{"id":1417,"date":"2022-03-13T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T14:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/13\/how-to-change-your-playstation-network-username\/"},"modified":"2022-03-13T14:50:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T14:50:41","slug":"how-to-change-your-playstation-network-username","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/13\/how-to-change-your-playstation-network-username\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change your PlayStation Network username"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It wasn\u2019t always easy to change your PlayStation Network (PSN) account name. Actually, it wasn\u2019t until April 2019<\/a> that Sony allowed account holders to do it at all. Now, each account is allowed to change its username once for free. Any changes after that come at a cost: $4.99 if you\u2019re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, or $9.99 for everyone else.<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019ve outgrown your username or you simply want to change it, we\u2019re going to walk you through the process. However, there are a couple of warnings to run through first. <\/p>\n

If you mostly play newer games (specifically, games released after April 1st, 2018), Sony says that you shouldn\u2019t encounter many, if any, issues with the username change since those games were developed to support this feature. But if you still enjoy games from earlier in the PS4 era, that\u2019s another story. Sony has created a list of games with known issues<\/a> that you might encounter if you change your username.<\/p>\n

Right before you change your name, Sony will prompt you with numerous ways that some of your precious game save data might be affected, whether it\u2019s stored locally or in the cloud:<\/p>\n