Sony has coaxed the Internet into another fit of misplaced vitriol this evening, by a plugging a workaround that allowed users to change PSN accounts with a single memory card. The platform holder declared prior to release that the system would only be compatible with a single account, but clever users found a simple way to overcome the restriction by resetting the console’s settings.
However, the system will now ask you to format the memory card if you attempt the same trick. The only way to overcome the issue is to stick to a single account like intended, or buy multiple memory sticks. Considering the cost of the expensive proprietary storage, that’s not an attractive option.
In fairness to Sony, it never publicly acknowledged the workaround, so it’s not doing anything malicious by shutting it down. However, the move does seem a bit misjudged considering the negativity surrounding the Vita at the moment.
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I kinda don't see how this is a problem I already do this lol
@hydeks The Internet loves to moan.
@hydeks
The only major problem I see is you cannot buy a used memory card anymore to save some cash.
@TheBaconator Surely you'd reformat the memory card before you took it in to the shop or if you bought it second hand reformat it before using it? What I did when I bought a second hand 32gb card.
I'm pretty sure most people didn't know about this in the first place.
But for those who used this, it has gotta suck. You'd lose some save files for sure.
I bought a PSP last year and returned it b/c I wanted to share it with my kids like we share our PS3 but there was no simple way to do this, and worse yet the few games I played had only a single save point so we couldn't even take turns playing. Now the far superior to PSP and even more like the PS3 Vita is out and they still won't let my family share. No sale.
I thought you HAD to format the card if you wanted to switch accounts. I have 2 cards, but couldnt you just back the card up, and format as some do now?
Or am I missing something?
Thanks
Sony doesn't want to actually sell any Vitas.
so i have two memory sticks, and 8 and 32 so can i make one account for the 8 and another for the 32, i am kind of confused about this.
@MattSpangz You can do that or put both memory cards onto 1 account. You can use as many memory cards as you want so long as you don't use a single card for multiple accounts.
Frankly I think this is a bad move by Sony. I only use 1 account so it doesn't really affect me, but releasing an update that restricts the Vita's memory capabilities even more during this time doesn't seem like a good move.
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