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Does Sony not understand how much money they could make with a name change feature? It could literally pay for more media bias...
 
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YianGaruga said:
How do you know how much changing and maintaining the new database required for this feature costs?
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Then perhaps they should of thought it out more thoroughly when creating this network. I'm looking through this thread with the wish lists from everyone and I'm thinking to myself, it's over half way 2015 and these are standard features on other networks but not PSN.

Considering they now charge for the service in terms of multiplayer, they should get their act together.
 
digoutyoursoul said:
Then perhaps they should of thought it out more thoroughly when creating this network. I'm looking through this thread with the wish lists from everyone and I'm thinking to myself, it's over half way 2015 and these are standard features on other networks but not PSN.

Considering they now charge for the service in terms of multiplayer, they should get their act together.
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jmaine_ph said:
On a serious note that's not my problem. They need to figure it out.
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I agree it needs to be there and their network is dumb and outdated, but it's not "free money" like many are saying.
 
YianGaruga said:
I agree it needs to be there and their network is dumb and outdated, but it's not "free money" like many are saying.
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True but I feel they didn't really take online seriously till deep into the PS3 era, with nice additions such as trophies, avatars and so on. I lost count how many times people asked for cross game chat and in a way they dug a hole for themselves with the whole "we are free" routine.

PSN on PS4 is better but I still think a little revamp was needed to go along with the launch of the system with basic features people take for granted on other services, still aren't here. I hope they get things sorted soon.
 
autoduelist said:
Do you realize how crazy it sounds to suggest Sony would put out a survey to a limited amount of people asking for suggestions in order to somehow convince everyone they might do some of them, when in fact they have no plans to do anything?

Answer: It sounds wildly insane and paranoid.
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How many ppl have actually received this survey? You might have a point if this was an open survey as the backlash would outweigh the gain, but to most if not everybody in this thread apart from the OP it's all hear-say.

Not that I think this is all PR but I'm certainly open to the possibility especially one who is as good at it as Sony.
 
I don't understand why friend notifications are something that is still not implemented. This should be a pretty basic feature and is pretty annoying that it's not already there.
 
Gorillaz said:
like...not being able to change your PSN is baffling

dudes out there having XxXEliteSniper69XxX as a name still because they thought it would be cool and people would be jealous during the CoD4 era of them are now burning on the inside

no that's not my username lol
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If the people who did PSN's database are as incompetent as the hack and what came out of it suggests, it's very possible that the reason why you can't change your username is that it's used as the primary key in every database table. I mean, even the most terribly-designed databases I've ever seen have used integers or guids for that, but you never know. If that's true, though, then implementing that feature would require some major changes to some pretty massive tables.
 
jmaine_ph said:
Does Sony not understand how much money they could make with a name change feature? It could literally pay for more media bias...
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Why don't you take a break, go for a walk outside, a swim in the ocean, enjoy a night with some friends, etc...anything that can ground you to reality.

Edit: just saw your last post ;)
 
I know it isn't exactly a PSN feature, but external hdd support is what I want more than anything. Then classics, then custom background music, and then probably the name change feature.

Seriously, it's the future and I can't even hear Gone when I turn on my PlayStation. Unacceptable.
 
WHAT THE FUCK SONY XD

Trying to be fucking slick, i see your asses!


They are just gonna be like "TAKE EVERYTHING!" I swear to god.

Also, they forgot custom music.
 
Sony let a "westerner" design the ps4 hardware. Perhaps they should of let one their western branches handle the ps4 firmware updates.
 
kewlmyc said:
Seriously, how is choosing your own freaking avatar not available on PS4 yet? It's so freaking basic.
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I think what they mean is the ability to upload and use your own avatars. You can already change your avatar to any from their system/store + from facebook, but I don't know who can actually see your facebook avatar besides yourself.
 
mcz117chief said:
I think what they mean is the ability to upload and use your own avatars. You can already change your avatar to any from their system/store + from facebook, but I don't know who can actually see your facebook avatar besides yourself.
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No, I think they mean the simple act of choosing avatars you've purchased without having to use a PS3. It's a ridiculous oversight.
 
