Accessing Account on PC and PS3

Hi All,

I know there is a current problem with logging into the game, but mine does not relate to that.

I currently have a copy of the game on PC and PS3. I mainly play on the PC using my PC account. My sister who has registered her account via the PS3 plays on that. Last night i went to play on the PS3 with my account, but my sister's account is greyed in so i am unable to change it.

How do i use my square account on the PS3? please do not tell me i need to buy 2 copies of the game for 1 console!

Thanks

Create another account on PSN then tie your SE account to it. Yes you will have to buy it again. One code per account.

Did you use your PS3 code yet?

Do you both play on the same PSN account? you prolly need to log into a different User/PSN account to fix this issue... It's really not hard

Edit- what the guy above me said (darn too slow)

So, If i understand this correctly.

The accounts are not cross platform, unless I buy a PS3 version for my account, and a PC version for my sister's account. So for 2 users to play the game on 2 physical devices we have to have to buy the game 4 times!

Yes, it is cross platform it is not cross user, 1 user 1 account 2 platforms you could play it on, 2 user 2 accounts 4 copy's of the disk are needed... this is nothing new.

edit- and to be clear it is against Terms of service ect to allow others to access your account (as in give them your password ect) this is standard in almost EVERY online environment

The fact you have to buy 4 copies of the game to have it installed on 2 devices is not normal. Plenty of other games across all platforms allow you to login via any device that has the product installed. I have an active subscription for the game, so therefore i should be able to access it on any device that has the game installed.

This is clearly just a gimmick to make more money out of the physical copies.

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edit- and to be clear it is against Terms of service ect to allow others to access your account (as in give them your password ect) this is standard in almost EVERY online environment

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Where on earth did this come from? Not once i have mentioned about accessing other accounts.

You're accessing your sisters PSN account... or did you not realize that

and no my phone profile follows me to my tablet however if someone else wants an account on my tablet they have to have their own account to have their own roaming profile (one out of many examples)

If what you want were to happen, then I could buy 1 game give it to 1million friends and they could ALL have their own profiles and play at the same time... tell me. what company would go for such a business model, pretty nice gimmick to bankrupt the company and prevent you from ever playing a game again (since any company that did that would be gone)

The Playstation is a shared household device. It has a single account on it, all I can say is thank god I did make her a Playstation network account. Yes I made the account! Because she has to use my credit card to pay for the SUBSCRIPTION! She is a minor! So therefore I am sole the reasonability of the account!

Which takes me to my next point

I am not buying a game that is single player! If it was, then your point would be valid! You would need to buy it for any device you want to play it on! The fact it’s a subscription based game, it should in theory be accessible from any device which has the game installed, because it would have been paid for! AND MY ACCOUNT DATA IS STORED IN THE "CLOUD" not on a single device!

Yes you can create roaming profiles, let me guess, you can access it from any device that supports the profile type. EG, Windows 7 Domain Profile that roams with you to another computer connected to the same network. Well done! Congrats! Now trying doing that with 20GB of data installed. Enjoy your long login time.

Here are some examples of where the content is free or charged at 1 off, In return you just pay a subscription to access it on any device that it is supported on.

• Eve Online – Longest subscription game ever! Free to download, Just pay for subscription
• WoW – Login to any device with the game installed, Just use your account details.
• Guild Wars 2 – Can access your account data on device that has the game installed!
• Office 365! Can access your data from any supported device, guess what! Its subscription based!

My dig is not at you, your first comment was helpful, the rest was pointless! I’m just surprised that a subscription based game where all data is stored within the “cloud” is so restricted.

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Originally Posted by XemnassCasey

The Playstation is a shared household device. It has a single account on it, all I can say is thank god I did make her a Playstation network account. Yes I made the account! Because she has to use my credit card to pay for the SUBSCRIPTION! She is a minor! So therefore I am sole the reasonability of the account!

Which takes me to my next point

I am not buying a game that is single player! If it was, then your point would be valid! You would need to buy it for any device you want to play it on! The fact it’s a subscription based game, it should in theory be accessible from any device which has the game installed, because it would have been paid for! AND MY ACCOUNT DATA IS STORED IN THE "CLOUD" not on a single device!

