PSN changing to SNEA on April 1st, 2011 - New ToS and User Agreement!

[bitsbubba]

You do realize they're sending information from the PS3 back to their network now, regardless of whether you sign in or not, right? Monitor your network traffic. When you have the list of users on your PS3 up, data is sent to PSN if you have your network enabled. Not signing in doesn't mean Sony can't talk to home for "other" purposes. That's had people worried that even without being "on PSN", Sony knows who is running CFW if your NIC is enabled.

does it really matter at this point, I'm sure Sony has logs of users that were on with CFW/MFW/JB and if you haven't had network enabled, then you probably haven't signed the TOS

[sabin1981]

@The Central Scrutinizer


But I have to ask...

*teehee* You do realise you're not talking to a PERSON, right?

[wizpsycho]

i guess i have to unhack one of my ps3 dam it ... anyways i was planning that because of socom 4... *Sigh*

[poopeater]

i guess i have to unhack one of my ps3 dam it ... anyways i was planning that because of socom 4... *Sigh*

Can't you just sign in and accept TOS on a friends ps3 or like stated earlier on your pc?

[Ant Davis]

Actually, I already have a Wii, and I use Netflix with it. The problem is that the Wii only goes to 480p. PS3 and Roku XD go to 1080p. The difference is pretty dramatic, even though the Netflix stream uses a fair amount of compression.

I second that. I have a wii and ps3, and I wouldn't recommend using the wii for nexflix since it can only do SD resolution. If you want to buy something specifically for netflix, then roku or even your computer (if it does high res output and your not using linux--no linux compatibility with netflix!) would be better options, in my opinion.

[McHaggis]

I find it somewhat ironic that in previous news posts, digs towards disreputable news sites are made in such a way that makes PSX Scene out to be the perfect news source and yet this very news post seems to be scaremongering or, at the very least, poorly worded. Sure, it's probably wise to avoid those news sites but at least try and keep the facts straight and the speculation to a minimum in your own news posts too.

[...] That all PSN Accounts are going to be transfered over to a new company called SNEA [...]

PSN accounts aren't being transferred anywhere; PSN is keeping the accounts. In America only, SCEA's online services (including PSN) are being transferred to SNEA.

Another thing see reading thru the new Privacy Policy is they are also during the switch-over pushing you for Credit Card info

I don't see this anywhere, and it wouldn't make sense anyway. PSN cards can be bought in retail outlets if you don't have a credit card, for instance if you are under the age of 16/18. I did see this (emphasis mine):

You may choose to provide valid credit card information at the time of registration. If you wish to make a purchase through Sony Online Services and would like to pay for that purchase with a credit card, you will be required to provide valid credit card information at the time of purchase.
[...]
In the United States and Canada, if a Master Account holder is giving consent to allow his or her child under the age of 13 to participate on Sony Online Services, we require that he or she provide valid credit card information to confirm parental consent.

I don't know how this reads to the news poster, but it reads to me like you will only be required to provide credit card details to make a purchase via said card or to confirm consent for a child under the age of 13 to use PSN.

Remember they only promised PSN would be FREE forever, they didn't ever say they could not just up and change it to something else which is no longer going to be called PSN.

Uh, nobody said that it wouldn't be called PSN anymore. They (more or less) said they were moving PSN from SCEA to SNEA. Speculating that they're gearing up to start charging for PSN is, like I said, scaremongering.

scaremonger - Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people;

I really don't think that any of this is newsworthy on a scene site, to be honest.

tl;dr - move along, nothing to see here.

[Bwata]

I'm very surprised that no one notice this in the new TOS we can find here :

Qriocity - About Us

1. ACCOUNT REGISTRATION

[...] Currently, there is no charge to create a Sony Online Services account [...]

Currently ...

And for credit card, it seems it's only when you create a sub account for a child

[...]If you are creating a Sub Account for a child, you must provide [...] and (ii) your credit card information if requested by SNEA for Sub Accounts for children under the age of 13 in the United States and Canada or under the specific age applicable to your country. Your credit card will be used to verify parental consent under laws requiring such consent [...]

[IllyriaIsBlue]

I haven't played on my PS3 in quite a while now, and I have over £200 worth of stuff in my account. Please do refund this to me, Sony. It's useless without PSN access.

Oh wait, you're only refunding the contents of my wallet. Bastards.

[McHaggis]

Currently ...

It doesn't make sense to charge for owning an account. This would likely cause a decline in sales from the PSN store. However, they could segregate individual services and charge for accessing those services (like gaming, for instance).

In fact, I kind of wish they would do that and let us still access the store from a hacked console.

[wizpsycho]

Can't you just sign in and accept TOS on a friends ps3 or like stated earlier on your pc?

that's a good question i don't know but as i stated before i have to unhack one of these for socom 4