Earlier today, Sony announced the long awaited Online ID Change is finally coming to the PlayStation Network later today for North America & Canada with Europe coming tomorrow.
You can read the full blog post here!
Though I want to highlight some stuff mentioned in this blog post as well as look into the side effects of the new change.
For example, Steam uses a unique numeric identifier that is completely unchangeable. It looks something like this:
HOWEVER, Sony decided against that & focus on a more straight forward approach by forcing people to stick with the account name. Their reasoning? Well to stop greifing of course.
Now Sony has been more open to the idea to the point of finally implementing it, though the damage has already been done.
A game that has been on the Critical List of games with most issues is none other than LittleBigPlanet 3, a game I will be using as an example to showcase how bad this can get.
LBP 3 is a game built upon the old netcode of LBP1 & LBP2 as it's meant to be used to play levels tied to those games. Indicated by specific badges next on the top right hand corner of the level you're about to enter.
These tally up to the total stats you have on that account, which is carried over to every game. In addition to that, it could also affect the badges & trophies which are needed to get specific goodies across the games. So if you've beaten LBP 2, LBP 3 will scan your trophies list & unlock every single costume from that game.
This import feature made LBP 3 the game with the largest list of downloadable content with the ability to play the old DLCs from LBP1 & LBP2 as it is compatible with this one.
Hence why it's very vunerable to a big enough change, compared to most games in the list. Hundreds upon thousands of dollars spent of DLC costumes & level packs, can really hurt while also decimating the online leaderboard system.
This can be very serious if not handled properly & I feel releasing it without caring about the long term problems for online gaming on the PlayStation Network could lead to a lot of issues with consumers that want to come to play these games again. Hence why I'm making this thread, make sure to find as much information on people's side effects & post it here. I'll update as I get the information along & give credit to those that find anything regarding it.
You can read the full blog post here!
Though I want to highlight some stuff mentioned in this blog post as well as look into the side effects of the new change.
This is interesting as games previous to this date are not only affected to the name change, but also games could have failures even if tested which is not a good sign especially when you read this part.
The game in question is hasn;t been told, but if anyone can spot it in the offiical list, send it over so I can edit it in.
This is important since people that have made secondary accounts with the name of their prefered username cannot use it in their primary account. Especially if people where saving it until the changes were live.
Keep this in mind when purchasing games such as Grand Theft Auto V or Dark Souls 2 for the PS4.
Here's where things get a bit technical. See, when developing the PlayStation Network back in the early days of the PlayStation 3, Sony made it so the account's name is used instead of a seperate ID code. Think of it as your username's username.
For example, Steam uses a unique numeric identifier that is completely unchangeable. It looks something like this:
This along with your account name (the one used to log into the account) is unchangeable. However the player name isn't. This allows for a proper name change without compromising the leaderboards, achivements or save data.
HOWEVER, Sony decided against that & focus on a more straight forward approach by forcing people to stick with the account name. Their reasoning? Well to stop greifing of course.
Now Sony has been more open to the idea to the point of finally implementing it, though the damage has already been done.
Here's the REAL kicker of this story. The side effects outweigh the positives. While you can thankfully revert to your old ID, for free to avoid most of these issues you will have a headache of a time with losing paid content with these changes.
A game that has been on the Critical List of games with most issues is none other than LittleBigPlanet 3, a game I will be using as an example to showcase how bad this can get.
LBP 3 is a game built upon the old netcode of LBP1 & LBP2 as it's meant to be used to play levels tied to those games. Indicated by specific badges next on the top right hand corner of the level you're about to enter.
These tally up to the total stats you have on that account, which is carried over to every game. In addition to that, it could also affect the badges & trophies which are needed to get specific goodies across the games. So if you've beaten LBP 2, LBP 3 will scan your trophies list & unlock every single costume from that game.
This import feature made LBP 3 the game with the largest list of downloadable content with the ability to play the old DLCs from LBP1 & LBP2 as it is compatible with this one.
Hence why it's very vunerable to a big enough change, compared to most games in the list. Hundreds upon thousands of dollars spent of DLC costumes & level packs, can really hurt while also decimating the online leaderboard system.
This can be very serious if not handled properly & I feel releasing it without caring about the long term problems for online gaming on the PlayStation Network could lead to a lot of issues with consumers that want to come to play these games again. Hence why I'm making this thread, make sure to find as much information on people's side effects & post it here. I'll update as I get the information along & give credit to those that find anything regarding it.
