You may soon be able to change your PlayStation Network IDs

17 Nov 2016

Steve Wright

A future PlayStation 4 SDK may allow users to change their PSN IDs, it was discovered today.

Patch notes for a recent Unreal Engine 4 update detail PlayStation 4 SDK version 4.008.061, as spotted by NeoGAF user Kirbasin, suggest that’s where the potential new functionality lies.

The notes page suggest that Sony’s new developer recommendations will allow for a PSN ID change. That PSN ID, new or old, will point to a user’s account ID — the real item that assigns identity in the PlayStation Network.

This is all based on assumptions, of course; Sony has yet to confirm the highly sought after feature will be available.

We’ll keep you posted.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.