What is PSN gamesharing exactly?

[oogabooha]

I'm a n00b to PSn, so can someone help me out?

[bermuddy]

i'm not sure myself, but i doubt its anything mods/devs will want you to talk about here.

[Cpt. Overkill]

It's where people share accounts and download stuff off of each other's accounts.

[onduvalst]

Sony has set it up where you can download any game you've bought to a friends PS3 so you can play in hopes that they would in turn purchase the game. This does NOT include DLC which would be considered pirating.

[Jixzer]

I don't know much about it save to say I know it's not exactly legal. I'm sure others here know much more than I do, but I doubt you'll get much help on it.

[onduvalst]

One big piece of news that came out of today's PS3 press conference was that games or other content purchased from the online PlayStation Store could be downloaded on up to five other PS3s. Downloads are tied to a user account, so by logging in on another machine, all content that you have purchased is available for download at any time (similar to what Microsoft allows you to do with Xbox Live downloads). So if you've purchased, say, a PS1 game on your PS3 and want to show it to a friend, you merely have to log in to your account on your friends machine and download it from your purchased items folder.
This will surely also help alleviate fears for those early adopters concerned that their downloads would get lost if their PS3 console breaks down. With this system in place, purchased content isn't tied to any particular piece of hardware. Whew.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154547


To date, that has resulted in a fairly liberal policy that has allowed gamers to share the game with friends by logging onto their systems, downloading the game, and then logging out. Even without the original owner logged in, the downloaded game is playable by anyone who uses that console. The fine print on PlayStation Store downloads for this digital rights management (DRM) setup is simply, "One time fee for downloads on up to five activated PS3 units."

However, as gamers who download the freshly available Warhawk for the PS3 are finding out, that policy was tweaked for Incognito's latest shooter. The description of the $39.99 download on the PlayStation Store includes the follow snippet: "One time fee for download or use solely by the purchasing PSN account on up to five PS3 units, with no more than one activated PS3 unit within a 24 hour period. Content may not be used by any other account."
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/warhawk/news.html?sid=6177766

[oogabooha]

Oh ok, is it illegal or something that would get me banned because my friend offered to do it with me for DLC on RB

[Cpt. Overkill]

Oh ok, is it illegal or something that would get me banned because my friend offered to do it with me for DLC on RB

It can't get you banned, but it's frowned upon.

[oogabooha]

Oh really? Just checking because I looked it up before and couldn't get any image from it besides "don't do it", so I can't get banned?

[Daesania]

you cant get banned or booted or anything like that, however it's not really the best thing to do, you should pay for your DLC

[Flawless]

Yeah, don't screw over Harmonix or the PSN devs because you're cheap.

[Sikaris]

The people who do this are pathetic and should get jobs.

[oogabooha]

I read somewhere that they updated the ToC to say no to it, but then sony said it was ok themselves :-/

[Lawdog1521]

What’s extraordinarily risky is if you don’t delete your credit card information before you log into the other account, it’s possible for a person to steal everything.

Granted, it’s probably not a big deal if your say loading things on a cousins PS3 then deleting your profile when done. But “trading” or “sharing” with people online or even friends you actually know is just an invitation for trouble.

Just check out the play station forums… they’re filled with lines such as, “My account got hacked, help!” No, no it didn’t. You gave out your account info in hopes of getting something free.

[Apples]

Okay, this subject has been indulged plenty long enough now. I think you get the picture, along with the implication that it is not exactly condoned here.