You can use your real name on PlayStation 4 at launch, but aliases are OK too

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/10/sony-ps4-ui2-lead.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/23/Sony-PlayStation-4-real-names-psn/)Earlier this year at the PlayStation 4's (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/11/lets-take-a-closer-look-at-the-playstation-4-dualshock-4-and-p/) coming out event (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/liveblog-sony-playstation-4/), Mark Cerny (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/28/playstation-through-the-years-mark-cerny-on-the-ps4s-roots-and/), the system's lead architect, announced that gamers would be able to use real names on (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/29/playstation-4-friends-list/) PlayStation Network (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/11/ps4-video-shows-off-ui/). Today, Sony re-confirmed that news to Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/ps4-will-let-you-use-your-real-name-online-at-launch-1450778220), stating that it will be available as an option at launch, although gamers can still opt to elect an alias. The move clearly highlights a different, more social direction for PSN, which up until now has just been a digital storefront. Apart from live video streaming capabilities (http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/20/sony-playstation-4-twitch-gameplay-livestreaming/), we don't have many more details about Sony's planned evolution for PSN, but we do know that,unlike Microsoft and its Xbox One (http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-wont-let-you-use-your-real-name-online-at-lau-1446353062), gamers won't have to wait to unmask themselves online. For its part, Microsoft does intend to let gamers use real names within itsFriends app (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/14/xbox-one-friends/), but that option isn't set to go live until sometime after next month's Xbox One release.
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