Rumours doing the rounds on popular gaming forum NeoGAF suggest that Sony is on the verge of renaming the PlayStation Network to the much less palatable Sony Entertainment Network (or SEN).
A number of posters claim to have received the following email from Sony, which we’ll reproduce in full below:
On February 8, 2012, your “PlayStation®Network account” will be renamed a [b]“Sony Entertainment Network account” or a “SEN account” in conjunction with Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation®3 system software and PlayStation®Vita system software updates. (Note, this change will not be applied to the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system at this time.)
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. In accordance with this transition, some necessary naming changes will be made to the TOS and Privacy Policy.
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.
It’s been clear that Sony’s wanted to unite all of its networked services under a single umbrella for a while, but we’re not sure we’re so hot on this brand change. The PSN moniker has become synonymous with various facets of the PlayStation experience. To change it at this stage would just incur confusion.
Also, SEN is an awful acronym.
[source thesixthaxis.com]
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As long as it's just a name change, it's not a big deal.
I can see it happening sometime soon.
Why too late. Besides, SEN sounds lame. I prefer PSN.
That new name is sen-ful.
~went there~
I will still end up calling it PSN.
Blah. This is almost as bad as the Netflix/Qwikster thing. If you have an established brand, DON'T mess with the name.
Ok to say that video game companies suck at coming up with cool names.
Got this email 3 times, 1 each for US, EU and Hong Kong accounts (OK, I couldnt actually read the HK acount but it looked like the same email) so I'm guessing it's true. Noticably absent from everything I could read was any mention of PS+, which despite everybody on the internet calling it PSN+ has always been, as far as I can tell, PS - for Playstation - Plus, but I am wondering if they will rename it to SE+ sinc eit should work with Vita. And I agree, SEN doesn't sound as good as PSN, but on the other hand, SEN has never had a 1 month long outage along with a huge data breach, so you have to take the bad with the good.
The name may sound awful, but the changes that are going to be made is what should keep people excited. They will unite their smart TVs, PlayStation brand and probably their Sony Mobile brand with a single account. You will be able to access all of Sony's products with one account. Not that I own any Sony products besides PlayStation...
I don't see whats wrong with PlayStation Network, but this is cool and all. I think that Sony Computer Entertainment sounds cooler, but the acronym just doesn't sound right.
"Hey, what's your SEN ID?" ...nope, doesn't have the same ring to it.
I see the logic in it as Sony seems to be trying to push hard in the online-media network market. The name would rub me the wrong way for a couple of weeks but I'd get used to it I guess.
Still wish Sony would try and keep "Sony" and "PlayStation" a bit more separated and defined from one another.
remember when SEN was hacked? oh wait... that never happened. probably reason enough right there for them to consider this. i'm not really bothered, but it sounds somewhat lame. it's just a matter of getting used to it if it's true. i wonder what the logo will look like.
PSN sounded better...
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