How the Developers of "Games with Critical Issues" Are Responding to PSN ID Changes

DualShockers contacted the developers behind several "games with critical issues" to see how they plan on responding to PSN ID changes.

[PhoenixUp]

It would suck to develop a game and have it be one of the games on this list.

Overall I still don’t think the risk is worth changing your PSN ID

[rainslacker]

It's 9 games on the list. 2 are older baseball games. I think the number of people affected isn't going to be huge given what the issues are with the game. A couple with clans or player progress maybe, but when you factor in that one not only has to still be playing these games regularly, or often enough to notice, AND want to change their name in the first place...I think the number of people that will have any issue is going to be rather small.

[DillyDilly]

Even Nintendo did name changing better

[CernaML]

Friend codes suck.

[DillyDilly]

We still can change our names with no issues & for free at that

[King_Noctis]

...which has nothing to do with changing name.

[Sono421]

Why even bring Nintendo into this? In terms of online they are still in 2001. Idc if I can change my name online if the service they provide is still horrible. One of the highest rated custom stages in smash is a stage simply saying "Fix Online" for a reason...

[FPS_D3TH]

Too bad everything else related to online is so weak comparatively.

[Imortus_san]

Just patetic from Sony.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

This makes me feel that we're never getting PS3 backwards compatability since Sony is just going to want to sweep all these issues under the rug as best they can. Sigh.

[Knushwood Butt]

Wasn't this supposed to cause mayhem on PSN?

[Silly gameAr]

You know how dramatic some gamers can be. Just check out a couple of the comments in this thread.

[Silly gameAr]

If it was what was easy for them, it wouldn't have taken them so long to implement it, and they wouldn't have given a damn about having a beta, and just roll it out. None of us know how much work it took just for them just to come up with the fix they did, and unlike you, I'm not going to pretend like I know.

And,Im sorry but, I don't take anyone that ends with "for the players" seriously, especially if they're trying to be taken seriously.

[rainslacker]

Build an entire new database.

And how exactly would that solve the issue when the games themselves still access the old database?

The issue is the structure of the old database, and the software written was written with the structure of that old database in mind.

Sony has enough skilled software and network engineers who know enough to not just half ass it. You say, "For as long as they've been working on it", and you think that they haven't considered numerous solutions? You think they picked what you think is the easiest route? Chances are, whatever the issue was that caused the original problems, this was the best solution they could come up with that would have the least amount impact on the end user.

9 games on the critical titles list. All of them still playable. At most, people will be inconvenienced by it. Only people that want to change their PSN name. It's not the end of the world, and within a few years, it won't even likely be an issue anyone thinks about anymore, except to dredge up for their silly fan boy arguments.

[Kabaneri]

Im just glad Im no longer theCODfather326 lol