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PSN: Real Names
- Thread starter Boss Man
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You'll still use your PSN ID, the real name will be a profile field so doesn't have to be unique.
What is the point then? And how do you confirm a childs real name? Stupid idea.
Callibretto
Member
rather than link to facebook, they should link to gaf, so psn avatar and gaf avatar can be the same. 
Mikey Jr.
Gold Member
Its like facebook on psn, ok? Think of it like that.
It's either pointless or impossible.
Edit: I am referring to requiring it, not making it optional. I am quite happy with the idea of optional, especially if you can control who sees what. Would make it easier to associate my profile with my GAF name for instance. I don't think they would make it mandatory, I am referring to those posters who have said it should be.
lol of course you would say this
and yeah this should be optional, and they should give you a bunch of options, like appearing as your PSN name to all strangers and FB only to people on your friends list. stuff like nicknames and notes for your friends like if my friend is xxsniperdoodxx but he is also my facebook friend i should be able to optionally view him as his facebook name John Smith or just label it myself (John from Work) or something.
I see no real problem with the real names in the system. As long as the friends list management still happens based on SEN handles, it makes no difference. The vast majority of my friends list consists of people I also meet in real life, so it only makes things easier for me.
The friends I've gathered from GAF all live abroad, so knowing their real names does not really give me any useful information anyhow.
Edit: coincidentally, I think I have the exact same trophy level and percentage that is shown on those mockups.
The friends I've gathered from GAF all live abroad, so knowing their real names does not really give me any useful information anyhow.
Edit: coincidentally, I think I have the exact same trophy level and percentage that is shown on those mockups.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Same. Not only do I not care about it, it annoys me to have it shoved in my face. So hopefully they keep this stuff optional.
I do like the idea of 'smart' gaming picks depending on the genres/games ive played. Could be interesting..
The Mana Legend
Banned
YouTube asked me to use my real name.
So I said my real name was Mega Man.
Just make some shit up.
So I said my real name was Mega Man.
Just make some shit up.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
What I'm expecting the new PSN profiles to be like
This kills me. Street Survivor, too good.
Some of you seem to not realize that this will be a totally opt-in type system (i.e. connecting to your FB or whatever to grab your name and friends who use PSN).
Also, you don't play the game with your real name. Your PSN ID (and PSN avatar) is your ID everywhere in the games, but your real name (and real pic) shows up on your PSN profile page. I honestly don't know why I wouldn't use this since my PSN ID still retains the same use.
Just some clarification..
Also, you don't play the game with your real name. Your PSN ID (and PSN avatar) is your ID everywhere in the games, but your real name (and real pic) shows up on your PSN profile page. I honestly don't know why I wouldn't use this since my PSN ID still retains the same use.
Just some clarification..
Just do what I did. Go to legalzoom.com and file to have your legal name changed to your username.
Yeah, what the fuck is with this? I ALREADY SAID NO.
Yeah, what the fuck is with this? I ALREADY SAID NO.
IrishNinja
Member
haha, of course my man graverobberX went straight for the plats
entirely my thoughts here...this is like all those rumors that FB and other spots would force this: why? leaving it optional is clearly ideal.
not my takeaway at all; again, as others here said, pretty sure it was mentioned you could keep your SN/avatar if so desired
proposing a forced "real identity" system that a) desperately wants users to be married to their ecosystem and b) publicly took a beating for being hacked not too far back makes no sense
...DAMMIT
entirely my thoughts here...this is like all those rumors that FB and other spots would force this: why? leaving it optional is clearly ideal.
not my takeaway at all; again, as others here said, pretty sure it was mentioned you could keep your SN/avatar if so desired
proposing a forced "real identity" system that a) desperately wants users to be married to their ecosystem and b) publicly took a beating for being hacked not too far back makes no sense
...DAMMIT
What's juvenile about it? You have nickname here on GAF.
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As long as it's optional i don't have a problem with it, but i won't be using it, don't want my real name plastered where i play videogames, let alone my pictures.
If it's NOT optional, i'll just make a name up and be done with it.
It'll all be on the same PSN ID, you'll just be able to optionally (I assume) display your real name on the profile.