All I want is solid confirmatiin of when things will be implemented. Even just an arbitrary 'Early 2017' would be enough for me. Might not be happy about it but at least I'd know.
 
See this goes along with my theory of 3.0 being some sort of stress test for the communities feature. The beta was to verify if would brick systems. If all goes according to plan, we'll see 4.0 at PSE. BTW, why would you list literally every wanted feature in a survey
 
SonyToo!™;182897486 said:
How many ppl have actually received this survey? You might have a point if this was an open survey as the backlash would outweigh the gain, but to most if not everybody in this thread apart from the OP it's all hear-say.

Not that I think this is all PR but I'm certainly open to the possibility especially one who is as good at it as Sony.
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Having your baseline be "it's PR and we're getting nothing, this is just to give us hope", is crazy. Especially when we already got wishlists off that list.

Obviously it's unlikely we'll get them all. But if your first thought is that they put this survey out to 'trick' or 'fool' us, you really need to take a step back from your computer. It's wildly paranoid, pessimistic, and illogical.
 
family_guy said:
The price of a few competent developers. The only reason they haven't done it is fear of breaking their fragile network.
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Not to say that they shouldn't or won't do it, but that's a pretty big reason to be fearful, especially when you have tens of millions of daily users and purchases.
 
Ricky_R said:
Sony's well aware that all of those should be added. They are sending surveys because they won't be able to work on all of them during this gen.

;)
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What a shame if true, such a huge install base and they can't hire a team that is capable of providing basic features. Hard for consoles to remain competitive this way.
 
5taquitos said:
Not to say that they shouldn't or won't do it, but that's a pretty big reason to be fearful, especially when you have tens of millions of daily users and purchases.
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I'd almost rather not have them try it because ideally I'd like to keep my purchase history and stuff :p
 
bombshell said:
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BOTH. I want custom music to play while i'm just browsing my menu and when i'm in a game. Playlists infact!

I'm also baffled at the negativity in this thread. THe entire thread title is "Sony KNOWS", you think they are not aware of what you want? This list basically spells out that all of this shit is coming eventually
 
5taquitos said:
Not to say that they shouldn't or won't do it, but that's a pretty big reason to be fearful, especially when you have tens of millions of daily users and purchases.
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There are risks anytime you change code. It just requires sufficient planning, testing, and a way to recover. They don't need to change the keys. Leave that alone. They need to add aliases.
 
family_guy said:
There are risks anytime you change code. It just requires sufficient planning, testing, and a way to recover. They don't need to change the keys. Leave that alone. They need to add aliases.
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They did that with the PS4, but in the worst way possible with the real name system lol

The problem is also that all current games are made to display your actual PSN username and aliases wouldn't change that
 
I got to change my PSN name. In doing so I lost all if my trophies and friends list. And my name still appears as my old name with certain games. Frickin stupid.

I have a feeling this will be difficult for them to pull off.
 
Inuhanyou said:
BOTH. I want custom music to play while i'm just browsing my menu and when i'm in a game. Playlists infact!

I'm also baffled at the negativity in this thread. THe entire thread title is "Sony KNOWS", you think they are not aware of what you want? This list basically spells out that all of this shit is coming eventually
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As time passes more and more people will get frustrated. I don't see what's baffling about that.
 
Change PSN id should allow re-claiming of the nickname that is let-go, so that I can claim hesido on my primary account once again, not the U.S. account that is a sub account of my wifes account, dammit.
 
Inuhanyou said:
BOTH. I want custom music to play while i'm just browsing my menu and when i'm in a game. Playlists infact!
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Stick your music on a USB stick and you can play any music you want while playing. Google the needed folder structure. This has been there since last year.

Or fire up the Spotify app and you can also play for free with ads or paid no ads anything you want while gaming, provided it's on Spotify. This has playlists.
 
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