Here's a nifty feature some of you have been looking forward to -- an official way to display your PSN ID on various websites. Obviously, you will need to have a PSN account. You will also need to sign up for a PlayStation Underground account as well if you do not already have one. Linking to the two of them together will allow you access to the PLAYSTATION Network portable ID. The PSN portable ID "is a visual summary of your PLAYSTATION®Network account, including your Avatar, "About Me" message and Online ID." There is even an HTML code provided for you to display this information wherever you please.
You can also now access your Friend List via the PSU -- in addition to the information on their portable ID, you will see their online status. If online, you can view their comment/status and what game they are currently playing. If they are offline, you can see when they were last online. At this time, you cannot manage your Friend List via the PSU. So what are you waiting for? Link your accounts up here.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]














Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
7-14-2008 @ 7:38AM
The1stMJC said...
First one to do it now what?
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7-14-2008 @ 3:38PM
Lars said...
Whoopdeefreakindoo! I dunno... who cares about crap like this?
Sony, give us something actually useful like Skype on PS3 (available in-game) or something.
7-14-2008 @ 7:47AM
Pesico said...
Hope they do the same on the official eu forums aswell.
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7-14-2008 @ 11:19AM
stargateheaven said...
It's silly we could link our PSN IDs to the eu site AGES ago, but it didn't do anything.
7-14-2008 @ 5:39PM
Ves said...
I linked my PSN (EU) with it and it works. No issue (so far) with my EU link-up as well.
7-14-2008 @ 8:02AM
neilspinney said...
Well what do you know it not for us in europe!!
Tried Signing up but need a USA address - might just make one up and see if that works???
lol
chezzmarlon
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7-14-2008 @ 8:08AM
r-nice said...
It's not working for me. It just keeps giving me instructions on how to do it, even though i've already done it.
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7-14-2008 @ 8:08AM
crazypenguin said...
just linked up, very nice work sony the day before presentation, i can't wait to know what they are going to do tomorrow.
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7-14-2008 @ 8:10AM
The Aggie CEO said...
done........
now if they can get the trophies code up and running within the week that would be nice......
and I remember a while back they were talking about having to shut down the EU forums in order to do this........
if I recall correctly I didnt see any down time at all for this.......lol
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7-14-2008 @ 8:10AM
neilspinney said...
well it seems that I have linked accounts using a my address in the UK, but selecting USA address field for any blank fields!!!??
now just need to get the html code .........nice
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7-14-2008 @ 8:30AM
neilspinney said...
Yes got the html code!! time to play and up date our clan website!!
Team "TDB" come on!!!!
7-14-2008 @ 8:27AM
Ken Edwards said...
OK So I did it. So where is the site where I can see it, and where the heck can you get the HTML code for it?
One would think it would be in a FAQ. But then again this is Sony.
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7-14-2008 @ 8:31AM
warlock7 said...
It's on the page Ken...
http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Network/PID
7-14-2008 @ 8:34AM
Ken Edwards said...
OK so it took a few minutes to generate it. I see it now. However, I still do not see where you can see a web page that lists your friends list and their online/offline status.
7-14-2008 @ 11:23AM
Kspraydad said...
Ken needs spoon feeding....
Click on your name at the top of the page and along the left side you will see a link to your Friends List.
7-14-2008 @ 12:12PM
Ken Edwards said...
That or maybe those sets of links were not there this morning when I linked my accounts.
7-14-2008 @ 3:02PM
Mo said...
i got my money on:
Ken needs spoon feeding....
7-14-2008 @ 8:30AM
warlock7 said...
So,where's the "friends list"? Can't seem to find it... They talk about it on the page, but there doesn't appear to be a tab as described in the page...
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7-14-2008 @ 10:22AM
John Giotta said...
Look in "My Account". It located at the top.
7-14-2008 @ 8:33AM
shane said...
I tried to do it but when you try to access the page with the html code from a non-US server you get blocked. It's US only
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