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The Fat Princess, The Lombax, and The Wife

Topic started by BertieWooster on Nov. 3, 2009. Last post by ZeForgotten 3 weeks, 1 day ago.
Post by BertieWooster (7 posts) See mini bio
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Hey guys,
 
Quick question:
 
The little lady and I just returned from honeymooning in Paris with a chunk of wedding cash to spend, so we finally took advantage of the Slim and picked up a PS3. She's a fairly avid gamer, if not quite as passionate as I, but we have been enjoying Borderlands split-screen for the last few days. One question lingers though...
 
Coming from a 360 and the XBLA situation (and already having been irritated by the inability to log in two distinct IDs/GTs while playing Borderlands), how does one handle buying PSN games? As far as I can tell, there's no way for both of us to have access to games purchased over PSN, is this true? Seems a tad idiotic if so, since we've both been playing things like Braid and Shadow Complex on our own 360 GTs for ages now off of just one purchased copy, but I suppose what Sony lacks in some areas it makes up for in free online play, which I've been without on my 360 since I let Gold lapse after being laid off. 
 
IE: Can my ID buy Fat Princess and R&C: QFB and have them show up on hers (on the same console) as well? Most evidence seems to indicate 'no', which, again, is frustrating.
 
I've seen some tell of some form of sharing abilities some places on the 'Net, but can't find anything firm. Can Giant Bomb provide the final word?


Post by Muttinus_Rump (318 posts) See mini bio
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It should work. Otherwise I'd never have been able to get my Japanese Katamari demo to work on my EU account.


Post by ZeForgotten (1,401 posts) See mini bio
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If what you're asking is: Will she be able to play the games you've downloaded with your PSN-ID using HER ID on the same console. Then yes. 
 
And you can "share" games too, using your PSN on another PS3 to re-download said games again. 
And that way she could log in with her ID on that PS3 and you with your ID on the first PS3 (or whatever we're calling it) and you could play together that way too. 


Post by BertieWooster (7 posts) See mini bio
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Really? I know it seems like a really stupid question, especially if the answer, as you're saying, seems to be yes, but I'd seen enough to indicate otherwise, and even called Sony to ask before making my purchase and be told that it wasn't possible, that I was a tad disappointed.
 
So, if I go and buy Fat Princess on my ID, it'll be fully playable by both of us, under both logins? Trophies and all?
 
Again, apologies if I sound like a complete tard, but this is my first sojourn into Sony-console-owning-Land ever, after decades of Nintendo and Xbox (and the associated XBL user experience) exclusivity. 
 
That single-ID-at-any-one-time thing still rankles though. It'd be nice to be collecting trophies for both of us while playing through Borderlands instead of just her (since I'll no doubt play again soon).


Post by ZeForgotten (1,401 posts) See mini bio
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If you go buy Fat Princess she can earn trophies on her account too. 
 
You won't be able to log in with both IDs on one PS3 at the same time tho'. 
So earning Trophies for Borderlands will have to be done alone or on seperate PS3s if you are dead set on playing co-op. 





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