“You can send that content to four other friends for that initial investment.  We want to get the game in as many hands as possible," said SCEA president Jack Tretton, in an interview long passed. “It’s not about generating profits at each and every interaction with the consumer.  I think that really offsets the argument that says, ‘Wow, that’s a really pricey system.’"

My how the times have changed.  Indeed, the PS3 was a 'really pricey system', but that's now a thing of the past - and so are PSN accounts on 5 active systems.  Sony has updated the PSN terms of service to only allow a single PSN account to be active on 3 different machines, two less slots than previously allowed.  This will affect not only users that share games, but also PS3 owners who have owner one or more PS3 consoles in their lifetime.

The new TOS reads as followed:

"In-game items or content that you have purchased may be downloaded from PlayStation®Store. Pursuant to the particular terms of use that govern a specific in-game item or content you have purchased, you may use that item or content on up to three (3) different PlayStation®3 systems that have been activated for your account. You may deactivate or activate specific PlayStation®3 systems, as long as the maximum activated number of PlayStation®3 systems for your account at any given time is three (3)."

So what do you think about Sony's new TOS, especially in regards to their previous comments advocating game sharing?

[Update - Sony has responded to this, saying it's just a typo and that 5 is still the magic number.