Shai-Tan
Banned
presumably you would see the real name only if the person is already friends with you on facebook (?)
has anyone here seen that recent episode of workaholics? if they made it so anyone could see a real world profile it will be exactly like that party that they are talking up the entire episode. cut to the end and it's a bunch of dorks standing around then the one girl arrives and says f that and leaves
has anyone here seen that recent episode of workaholics? if they made it so anyone could see a real world profile it will be exactly like that party that they are talking up the entire episode. cut to the end and it's a bunch of dorks standing around then the one girl arrives and says f that and leaves
Quoting myself from the bottom of the last page. Battle.net is a working model (working now anyway, after the initial furore) so hopefully that's what they'll look at.presumably you would see the real name only if the person is already friends with you on facebook (?)
has anyone here seen that recent episode of workaholics? if they made it so anyone could see a real world profile it will be exactly like that party that they are talking up the entire episode. cut to the end and it's a bunch of dorks standing around then the one girl arrives and says f that and leaves
I'm not sure I'll tie my PSN ID into Facebook, purely because the two sets of friends don't necessarily cross over.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Certainly do not want to be forced to use my real name, though it was clear to me in the conference that it was optional - annonimity is important bit of the speach.
That being said, it's easy to find a person on the internet with just a username unless it's something common like 'apple'.
I searched for my Mrs gamertag on google, and the second hit was her real FB page. Mine works the same.
As much as I like annonimity, it the age of the internet it's not as simply as not using your own name.
That being said, it's easy to find a person on the internet with just a username unless it's something common like 'apple'.
I searched for my Mrs gamertag on google, and the second hit was her real FB page. Mine works the same.
As much as I like annonimity, it the age of the internet it's not as simply as not using your own name.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
As long as it has proper privacy settings, I don't care.
Isn't it the case that XBOX Live lets you have a different image displayed for friends and non-friends? Like you could have a picture of yourself that your friends see, and other people see one of the stock XBOX Live icons? I like that system.
The big thing is you need to be able to set everyone on your friends list as either seeing your real name or PSN ID.
I know I'm friends with people just online who I'd be comfortable sharing my real name with (i.e. people I've chatted on IRC with for 10+ years), whereas if someone's on my friends list just because I'm in their clan or something I'd like to use my PSN ID.
I know I'm friends with people just online who I'd be comfortable sharing my real name with (i.e. people I've chatted on IRC with for 10+ years), whereas if someone's on my friends list just because I'm in their clan or something I'd like to use my PSN ID.
There will be privacy options, e.g. to hide the full profile from people not on your friends list. Anybody not authorised to see your full profile will just see your PSN ID and your trophy level.
Hopefully you will be able to group friends (like Google+ circles) and then decide permissions for each group, e.g. who can see your real-name, your shared media, your activity log, etc.
I have several real-life friends on my PSN list so this will be a great feature for me.
Hopefully you will be able to group friends (like Google+ circles) and then decide permissions for each group, e.g. who can see your real-name, your shared media, your activity log, etc.
I have several real-life friends on my PSN list so this will be a great feature for me.
I really hope the real name thing is optional.
I already get a lot of people bothering me just because of my PSN avatar. Like literally, I get messages asking me personal information or people sending me pictures of themselves. If it required to show my real name......... I would have to stop using online services I guess.
I already get a lot of people bothering me just because of my PSN avatar. Like literally, I get messages asking me personal information or people sending me pictures of themselves. If it required to show my real name......... I would have to stop using online services I guess.
I agree with this fellow GAFfer. I believe there's might be some privacy setting later on.
That's pretty much the perfect way to handle it: Anonymous until you want the person on the other side to know who you are. I hope the instant you "friend" someone (for lack of a better term) on PSN it will update that person's profile with whatever they want their friends to see (personal photo, location, email, etc). I'd love to be playing any multiplayer game online and actually see my friend's name above his avitar instead of a handle (we always just use real names on Voice Chat anyway).
My dream scenario is somehow being able to filter who you end up playing with based on the "secret" information stored in people's profiles. I would love to be able to set flags that I'd prefer not to play online games with people ages 1 to 18, who play games more then 2 hours a day, who play games during the "work" hours of a week (based on timezone). But my overall #1 pie-in-the-sky feature, that I'm sure would never be used, would be a crazy long personality-style test you could take that could filter people into groups. If you told me I could sit down and take a 30 minute multiple choice test and the result would be that I would have a much enjoyable multiplayer experience I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Mihos
Gold Member
Am I the only one who likes to keep their family/professional life and online gaming life seperate? It is actually getting more and more annoying that every game wants me to link it to facebook and twitter.
