How To Change Background On Psn Profile

PlayStation 4 users tin at present change their PSN proper name

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Sony has announced that PlayStation 4 users will finally be able to modify their PlayStation Network Online ID.

According to a blog post by Sony's Social Media Manager, Sid Shuman, the "online ID alter characteristic on PSN is officially launching to all PlayStation 4 owners later today".

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You'll also exist able to change your online ID via a web browser afterwards today (April ten for the Usa and April 11 for Europe) – you'll but need to sign in to your PlayStation Network business relationship to do and then. The feature appears to exist set for release worldwide, but Sony hasn't appear official pricing in Commonwealth of australia notwithstanding.

Sony says that "the change tin can only exist made through a PS4 organization or web browser", so yous won't exist able to practise it on a PS3 or the at present discontinued PS Vita.

Potential issues

Sony says that the starting time fourth dimension you change your ID the service is free, merely later that y'all will need to pay $9.99 / £7.99 (around AU$15), unless you are PlayStation Plus member, in which case information technology volition cost yous $iv.99 / £3.99 (around AU$7).

Not all games will back up the online ID change feature. Sony says while "all PS4 games originally published on or afterwards Apr 1, 2018 have been adult to support the online ID change characteristic", information technology found an instance where a game "did not fully support the feature" during its beta preview programme last year.

Sony too warns that there are a few issues that could arise every bit a issue of changing your online ID, saying you could "lose progress within games, including game saved data, leaderboard information, and progress towards Trophies".

For this reason, the company has released a list of tested games that definitely support online ID changes, and says that reverting back to your one-time ID should resolve most issues that arise.

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