Sony have updated their policies and will allow players to activate up to three portable devices with their PlayStation Network account. This change will primarily affect new games (Which are counted as post November 17, 2011) that are still running on your Vita or PlayStation 3, bumping up the number of devices such games can be on from two to three.
This change doesn’t affect the PlayStation 4 directly, but does mean that streaming stuff from it to your Vita or swapping from Vita to Vita TV is made a little bit easier.
| Bought timing | Before November 17, 2011 | After November 18, 2011 | ||
| Devices | PS3 | PSP/PS Vita/PS Vita TV | PS3 | PSP/PS Vita/PS Vita TV |
| Game | 5 units | 5 units | 2 units | 2 units -> 3 units |
| Video | 1 unit | 3 units | 1unit | 3 units |
Games that were bought before November 17, 2011 will remain at a total of five different activated systems, while video will continue to remain linked to one PlayStation 3 account or up to three portable devices such as the Vita, PSP and Vita TV.
If you need some help with activating or deactivating systems you can follow the video guide above, or read a step-by-step here.
