Game Sharing...Illegal?

With all this talk about sharing the InFamous demo and the Killzone 2 DLC, i heard someone say Game sharing is illegal. Is that true?

illegal on gamespot, they have a sticky no one views and everything..

it is not allowed by Sony either. they want everyone to buy their own. Game sharing is pretty much the same thing as pirating. I was told that if you were caught by sony Game Sharing, having a modified console, or glitching that your PSN will be permanently banned and your system will not be able to access PSN anymore, you will have to start completely over with a new system. That's what I heard, but I wouldn't trust someone else with my account and password anyways and if I did, the risks wouldn't be worth the few dollars saved.

it is not allowed by Sony either. they want everyone to buy their own. Game sharing is pretty much the same thing as pirating. I was told that if you were caught by sony Game Sharing, having a modified console, or glitching that your PSN will be permanently banned and your system will not be able to access PSN anymore, you will have to start completely over with a new system. That's what I heard, but I wouldn't trust someone else with my account and password anyways and if I did, the risks wouldn't be worth the few dollars saved.

Cody13_2012

I don't think it is illegal but it is kinda frowned upon by sony. They give you the five activation with the idea if your ps3 ever breaks you can redownload it without paying. The thing is that if it was completely utterly illegal they would not allow it to be done at all. Certain games put a limit in which you can't play the game at the same time on 2 consoles. Others don't really seem to care at all. But I think if you just randomly let your friends dl and they reach the 5 time maximum redownloads then you're screwed if your ps3 bricks.

It's not illegal on PS3. You get 5 downloads per game you purchase, except for full retail releases I believe like Warhawk. That is how Sony handles DRM on PS3. If you have multiple PS3's, upgrade your harddrive, or just want to let a friend have it. It's all fine. But you go over the download limit and you will have to pay for it again.

I don't think it is illegal but it is kinda frowned upon by sony. They give you the five activation with the idea if your ps3 ever breaks you can redownload it without paying. The thing is that if it was completely utterly illegal they would not allow it to be done at all. Certain games put a limit in which you can't play the game at the same time on 2 consoles. Others don't really seem to care at all. But I think if you just randomly let your friends dl and they reach the 5 time maximum redownloads then you're screwed if your ps3 bricks.

sa10kun

It's not illegal on PS3. You get 5 downloads per game you purchase, except for full retail releases I believe like Warhawk. That is how Sony handles DRM on PS3. If you have multiple PS3's, upgrade your harddrive, or just want to let a friend have it. It's all fine. But you go over the download limit and you will have to pay for it again.

EmperorSupreme

[QUOTE="sa10kun"]

I don't think it is illegal but it is kinda frowned upon by sony. They give you the five activation with the idea if your ps3 ever breaks you can redownload it without paying. The thing is that if it was completely utterly illegal they would not allow it to be done at all. Certain games put a limit in which you can't play the game at the same time on 2 consoles. Others don't really seem to care at all. But I think if you just randomly let your friends dl and they reach the 5 time maximum redownloads then you're screwed if your ps3 bricks.

Nephilim83

Well I only share with my cousins or someone I really trust. Certain games like sfhdremix wont allow more than two people to play it at the same time. I haven't tried it with other games cause I think that is the only dl'able game I had with a lobby that allows more than two at a time.

I am under the impression a person can use downloaded content on up to 5 PS3's.. I mean all my downloaed data has been on three PS3's of my own now. And I downloaded the COD4 maps at my friends house on his PS3 under my name to play there too.. I hope I do not get reprimanded for that. :?

[QUOTE="Nephilim83"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]

I don't think it is illegal but it is kinda frowned upon by sony. They give you the five activation with the idea if your ps3 ever breaks you can redownload it without paying. The thing is that if it was completely utterly illegal they would not allow it to be done at all. Certain games put a limit in which you can't play the game at the same time on 2 consoles. Others don't really seem to care at all. But I think if you just randomly let your friends dl and they reach the 5 time maximum redownloads then you're screwed if your ps3 bricks.

Well I only share with my cousins or someone I really trust. Certain games like sfhdremix wont allow more than two people to play it at the same time. I haven't tried it with other games cause I think that is the only dl'able game I had with a lobby that allows more than two at a time.

it is not allowed by Sony either. they want everyone to buy their own. Game sharing is pretty much the same thing as pirating. I was told that if you were caught by sony Game Sharing, having a modified console, or glitching that your PSN will be permanently banned and your system will not be able to access PSN anymore, you will have to start completely over with a new system. That's what I heard, but I wouldn't trust someone else with my account and password anyways and if I did, the risks wouldn't be worth the few dollars saved.

