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PSN: Real Names
- Thread starter Boss Man
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Boss Man
Member
I'm not so sure, he worded it like "they aren't going away." If you look at the screen, the PSN ID and avatar are still there. They're just barely there, and the focus is on the person's real info.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Did you listen to and watched the same conference as me? He said its optional.
I'll repeat cause the OP is a very FUD post: ITS OPTIONAL.
Some people will stir shit up for no reason.
will be pretty funny it it's something like this on PS4 too.
-Boot Folklore 2 on PS4
-get to the start screen.
-Hit x to play
-PS4 stop the game and the screen turn to black
-message on screen saying "Get a Better Name on PSN"
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Good. Because its optional. No one will force you to. At all.
Of course you are not going to have to do it. But you know that there will surely be an option to "connect" your Facebook account, and if you say yes to that it will probably autofill all the details or somesuch.
No, I did too, and you can see it in their own interface mockup, right below the dude's real name.
Thanks, was beginning to worry.
Oh hey his nickname is DayZ100 i wonder if that's hinting at anything...
This..so much THIS. Well said
Well, that... and it wants you to make a Flopple Plus account. Nokthxgoogie
RedNumberFive
Banned
I'd love to at least be able to manually add aliases to my friends list. It's hard to keep track of who "BluntDude420XXX" is IRL.
Boss Man
Member
I don't mind real names existing in some form, and I'd appreciate a feature like this as well (even one that works through connecting your FB account). What I don't like is the priority implied in the screen, where you are 'Henry Bayle' (with FB picture) first, and weedGOKU666 (with skull avatar) second.
If it was the other way around, I'd be cool with that.
Again, for me this is not an issue of privacy or anything. It's about how PSN will look.
Thanks for finding it.
"We'll keep around the alias and icons... they're great to have when anonymity is important."
Yup, came to post this. Sounds like the real name stuff is either optional, or only based off of what they pull from other social networks. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the Twitter information they pull ends up using your Twitter handle in that space, rather than your real name.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
He explicitly said it was optional. Multiple times.
Well yeah they were even on the list last night. So who knows!
Haunted
Member
Exactly what I thought of when I see this.
I explicitly want Facebook (which uses my real name) separated from Youtube and PSN and XBL and WiiU stuff etc etc.
I wouldn't be surprised if they have a tiered system of friends. Like you can have your close friends who get to see your personal info, and then general gaming friends who just see your username. Then it's up to you to manage that, although the system would probably build the 'close friends' list off your Facebook profile.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Of course this is optional....Why is this even a debate?
1. It'll have privacy settings, so who can see your face/name/comments/etc. Ie, the user only, friends only, everybody. Maybe which pieces are shown as well?
2. You don't have to put anything sensitive in there? Don't like putting your real face, name, etc., in there? THEN DON'T.
I love it. I won't put my last name, but my first name, location, picture? Sure. Why not. I already have my Uncharted 3 profile linked to psn, and that has ALL my shit on there and I don't even care.
1. It'll have privacy settings, so who can see your face/name/comments/etc. Ie, the user only, friends only, everybody. Maybe which pieces are shown as well?
2. You don't have to put anything sensitive in there? Don't like putting your real face, name, etc., in there? THEN DON'T.
I love it. I won't put my last name, but my first name, location, picture? Sure. Why not. I already have my Uncharted 3 profile linked to psn, and that has ALL my shit on there and I don't even care.
sublimit
Banned
Absolutely this.
At some point Youtube didn't let me use my old username anymore and forced me to use an actual name.But because my Youtube account was linked to my yahoo mail address,my new (fake) youtube username appeared as my contact name for my yahoo friends.That was embarrasing and from that moment i deleted completely my Youtube account.Seriously fuck that shit.I don't want this big brother mess invading my hobby as well.
Boss Man
Member
Hey, you're a jerk. What's your name?
This not the reason why I don't like real names. It's purely based on how PSN will look because of it.
fvng
Member
Oh I wasn't suggesting It would eliminate it, only deter it.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I actually think Sony articulated a very clear vision in the talk.
- When you are gaming with your friends, a handle mostly gets in the way. And you want to game with your friends, and there's value in the convenience of connecting with friends through your existing social networks. An avatar can still be valuable, but so can real-life photos. You'll want to share photos and videos with friends using existing social networks as well.
- On the other hand, when you're gaming with strangers online, you mostly want to use your handle for privacy purposes. You don't want to share your location, name, and photo obviously. If you upload a video to share to the public ("check out my high score"), you probably want it anonymous.
