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Sony Confirms One PSN Account Per Vita

Backtracking on comments it made earlier this month, Sony is now saying the PlayStation Vita will allow only one PSN account per unit.

Wired first reported that Sony said users could switch memory cards in order to use multiple PSN account IDs on a Vita handheld. Now that doesn't appear to be the case.

“[The] PSN account is tied to the hardware and the memory card, not just the card,” a Sony representative told Wired, “which means that if a second person is using your Vita, it’s not just a case of switching out memory cards, it’s clearing out all of your saved data on the Vita itself when you do the factory reset.”

“In other words, PlayStation Vita is intended to be played by only one user." Game Informer followed up with Sony for additional clarification and received the following statement:

"Like PSP, PS Vita is intended to be played by only one user as a personal portable entertainment system," SCEA said. "As such, the spec is set so that only one PSN account will be connected to one PS Vita hardware."

PlayStation Vita releases on February 22 in North America, Australia, Latin America and Europe. it hits Japan this Saturday.

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  • Not a problem to me, I don't intend to share my Vita >:)
  • i hope this means that if ur psvita breaks, u can attach your account to a new one..?
  • NOOOOOO!!!!! Sony u just broke my day
  • I don't care, I was going to kill anyone who dares tries to touch my vita in the first place!
  • That's ok, when I get my Vita it will be all MINE! YOU CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT!


    "Hey, what's that? Can I see it?" *PUNCHES FACE* "NO 4 YEAR OLD IS SEEING MY VITA!"
  • There goes my pyramid scheme...
  • Heaven forbid they make things convenient.
  • huh, not sure if this is good or bad. I'll probably won't pick this up but we'll see what happens.

  • Don't care. Still getting a Vita.
  • I have noticed that Sony frequently goes out of their way to reduce the value enjoyed by their customers. When I bought my PSP, I was under the impression that I would be able to watch my digital copies on it. Turns out, only digital copies of movies produced by Sony itself will work. F U too, Sony. F U too.
  • it's a handheld. only one person is intended to be the only user for each

  • Once again, big companies like Sony trying to tell YOU, the owner of the product YOU just purchased, what you can and can not do with it. It would be like buying a car and having Ford tell you that you can't have anyone sit in the passenger seat.

    Got a family member who wants to share the Vita? What to have multiple accounts on it so you two can switch back and forth, (like millions and millions of people do on the Xbox 360 and PS3)? NOPE! You can't. Can you imagine Microsoft telling you that you can no longer have multiple accounts on the Xbox 360?

    What about the families with children who want to have their own profiles, own trophies, and own avatars? No luck for them, right Sony? Just another excuse to try and get people to buy more than one? I think the Vita is an awesome piece of tech and I am actually excited about it. However, every single day a new announcement comes out that chips away at that excitement.

    Charging me money to transfer PSP games I already paid for? That was strike one.

    Memory Cards with prices ballooned over 800%? That was strike 2.

    Now telling me that I can't have more than one profile? So my siblings can't bring their PSN account over as well? Strike 3 Sony.
  • Out of curiosity why would you have more than one account?!
  • so since me and my bro share a psn account, can we use the same psn account for both of our vitas?
  • lame totally lame wish someone would just give all the details all at once instead of contradicting themselves three times before we get some semblance of an answer.

  • How about lowering the outrageous prices of those memory cards?

  • typical of sony to underdeliver.
  • ehhh it has no affect on me lol

  • Anyone else NOT picking this up at launch? I haven't been overwhelmed by the software so far
  • cant wait to get vita and touch my katamari,and i dont care if it only 1 account,i only use 1 account on ps3 rioskenny and there are my 21 platinums...but now im playing more on pc :) so add me on origin and steam rioskenny XD

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