what Steam does, you can't change the name of your account there either.
I feel like that would solve all of their problems and people would understand!? There must be a reason why that's not possible either and I want to know.
It's pretty much what Steam does, you can't change the name of your account there either.
I feel like that would solve all of their problems and people would understand!? There must be a reason why that's not possible either and I want to know.
On Steam you can't change the name of your account but that oen is never displayed to people or in games. You can change the nickname that everyone you can see and this won't affect any game and you can even use custom avatars and all for free and at any time, something that will never happen on any console sadly.
Yeah, I'm saying they should do that. Keep the account name internally and for old games that used it (so nothing breaks) and add a new "nick name" field for current games and PSN itself.
So along with an online fee they charge you to change your ID all the while potentially losing your games and other information like save data and achievements.
WTF
Important Information Before Changing your Online ID:
Not all games and applications for PS4™, PS3™, PS Vita, and other PlayStation® systems support the Online ID change feature. If you change your Online ID:
• You may lose access to content (including paid-for content) that you have acquired for your games, including content like add-ons and virtual currency.
• You may lose your progress within games, including game saved data, leaderboard data and progress toward trophies.
• Parts of your games and applications might not function properly, both online and offline.
• Your previous Online ID(s) may remain visible to you and other players in some places.
Important Information Before Changing your Online ID:
Not all games and applications for PS4™, PS3™, PS Vita, and other PlayStation® systems support the Online ID change feature. If you change your Online ID:
• You may lose access to content (including paid-for content) that you have acquired for your games, including content like add-ons and virtual currency.
• You may lose your progress within games, including game saved data, leaderboard data and progress toward trophies.
• Parts of your games and applications might not function properly, both online and offline.
• Your previous Online ID(s) may remain visible to you and other players in some places.
It sounds like some games progress like multiplayer levels are tied to your PSN username. That's what you will be losing.
Losing purchases means that if you bought any "+1000 COD Points" style microtransactions, you will lose those as well because they're currency amounts associated with your account. So they're going away along with your online progression. You shouldn't lose any DLC purchases.
Losing purchases means that if you bought any "+1000 COD Points" style microtransactions, you will lose those as well because they're currency amounts associated with your account. So they're going away along with your online progression. You shouldn't lose any DLC purchases.
I have got in the beta, however now I'm having second thoughts about changing my PSN.
Seems like it will cause to much hassle than it is worth.
I don't want to be in a position where I lost my purchases or my progress on certain games.
Sony need to provide a complete list of games, DLC etc that is affected
Seems like it will cause to much hassle than it is worth.
I don't want to be in a position where I lost my purchases or my progress on certain games.
Sony need to provide a complete list of games, DLC etc that is affected
Yeah. I think what breaks many games is that the same main account of PSN si the same one as the one for friend display and not a separate one like for Steam. Yeah I wanted them to use such plan but I was expecting them to use this method and make name change paid.
You can change regions too on those consoles? Is it paid too or you can do it whenever you want?
What on earth with all those issues. Surely that's mostly for PS3 content? What would possibly break on PS4 regarding changing names and losing your content?
On the Switch you can do it whenever you want (from https://accounts.nintendo.com/) and on the Xbox, you can change your region once every 3 months.
