Sony to Rename PSN as SEN Next Week
Update:
We can confirm the rumor as we have now received the email from Sony ourselves (see below).
Original story:
A particularly interesting email from Sony, posted on NeoGAF by user Psykotik, is starting to make its rounds at the rumor mill. The email in question states that PSN accounts will be renamed to ‘Sony Entertainment Network’ or SEN accounts with the next software update due out on February 8th.
The email emphasizes that the change will be purely cosmetic:
For general purposes, this account change is a change in name only. Your username or password will not change, nor are we asking you to change them.
Additionally, the email goes on to mention that PSP accounts will not undergo a name change at this time while also outlining the reasons for this change:
This transition is based on Sony’s goal to enhance its unique digital entertainment offering. As a series of these activities Sony started last September, PlayStation®Network will be aligned with “Sony Entertainment Network.” This helps us get closer to our goal of establishing a global comprehensive network platform of services across games, movies, music and more, all accessible from one convenient account.
Not to be confused with SNE, SEN is the cross-platform Sony service that handles digital distribution of music, films, books, games and more. Up until now, the PSN has managed to keep a separate identity, despite sharing the same services, but that may be set to change.
Would you miss the PSN name, or does a different title for the online service not matter? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
25 Responses to “Sony to Rename PSN as SEN Next Week”
I just got the e-mail myself now. I don’t really care what they call it, as long as it works.
As long as it works and it’s faster.
hello …
I hope that it works, that its faster & someday will accept that on the Net, there is no ‘Zone’ !!!
I’m voting for a new ‘Internet Resident Civility’ … oh IRC already exists
well… have the right to dream …
cheers!
I’ve always thought that the video section of PSN needed better implementation. Hopefully, this name change is just the first step towards a more integrated service.
Yeah, the video section feels like an add-on. Which technically it is, but I feel they could’ve done a better job of implementing it. I don’t understand why there is a “downloads” section when you don’t have the option of downloading anything a second time. For example, I pre-download movies all the time so I don’t have to wait for them to buffer. I had two rented movies on my system that I didn’t watch. Then it YLOD on me so I lost the movies permanently. You should be able to redownload them as long as you haven’t watched them.
same here
Well I think it’s stupid that they’re wasting all this time, money, and effort on something that doesn’t really matter.
it’s just a name change, no mega effort involved so relax
“This helps us get closer to our goal of establishing a global comprehensive network platform of services across games, movies, music and more, all accessible from one convenient account.”
it does matter for sony
It matters to them because a typo for people to try to get information about SEN when they type too fast gets them SNE, which inadvertently makes people consider buying their stock.
And for a name change that you think no real effort is involved in, you have to look at the big picture. Think of all the money they’re spending on logos and coding all across the network.
Actually I think Xehanort is right here, Sony are trying to create the Sony Entertainment Network as a means to connect all their services together so it means you’ll now have a Sony Entertainment Network. It’s handy not only to Sony because they can manage everything all at the same time but for us as consumers as well because we won’t have to create multiply accounts if we have just one for all Sony’s services which is another benefit to Sony.
If it’s all differant services then we might only use one but now it’s much easier so there’s a bigger chance of people using Sony’s other services because it’s easier.
They could can call it whatever they want if they update the web browser. My PSP (1001) has a browser that is faster and more reliable than the PS3. As in it doesn’t freeze the PSP.
But who cares as long as people aren’t pirating and modding games?
I’m sick of it. I couldn’t care less about the name change, but the web browser should be listed separately on the box as a Non Feature or a Con or included in the warning.
As long as PSN cards work & the network still works, I have no problem with the change.
lol SEN “backwards” NES
hahaha.
I was thinking the same thing.
But the service as a whole will still be called PSN? Because if that’s so then I’m fine with that.
As long as everything else stays the same or is improved drastically, then Im fine
But it’ll sound weird to ask your friend for his “SEN” username. I’ll stick to saying PSN even if they change the name
Fine with me, makes sense considering Kaz just recently stated he wanted to merge the different departments of sony and this is a nice umbrella name to represent a service that isn’t just exclusive to Playstation game consoles.
Next stop Sony Reader Store
It’s no big deal…..might confuse some people.
I will still use the acronym psn, my only concern is sony merging psn in with the other sony services. If they get hacked will we be going through the same mess as last time.
i wish they would let me change my psn id as well
Now how about they fix the darn thing (psn/senwhatever)!
The countries which do not have a PSN Store get an error message when trying to log in ANYWHERE with their psn data! like the official forums, game sites (resistance, killzone and motirstrom) the first 2 are for stat tracking & commenting, but motorstorm you actually download and upliad liveries of cars…it’s like missing on half the game! Oh and also no GT5 remote racing.
This started after they got hacked, and has NEVER changed!
Could PSLS run a story on this?
There are millions of PS3 users who live and game in non-psn store countries, and they basically kicked us out and forgotten about us!
This seems so pointless. Why is it necessary to rename the network? I think it’ll just cause confusion for those who didn’t get the email or don’t read Playstation news. I think PSN sounds so much better than SEN. But whatever, they’ll do what they want. It just seems a dumb move. All games have Playstation Network written on them, so new ones will have Sony Entertainment Network instead…? That won’t confuse some consumers at all….
I just… don’t understand their reasoning for this at all.
Nothing new here. Same Sony’s bullshit over and over again.