A. No one gives a damn that I reached level 5 in some JRPG. They are just trying to use me as an advertisement.
B. My uncle, mother in law, and some dude I sat next to on the bus in high school don't need to know my Charmander evolved
I am probably a lot more reclusive, anti-social, (and older) than most, but using real names turns me off. It 'may' stop like 1% of the assholes that make it so I can't play XBox Live with the sound up when the kids are in the room, but am I really going to do the research to find that 13 year old who just called me a "@#%^&#@$" and tell his parents?
A. No one gives a damn that I reached level 5 in some JRPG. They are just trying to use me as an advertisement.
B. My uncle, mother in law, and some dude I sat next to on the bus in high school don't need to know my Charmander evolved
I am probably a lot more reclusive, anti-social, (and older) than most, but using real names turns me off. It 'may' stop like 1% of the assholes that make it so I can't play XBox Live with the sound up when the kids are in the room, but am I really going to do the research to find that 13 year old who just called me a "@#%^&#@$" and tell his parents?
rakkadakka
Member
No you're not. Not a fan of this trend at all. I don't even use the same made up name on different games.
From the responses in here, you're clearly not. The chances of this NOT being an opt-in setting are incredibly slim - just ask Blizzard.
velociraptor
Junior Member
The most I'll ever display is my initials and no further. This feature better be optional.
This thread has been all over the shop. Just as the general consensus starts to twig onto the fact that this feature will be optional and most likely only used with real friends (if not privacy settings will be put in place) a new wave of people come in and repeat the worries from the last page. 
The battle.net system works really really well, im more than happy to have my real name showing to people I connected with through my email, otherwise the alias is there to sit behind.
The battle.net system works really really well, im more than happy to have my real name showing to people I connected with through my email, otherwise the alias is there to sit behind.
Gintoki313
Banned
I was kinda guessing that the real name thing wouldn't work out. I know in most online media that when you sign up for something you can't have the same name as someone else. So I'm guessing that their's over 200 I don't know Jonathan Mark's out there. Even if this isn't an issue I'm sure it will be either this or people believing the PS3 is a little too much into people's privacy, which is what i believe.
All this social stuff is the only thing drawing me away from the PS4, I'd like to keep my social stuff on Facebook not on the gaming world for everyone to see. Heck, I barely link my PSN to my Facebook anyways. Hopefully they dem down all this social stuff in the final product because even I think it's a little too much.
I saw so much social stuff during the presentation I was expecting the next feature for them to present is "the PS camera will watch you while you play to show your reactions to the whole world."
All this social stuff is the only thing drawing me away from the PS4, I'd like to keep my social stuff on Facebook not on the gaming world for everyone to see. Heck, I barely link my PSN to my Facebook anyways. Hopefully they dem down all this social stuff in the final product because even I think it's a little too much.
I saw so much social stuff during the presentation I was expecting the next feature for them to present is "the PS camera will watch you while you play to show your reactions to the whole world."
IHaveCandy
Banned
They should have 3 levels of outside personal info access:
- Non-friends
- Online friends
- Personal friends
Only personal friends can see your real name by default.
- Non-friends
- Online friends
- Personal friends
Only personal friends can see your real name by default.
Hazelhurst
Member
Haha, me and you both.
Goldenroad
Member
Of course...but I think that LESS people will be...and that's a start.
Boss Man
Member
Yeah, my social life does not have anything to do with me playing video games. They're pretty much polar opposites.
It's not a good combination and I don't want my friends list or my profile set up this way, I want PSN to be focused on PSN IDs and avatars instead of real people with real pictures, that includes people on my friends list. It's just silly looking to me.
The idea of this being prioritized and how PSN will end up looking because of it is what bugs me about it, despite everyone just popping in to say that's it's optional and PSN IDs still exist. Whether I use it or not, I'm concerned about how the network is going to be set up. I want to see that "DayZ309" uploaded a video not "Jim Bayler" some guy in my COD clan who likes to take pictures of himself in the mirror.
