Sony often forgets to tout the coolest features on their systems.  The new PSP, for example, can hook up to your TV.  If you own a PSP and a PS3, you can stream videos and certain games to your handheld unit from anywhere in the world.  But the biggest feature that nobody seems to know about?  You can share downloadable content on up to 5 seperate PS3 units.  Loosely translated this means that almost any downloadable content you purchase can be shared with 4 friends, no strings attached.

Now before you jump the gun and cry “PIRACY!,” this isn’t some sort of hack or illegal trickery.  As a matter of fact, Sony encourages it.  In a 2006 interview with Wired magazine, SCEA President Jack Tretton went on record about the feature: “If a player logs into his PlayStation 3 account on a friend’s system, he can download any game he has already purchased. You can send that content to four other friends for that initial investment … We want to get the game in as many hands as possible.”

Now that we have that out of the way, on to the nitty gritty!  First things first — you need to have one or more friends that own a PS3.  You have two basic options.  You can either A) share your own PSN ID with friends you trust or B) create a new PSN ID for a group of friends to share.  With A, you’ll likely be sharing the games you and your friends have already purchased with each other.  With B you can set up a PayPal acct and all chip in to make group purchases of single titles.  Whichever route you choose, the rest of the steps will remain the same.

Step 2 is as easy as can be.  Create a new identity on your PS3, and then proceed to the Playstation Store.  You’ll be asked if you want to set up an acct or use an existing one.  Choose existing and put in the PSN ID info from your friend/group.

Step 3?  Enter the PlayStation Store and choose “Download List.”  It’ll bring up a list of all items purchased/downloaded on that acct.  Pick whatever you’d like and start downloading!  Once the downloads are done you can log back on to your original identity and  the games will all be there on your games list.

Now you’re all set to enjoy a cornucopia of games that you might not have otherwise bought!  However – a few things of note.  First up — it’s not so much that the games are shareable on 5 consoles as it is that your download list is shareable on 5 consoles.  That means that you’re not going to want to handing out your PSN ID willy-nilly.  Make sure you’re trading info with a friend you trust and will be able to share with down the road.  Oh — and that trust thing?  Your PSN ID tends to save your credit card info for your convenience so if you’re not sure you want to trust someone with that you’ll want to go in and remove it before sharing.   Finally, it should probably be noted that not everything is shareable.  So far bigger titles like Warhawk and Gran Turismo 5 can only be played on the one console.  While Sony likes increasing the exposure of its smaller titles (hence the sharing feature) it’s bigger guns bring in the money, and they know it.  Luckily those titles are generally well worth the money and since you’ll be saving so much on the smaller items there’s no reason these should break your bank when they come up.

So there you have it!  Everything you ever wanted to know about game sharing but were afraid to ask.

Thanks twenty47 for posting this freebie on the foru 🙂
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Order a free trial issue of Herizons Magazine, a well-written political women’s magazine from Winnipeg, MB.

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Matchstick, Canada’s Word of Mouth marketing company, is looking to hook up a limited number of qualified individuals with the latest portable entertainment device from our client. We are specifically looking for bloggers or individuals with a social networking page who are highly sociable and connected and currently own and frequently use an MP3 player.

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Thanks Ginger for suggesting this Under Jams freebie!

Pampers’ new underpant just launched and they’re giving away free samples of the product, Under Jams Night Wear. They’re claiming it’s better than Goodnites underpants.
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So Nine Inch Nails released yet another album available completely free to download, The Slip. I even was downloading it over 500 kB/s!! Amazing stuff here. They’re even using bit torrent with their own tracker to get the higher quality releases out to fans. Innovation people. It’s for the fans according to the download page. A physical release will happen in July, thankfully. Although I’m starting to really not care about CDs now, but I do love to hold something physical, not sure why.

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Complete a Father’s Day survey at the Best Buy Canada Reward Zone and get 50 points free.  You will only see the survey when you login.

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Any gamer worth his weight in salt has probably traded a game or two in his day. But why trade games in at your local EB or Blockbuster for a fraction of the price they’ll sell them for? Why not get the value a game’s really worth? Maybe it’s time you checked out Goozex.

Goozex is an online video game trading community. The way it works is pretty simple. You post a list of the games you want to get rid of and the games you want to own. As people request your games and you send them out you get points. These points in turn can be spent on games you want from others. Simple, no?

ANd the best part? You can get a free game right off the bat without any trades whatsoever.

Goozex offers 100 free points just for signing up, and there are literally hundreds of games on the service available for that price! The best of the best for 100 points is probably Daxter for the PSP. It has an average score of 85% on Metacritic, and most everyone I know whose played it says it’s easily one of the best titles on the system.

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RBC is having a promotion similar to TD Bank’s iPod promo last year, except that the freebie is a laptop, not an iPod.

Open an RBC Signature No Limit Banking account and get a free Asus Eee PC 2G Surf Laptop from RBC.

Qualifying Steps:

Open a new RBC Signature No Limit Banking  account or RBC VIP Banking account between May 1 and September 12, 2008 and complete the following steps by October 31, 2008.

1. Use CustomSwitch to transfer your account balance and any pre-authorized payments from another Canadian financial institution.
2. Transfer or set up at least two pre-authorized payments from your new account.
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4. Select paperless statement option on your new account.
5. Pay at least one bill through RBC Royal Bank Online Banking from your new account.

Once you qualify

RBC will contact you via mail at the address in their files when you have met all of the required criteria. A confirmation number will be provided for you to confirm your shipping address and language of choice.

You must keep your account open until at least December 2008

Evaluation of this Promo

For a signature account there is a monthly charge of $13.95.

Let’s say you sign up immediately in May. You must keep your account open until at least December 2008. That’s 8 months.  i.e. $13.95 x 8 months = $112

The Asus Eee PC currently costs $299. You’ll end up paying $112 for it instead which is an awesome deal. Of course the whole process is a pain and a waste of time and if you value your time you may decide against it.

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