Post: PS3 Newbie Game sharing help!
12-29-2011, 02:14 PM #1
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I recently bought a PS3 (26th December 2011). My brother also has his own ps3 and over the years has bought tuns of games from the PS store. Naturally I wanted to play them on my ps3, so I downloaded them all from the PS store using his network account. I understand that my brother's playstation network account needs to be active for me to play the games, but I have a few questions:

i) I created a user account for my ps3 under my brother's playstation network account, will using this user account effect my brother's user account on his ps3 (e.g. will I overwrite his save data, or contribute to his trophies?) or is my new user account totally seperate from my brother's user account on his ps3 but both just under the same playsation network?

ii) Secondly does this mean that we both can't be online at the same time, e.g. if I want to play the DLed games I need to log in and will that in effect log him off his session if he's playing?

iii) Lastly I can see his friends on the far right/ I also think I can read his emails, is that always there?


Thank you so so much for who ever can help! I've spent hours researching this but just can't find ********/ up to date answer!

PS Everything is legit, my bro logged on under his own accord, etc. :P
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12-29-2011, 04:47 PM #2
FoxkaZ
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Originally posted by Booooooom View Post
I recently bought a PS3 (26th December 2011). My brother also has his own ps3 and over the years has bought tuns of games from the PS store. Naturally I wanted to play them on my ps3, so I downloaded them all from the PS store using his network account. I understand that my brother's playstation network account needs to be active for me to play the games, but I have a few questions:

i) I created a user account for my ps3 under my brother's playstation network account, will using this user account effect my brother's user account on his ps3 (e.g. will I overwrite his save data, or contribute to his trophies?) or is my new user account totally seperate from my brother's user account on his ps3 but both just under the same playsation network?

ii) Secondly does this mean that we both can't be online at the same time, e.g. if I want to play the DLed games I need to log in and will that in effect log him off his session if he's playing?

iii) Lastly I can see his friends on the far right/ I also think I can read his emails, is that always there?


Thank you so so much for who ever can help! I've spent hours researching this but just can't find ********/ up to date answer!

PS Everything is legit, my bro logged on under his own accord, etc. :P


Moved to the correct section. :y:

1) If you are ONLINE on his PSN account, you will contribute with trophies to that account. But if you do not log in on it, the trophies will never be synced online. Also, the saves will not be affected unless you overwrite his saves in the PS+ save cloud.
2) You can't be online on the same account at the same time no. But, what you can do, is to simply create a new PS3 user, and log in with a new/different PSN account. You will still be able to see all the downloaded content on your PS3. That way, you can access all his content and still be online at the same time.
3) If you are to be online on his account, his friend list will follow. But the messages you receive while being online won't be visible for him once he go online. So with other words, the inbox doesn't update or follow new PS3 consoles, even when they are on the same PSN account.

Hope that is understandable. :p

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