Cody13_2012

I'd love to know the definitive answer to the TC's question. Some people say it's illegal and others say it's legal. [QUOTE="Cody13_2012"]

it is not allowed by Sony either. they want everyone to buy their own. Game sharing is pretty much the same thing as pirating. I was told that if you were caught by sony Game Sharing, having a modified console, or glitching that your PSN will be permanently banned and your system will not be able to access PSN anymore, you will have to start completely over with a new system. That's what I heard, but I wouldn't trust someone else with my account and password anyways and if I did, the risks wouldn't be worth the few dollars saved.

Eddie5vs1

ok well for example when my cuz was at my house, we brought thing on psn together, half/half, when he left and i got my own ps3 he gave me his account info so that i could download the same things that technically i paid half for, how is that illegal?

ok well for example when my cuz was at my house, we brought thing on psn together, half/half, when he left and i got my own ps3 he gave me his account info so that i could download the same things that technically i paid half for, how is that illegal?

da_illest101

With all this talk about sharing the InFamous demo and the Killzone 2 DLC, i heard someone say Game sharing is illegal. Is that true?

soulfood4

No, Sony allows you to share your account across a few PS3s, so oof course they have to let you share those games as well. However, I personally think it is stupid to share your account with anyone unless you absolutely know 110% they are trustworthy. I've heard stories from people who thought they could trust their friends and ended up getting billed for a bunch of games they bought using his account. Or from people who say they shared a bunch of their games with someone who barely bought any.

However, you also have to remember that you can only download PSN content a set number of times (5?). If you max out the game shares, and then your PS3 crashes on you...your going to literally have to rebuy every thing again if you want it. Because you won't be able to download it anymore.

No...it isn't illegal. But I don't think it's smart either. Especially for a couple $5 games? That's just my opinion.

[QUOTE="Cody13_2012"]

it is not allowed by Sony either. they want everyone to buy their own. Game sharing is pretty much the same thing as pirating. I was told that if you were caught by sony Game Sharing, having a modified console, or glitching that your PSN will be permanently banned and your system will not be able to access PSN anymore, you will have to start completely over with a new system. That's what I heard, but I wouldn't trust someone else with my account and password anyways and if I did, the risks wouldn't be worth the few dollars saved.

TrevCubsOr21

a guy online told me about it while talking about glitches and other things that were banned by sony. I still don't know why you would give someone your password anyways.

It is in the "Terms of Service" that you signed when you created your PSN account that if you "share" games (or as in their words, personal access to PSN), they have the right to take away all access you have to the PSN.

ya it probably is..

but that doesent stop people from doing it

[QUOTE="sa10kun"]

I don't think it is illegal but it is kinda frowned upon by sony. They give you the five activation with the idea if your ps3 ever breaks you can redownload it without paying. The thing is that if it was completely utterly illegal they would not allow it to be done at all. Certain games put a limit in which you can't play the game at the same time on 2 consoles. Others don't really seem to care at all. But I think if you just randomly let your friends dl and they reach the 5 time maximum redownloads then you're screwed if your ps3 bricks.

Nephilim83

There are a lot of questions that reasonable people can disagree on, but this isn't one of them. It's nice to see that one person has read Sony's Terms of Service:

"...all content and software provided through PSN are licensed non-exclusively and revocably to you, your children and children for whom you are a legal guardian ..., solely for Your personal, private, non-transferable, non-commercial, limited use on a limited number of activated ... systems"

I've omitted some bits for brevity, but that's the gist. That's for the US PSN, but I'd bet it's substantially the same elsewhere.

It's not illegal on PS3. You get 5 downloads per game you purchase, except for full retail releases I believe like Warhawk. That is how Sony handles DRM on PS3. If you have multiple PS3's, upgrade your harddrive, or just want to let a friend have it. It's all fine. But you go over the download limit and you will have to pay for it again.

EmperorSupreme

There are a lot of questions that reasonable people can disagree on, but this isn't one of them. It's nice to see that one person has read Sony's Terms of Service:

"...all content and software provided through PSN are licensed non-exclusively and revocably to you, your children and children for whom you are a legal guardian ..., solely for Your personal, private, non-transferable, non-commercial, limited use on a limited number of activated ... systems"

I've omitted some bits for brevity, but that's the gist. That's for the US PSN, but I'd bet it's substantially the same elsewhere.

George_M

I guess you're right about that. But I guess it would also be illegal to create an account for another region to download a demo.