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- You can have multiple “users” on one PS3
- Each user has their own:
- Theme & background settings
- Save data for PS3 games & software
- Trophies
- Friends list & messages (when associated with a Playstation Network account)
- All users share:
- Saved data for PS1/PS2 games
- Games in the Game menu
- Everything in the Image, Music, and Video menu
- Not password protected
- Each user can be associated with one Playstation Network account.
Playstation Network (PSN) Accounts
There are two types of PSN accounts: Master and Sub. Both types have these properties:
- Password protected
- Online ID (nickname)
- Access to online community & Playstation Store
- Mailbox for sending & receiving messages to other accounts
- Trophy collection that can be viewed by friends
PSN accounts do not cost anything to create and there is no subscription fee. An account is required to play games online.
Eligibility requirements for master accounts and sub accounts vary depending on the country or region of residence.
For details, read the Terms of Service for your region.
PSN Master Accounts
These are standard accounts. You need to be a certain age (generally 18 or older) to create a master account. With one you can:
- Use a “Wallet”–add billing information to make purchases on Playstation Store
- Associate (manage) up to six sub-accounts
PSN Sub Accounts
Sub-accounts (“subordinate accounts”) can be used by anyone, including children/minors. They are assigned to a master account (e.g. of the parent/guardian) therefore a sub account can not be created without an existing master account.
Some games are known to prevent sub-accounts from playing online (offline works fine), despite the user being a reasonable age and having the consent of the parent. If you are creating an account for your child and will allow them to play games online and do not need to control their actions, it would be advised to create a Master account for them.
- The associated Master Account has the following control (Parental Control Settings) over the Sub Account:
- Finances
- Some voice/video chat restrictions
I got my PS3 and the game Modern Warfare 2 about a month ago. I mmidetely began playing the campaign and beat it so i then moved on to online. My borther had been playing online instead of campaign and I wanted to play online now too. He already had his account set up and didne want me – his sister- to mess up his stats. I then mad e my own user and my own PSN account and went to log in. A message saying that I cannot log in due to parental resttrictions appears when I attempt the online play log in on modern warfare 2. So I went in and changed all the parental control restrictions to “off” and the message still appears. I went to the security tab under settings to do so. Am i in the wrong place or missing something? Do i need to go throught the game or the PSN tab? What do I do to fix this and not have to watch my bro enjoy online while i sit and watch?! thanks
EA doesnt allow sub accouts online it sucks. I had the same problem.
how do i play online on a sub account without a master account i am trying to get trophies for online games but i cant because i always get a message saying this account cannot go online or something i do not have master account but if i was to make one would i be able to remove online parental control restrictions
so, I guess there’s no way to make my user account files private.
OK, I posted quite a while ago about not being able to play Kill2one 2 (R16) online due to age restrictions. I’m a gamer who likes the trophies but about 50% of them are online. And i really feel the need to get Platinum trophies.
So I figured I might create a new account with a fake age (as you do), but then remembered that I can’t transfer trophies.
So, my brother who has his own PS3 and who’s PS3 I created my account on first (So mine being the sub-account and his being the master-account), went looking on the net on how to change it. It said that there was an option in between the two options that are already there. And seeing as it’s not there we were wondering if it was to do with where we lived. We live in New Zealand.
So my questions are:
1. Can the master-account change the age allowance of online play for sub-accounts?
2. Is the failure to change the age allowance due to where we live?
3. Is there any possible way to play games that have a age restriction limit over my age online without losing my already, hard-earned trophies?
“It said that there was an option in between the two options that are already there.”
In talking about this I meant the Parental Control Section on the Master-Accounts.
I’ve heard that parentalcontrols has nothing to do with onlinegaming. In online the account MUST have an age higher than what the game is rated or else it doesn’t work at all (atleast not with my Mirror’s edge)
actually you can play modern warfare 2 even if you are 10 or something
if i were too restore my ps3 to default could i stillget my online account back