Yes you can create roaming profiles, let me guess, you can access it from any device that supports the profile type. EG, Windows 7 Domain Profile that roams with you to another computer connected to the same network. Well done! Congrats! Now trying doing that with 20GB of data installed. Enjoy your long login time.

Here are some examples of where the content is free or charged at 1 off, In return you just pay a subscription to access it on any device that it is supported on.

• Eve Online – Longest subscription game ever! Free to download, Just pay for subscription
• WoW – Login to any device with the game installed, Just use your account details.
• Guild Wars 2 – Can access your account data on device that has the game installed!
• Office 365! Can access your data from any supported device, guess what! Its subscription based!

My dig is not at you, your first comment was helpful, the rest was pointless! I’m just surprised that a subscription based game where all data is stored within the “cloud” is so restricted.

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I played Eve for years, again you are required by TOS to have one log in per user, same for WoW (which i also played for many years)and same with the others, in the case of FF and PSN its ONE shared user account per person the ps3 is not and never has been intended for shared PSN access, you can look it up if you doubt me. and though that's never stopped anyone there are PSN games that require separate PSN id's for different accounts (in direct contrast to your point). and you seriously let your minor use your account? no parental controls? they have to tell everyone they meet this is their parents account? i can see some advantages in that (not having to look far to see what they are up to), but that doesn't make your PSN a shared experience and PSN TOS does prohibit others from using your account. in fact sony has gone so far as to ban people over hacked accounts claiming that they allowed someone to get the password which is against TOS

I was on PSN network for 10 years and have seen this stuff many times

and sorry if i sound grumpy im not mad at you or anything. I just have a different perspective i suppose

edit- and yes its nice when you can log onto any system to play your game as long as you're using your ID and password.... which you can log into a friends play station using the account the game is tied to, download the game and log in and play it it'll work (your PSN ID is whats linked to the SE account log in from the same PSN id anywhere and its works) (limit one PSN id per user *small print- just a joke*
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I agree with the 1 account per user! But in this case, the account is the subscription you pay for.

I have my PSN linked to my SE account, On the Playstation i have the game installed, but i cannot play it because the activation code is linked to another SE account. Even though i have an active subscription to access the game. I just find it a rip off that am I unable to log in via the PSN until I buy the game for a 2nd time. Well technically its a third time.

2 x £8 per month subscriptions and 3 x £25 (roughly) one off payments seems a bit extreme.

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Originally Posted by XemnassCasey

I agree with the 1 account per user! But in this case, the account is the subscription you pay for.

I have my PSN linked to my SE account, On the Playstation i have the game installed, but i cannot play it because the activation code is linked to another SE account. Even though i have an active subscription to access the game. I just find it a rip off that am I unable to log in via the PSN until I buy the game for a 2nd time. Well technically its a third time.

2 x £8 per month subscriptions and 3 x £25 (roughly) one off payments seems a bit extreme.

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Either I misunderstood your original issue or something else is afoot here.
your PSN is linked to A SE account that is not yours, IF that is a case there have been posts about this and you can contact SE to get your accounts properly linked (though phone support is awful right now so you might have trouble getting help they will do it)

and that's a totally different issue than I was trying to explain

I think you have it right the first time around, but just to try and clear it up. Let me try another way

ME - SE Account, Registered via PC. My PSN account is linked to my SE account. (PC game copy from 1.0)
SIS - SE Account created via PSN and linked to her own PSN Account. (PS game copy)

Now when i try to play the game on PSN (In my PSN account) its not available for download, So that's why i asked if i needed to buy another copy.

If you have a physical disk AND an active PS3 code on your 1.0 account it shouldn't matter who's disc it is or if its downloaded you should be able to log into your account IF your PSN ID and SE ID match up AND there's a PS3 version of the game on the account (it should show up in your SE account and you should have entered a code to activate it) it is not based on the disk in any way its account based so if you used the code that came with the disk on "SIS" then only her account will be able to play on ps3 so yes you would have to buy another disc (only for the code) and apply it to your account

1 account 1 user
sorry if i've sounded grumpy don't mean to (and i do understand your frustration)

hope that makes things clearer