So a good system is one that accommodates both effectively, and I think this will.
- When you are gaming with your friends, a handle mostly gets in the way. And you want to game with your friends, and there's value in the convenience of connecting with friends through your existing social networks. An avatar can still be valuable, but so can real-life photos. You'll want to share photos and videos with friends using existing social networks as well.
- On the other hand, when you're gaming with strangers online, you mostly want to use your handle for privacy purposes. You don't want to share your location, name, and photo obviously. If you upload a video to share to the public ("check out my high score"), you probably want it anonymous.
So a good system is one that accommodates both effectively, and I think this will.
Jake Tower
Banned
Everyone put your name as Denis Dyack.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Hope current accounts get carried over.
velociraptor
Junior Member
100% spot on.
Goldenroad
Member
Obviously it's optional, but in a way, I wouldn't mind it. I almost wish it were mandatory. Imagine how many of the assholes you'd eliminate if you stripped away the anonymity! I think people tend to be much more well behaved on a site like Facebook than social media outlets that promote using a fake handle.
I know they can't possibly make you "be yourself" online in any capacity, but I wouldn't mind the experiment of seeing what could happen if they did.
I know they can't possibly make you "be yourself" online in any capacity, but I wouldn't mind the experiment of seeing what could happen if they did.
Lazlo Woodbine
Member
What would be nice if we didn't have to pay 20-40p just to use a more readily identifiable 100x100 avatar for PSN.
I would love it if Sony would drop that revenue stream and let us upload our own pictures for PSN profiles but that's unlikely to happen because microtransactions > what makes sense. I mean even those things take months to get approved by SCEE if at all.
Even if it's a small thing, the current situation is really pathetic.
I'm fine that it exists, just as long as it's not a mandatory feature or something forced upon us.
I would love it if Sony would drop that revenue stream and let us upload our own pictures for PSN profiles but that's unlikely to happen because microtransactions > what makes sense. I mean even those things take months to get approved by SCEE if at all.
Even if it's a small thing, the current situation is really pathetic.
Well said, I'm not comfortable with Faceblob as it is. Who wants to let loose personal infomation akin to that in a gaming context.Shinta said:
I'm fine that it exists, just as long as it's not a mandatory feature or something forced upon us.
ZackieChan
Member
Why wouldn't they? The amount of FUD in this thread is maddening.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Oh you tease you!
Meanwhile, back in reality:
These things' ulterior motive for existing is NEVER in the player's interest first and foremost. They desire control.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
I would like to be able to use my real name for real life friends, and my PSN name for friends I meet online, and I imagine that's what Sony is envisioning.
There's no way they'll repeat Blizzard's real name fiasco.
There's no way they'll repeat Blizzard's real name fiasco.
You cunt do that, Face is a first name!
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Um, is this being sarcastic?
For the last few years, ever since "real names will clean up the internet" has become a marketing angle because Facebook wants marketers, people have been observing: so-called real names and even photos don't do crap.
Facebook is a den of assholes and psychopaths, most of them proud to display their grinning mug and driver's license name. Many of them all but literally say "come at me bro!"
One of the big jokes that went around during Google Plus beta, was that when Google began kicking people off for using their persistent online handle, that all their friends knew them by as opposed to a so-called "real name", it was often the people using real names who were assholes. They were the ones yelling "get that internet trash off here! This is for us!" and insulting people, even trying to get them in trouble.
Meanwhile the people with nicknames, pseudonyms, and preferred handles were explaining how "anonymity" doesn't work the way many people assume. And quite often being the nice people.
MajorGravy
Neo Member
I foresee millions of John/Jane Smith's migrating to PS4.
NeededSleep
Member
i hope they finally give us the option to change our PSN name ID.
I hate mine, made it quickly as a place holder thinking i can change it later.. Yeah i failed to read the instructions
I hate mine, made it quickly as a place holder thinking i can change it later.. Yeah i failed to read the instructions
element
Member
I'm personally all for real names. One feature on XBL or PSN I've been asking for year is the ability to personalize names on my friends list.
I'm personally tired of seeing DarkLord206 (or whatever) is now online, when really I just want to see James is now online. It is just juvenile IMO.
I'm personally tired of seeing DarkLord206 (or whatever) is now online, when really I just want to see James is now online. It is just juvenile IMO.
The way battle.net works at the moment is fine, so if Sony use that as their template I don't see the problem.
- Someone adds me with my email address, they see my real name
- Someone adds me with my PSN ID, they see my PSN ID
- Not on my friends list, they see my PSN ID