Can I use my online PS4 profile on 2 accounts?

[Strange King]

I have one PS4 in my living room where i have all my downloaded games but im getting another one for the bedroom. I want the downloaded games and to play online in my room if i want.

Do i have this option or am i going to have to buy another year subscription?

 

[rikwebb]

Pretty sure your ps plus is tied to the account not the console so you should be good.

This might be able to help

https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/271690/can-2-ps4s-log-in-to-the-same-psn-account

Think a few people have two consoles with the same account. Just make sure you save your savegames to the PSN storage so you can play the same games but not have to start again on the new console

 

[UL]

should be able to

i remember years ago you could download a game or map packs 4 times

we used to take it in turns buying the DLC
and use each other login to download the DLC to our PS3 then sign out and sign back in with our own accounts

 

[Madmick]

Yes, this is the advantage of the cloud over physical media.

If you only own the game on disc, then you are restricted to the disc. If you bought the game digitally, you can download it to any device. Sony's safeguard feature is that you will only be able to access and play that game while signed into your account on that PS4. Once you sign out and sign into another account you can no longer access it even though it resides on the machine. Keep in mind that you can only be signed into that account on a single machine at any given time.

Otherwise, you could simply walk over to a friend's house, sign into your account, download a game, and then your friend would have it.

In essence, they've shifted the licensing structure from machine to cloud account. In the past if you wanted to install software on multiple machines you had to pay a premium depending on how many machines, and that model still exists for almost all software in the business and education sectors, but now they enforce it through a commercial licensing subscription plan rather than digital signatures-- "product keys"-- tied to individual machine installations that wouldn't allow you to copy the software to other devices; this is why you can clone Windows to another hard drive, for example, but not to a new computer (they get you with the motherboard). For example, with Adobe, you will purchase a commercial plan in the most sensible bracket (ex. 10-50 machines), and now you can download and access online cloud services from that many different machines tied to the corporate account.

But digital signatures was never that effective, so the Cloud is great for software developers. If you don't protect everything behind a cloud-wall in 2018 your client will screw you. Count on it:
US Navy denies it pirated 558K copies of software, says contractor consented

Let the irony of that headline sink in...

 

[method115]

Yes, this is the advantage of the cloud over physical media.

If you only own the game on disc, then you are restricted to the disc. If you bought the game digitally, you can download it to any device. Sony's safeguard feature is that you will only be able to access and play that game while signed into your account on that PS4. Once you sign out and sign into another account you can no longer access it even though it resides on the machine. Keep in mind that you can only be signed into that account on a single machine at any given time.

Otherwise, you could simply walk over to a friend's house, sign into your account, download a game, and then your friend would have it.

In essence, they've shifted the licensing structure from machine to cloud account. In the past if you wanted to install software on multiple machines you had to pay a premium depending on how many machines, and that model still exists for almost all software in the business and education sectors, but now they enforce it through a commercial licensing subscription plan rather than digital signatures-- "product keys"-- tied to individual machine installations that wouldn't allow you to copy the software to other devices; this is why you can clone Windows to another hard drive, for example, but not to a new computer (they get you with the motherboard). For example, with Adobe, you will purchase a commercial plan in the most sensible bracket (ex. 10-50 machines), and now you can download and access online cloud services from that many different machines tied to the corporate account.

But digital signatures was never that effective, so the Cloud is great for software developers. If you don't protect everything behind a cloud-wall in 2018 your client will screw you. Count on it:
US Navy denies it pirated 558K copies of software, says contractor consented

Let the irony of that headline sink in...

lol that headline. This is one of the things I hate more than anything about working with a lot of companies. When I try to tell them they need to buy more licenses for office\windows\server and they try and tell me to just proceed and will take care of it later. Then the inevitable aduit comes and they want to come down on me for not taking care of this.

Even had one ex-client try and blame me after they had already left our company as their IT provider. Luckily I delete nothing and save everything. We forwarded their lawyers all the communication including the client saying "Just get it installed I don't care about the license" as well as them denying multiple PO's to buy the required licenses.

 

[rikwebb]

Once you sign out and sign into another account you can no longer access it even though it resides on the machine. Keep in mind that you can only be signed into that account on a single machine at any given time.

Otherwise, you could simply walk over to a friend's house, sign into your account, download a game, and then your friend would have it.

You can access it from other accounts on the console. I have a couple of games on my PS4 for when my youngest brother comes over and he plays them on his account. Also theres a number of people who have accounts covering different regions for buying/getting games they can't necessarily get on their home region store so they can play them on their main account. I have a US account set up for when Humble Bundle do the PS4 runs.

 

[Wariowokecancel]

I have one PS4 in my living room where i have all my downloaded games but im getting another one for the bedroom. I want the downloaded games and to play online in my room if i want.

Do i have this option or am i going to have to buy another year subscription?

Why not play your PS4 off a laptop in the bedroom?