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Some people may not know this (I didn't until AmRoD told me in irc), but Sony allows users to share their games that they have downloaded via the PS3 Network shop with up to 5 other people for FREE. Thats right, 1 person who buys it can allow 5 friends to download the same game for FREE on their PS3 consoles and keep and play the game for as long as they wish. I have tried this with a friend and every game has downloaded and played perfectly on my console that he bought. The only 2 catches are that you can only share the game with 5 people and you can't share a share (meaning ONLY the person who bought the game can share it with others, someone who leeched it from a friend can't then turn around and give out their copy). First here is what Sony has to say about it:

Question: I purchased some downloadable game content on the PLAYSTATION®Network.  Part of the product description says the content can be used or downloaded on up to five (5) activated PLAYSTATION®3 system units.  What does that mean?

Answer: This means that the content that you purchased may be used by other users on an activated PLAYSTATION®3 system unit after you downloaded the content onto your PLAYSTATION®3 system unit.   Some content may require the user to have a PLAYSTATION®Network account, and other content may require you to have additional game content that may be sold separately.  For example, you may need to purchase a full game in order to use the character that you purchased on the PLAYSTATION®Network for the game.

Please review the use restrictions associated with the content you purchased.  The content may be played up on to 5 activated PLAYSTATION®3 system units at any one time.   PLAYSTATION®3 system units may be deactivated so that you can change which PLAYSTATION®3 system units are activated at any time.

Link to Official Playstation site: http://tinyurl.com/26u4vj

Here is how to do it (found this on another site after doing a Google search and it's how I did it):

*If you will be hosting a game share*

    You can use your own PSN ID if you have already purchased games and want to share them for money. For most sharing it's a pretty good idea to make a new PSN ID.

        * Go to the left side of the XMB and hit "Create New User". Make it any name you want.
        * Go to the right side of XMB. You will only have 1 option, to make a PSN ID. You will put in an E-mail address. Either put in one of your own, or make a new spam account on Yahoo Mail(recommended).
        * Your new PSN ID is ready to be used. Go through the normal steps for buying a PSN game.
        * After buying and downloading your new purchase go to the right side of XMB to account management. Select Account Management again.
        * Here, go to "Edit Billing Info" and remove all information. Then go to "Edit Account Info" and remove all that information. This is so that no one can get on this account and purchase other software on your dime. Use this if you don't personally know the people in your group.
        * Send username/password out to your friends.
       

    *If you are purchasing the game through a sharing host*

        * Go to the left side of the XMB and hit "Create New User". Make it any name you want.
        * Go to the right side of XMB. You will only have 1 option, to make a PSN ID. Select "Use existing account" and put in the info that was sent to you by the person hosting your share.
        * Now you should be able to get on the PS Store, and click on "Download List". In this list will be the downloads that have been made on the account. Whatever game has been bought on the account will be right there. Click download, and you're set.
        * Log off of the ID when you have finished and you can play the game on your regular ID!

    Tips:

        * A good trick is to change your password after everyone in your group is done downloading. That way they can't get back onto your ID unless you share with them again and give the new password out.

One thing the above does not mention is that you must download AND install the game while still logged into your buddies account. I ran into a problem where I downloaded the games and deleted the temp account with my buddies info and tried to then install the game, if you do this you will get a copyright error when trying to launch the game.

**According to AmRoD the PS1 games you can download from the PSN Store are also "shareable".**

[JAKETHESNAKE82]

awesome. I always wondered if this was true!

[bitblt]

I didn't know people could share PS3 downloads.  That is pretty cool stuff.

[Devil_Spawn]

thats the weirdest(coolest?) thing i think sony has ever done

[Hi]

thats the weirdest(coolest?) thing i think sony has ever done

No, that was when they supported homebrew. Wish Nintendo did that

[754boy]

thats the weirdest(coolest?) thing i think sony has ever done

I wish Micro$hit would do this . I often wonder why Sony allows this though. They would make a shitload more money if they didn't allow this 

[socket]

I wish Micro$hit would do this . I often wonder why Sony allows this though. They would make a shitload more money if they didn't allow this 

Meh, honestly, I doubt it.  The stuff I get from friends is generally the stuff I don't really want anyway.  I don't know the numbers or whatever, so you could be right... but i've grabbed mostly stuff like rock bands songs i dont really care about.