PSN Username Changes
Dreams may finally come true for many PlayStation users this year, allowing them the chance to finally change their emo PSN names from high school into monikers a little more appropriate for modern times. Sony Interactive Entertainment America President Shawn Layden hinted that name changes may finally be coming to PSN sometime between December 2017 and December 2018 back at PlayStation Experience last year, adding that it’s a “large piece of work,” but that he hopes events will arise where he won’t have to answer that question again at future PSXs.
Just this month, according to online publication Push Square, Sony was surveying a select percentage of its users on how they feel about potential PSN name changes, stating that it wanted to “understand if gamers are interested in the feature or not.” According to the outlet, the email goes so far so to even state how the feature would be integrated into PSN, as it would give users the option of changing their names for free once every six months. To return to an older PSN name, however, users would have to contact customer support.
If anything, it seems as though the momentum surrounding the implementation of this feature is picking up, which is very good news for anyone out there who still references mid-2000’s post hardcore song lyrics in their username.
