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Sony Computer Entertainment today announced that come November 18th, a rather large set of changes will be coming to their rights management for downloaded PlayStation 3, PSN, and PSP titles.

When the PlayStation 3 was first revealed, SCE boss Jack Tretton made a rather surprising announcement: downloaded games would be playable on up to five separate consoles, with the impression given that youd be able to share games with your friends.

On November 18th, that hardware limit will changefrom five playable systems to two. This change will also affect PSP digital purchases as well.


* Digital PSN games purchased after November 18th will only be playable on two PS3 consoles.

* Digital PSP games purchased after November 18th will only be playable on two PSP, PSPGo, or PS Vita consoles. This is across all three of those platformsso, for example, two PSPs, one PSP and one PS Vita, two PS Vitas, etc.

* All games purchased before November 18th will still fall under the old policy of being usable on up to five PS3 or five PSPs/PS Vitas.

This change will come along with a new service that Sony will be providing: An accounts website, where youll have full control over which of your hardware is registered and authorized to play your purchased games.