I don't play ps3 often, so I have a profile to separate my saves from my husband's but no PSN account. However, I'm quite enamored with Bioshock Infinite and I'm excited for the upcoming DLC "Burial at Sea". If my husband purchases the DLC, will I be able to play it in my profile? Or will we need to purchase two copies? Will this change if I sign up for PSN?
(Inspired by I have DLC and want 2 PSN accounts, but I didn't see any question covering this particular use case on the site already.)
Best Answer
As long as you never create a PSN ID for your other profile, there should be no problems and you will not have to purchase multiple copies. If you sign up for a PSN ID for that user, then you could still play with that DLC, but at the risk of violating the Terms of Service and possibly getting accounts banned.
Content downloaded onto an activated console is accessible to all users on the same console as long as the console is activated with the owner of the content's PSN ID. Some content specifically prohibits this.
Content is not shared in the store across PSN IDs and only the account that purchased the content will have the ability to install the content. To share content across accounts, simply have the owner of the content activate the console on their account and install the content on the same console.
For content purchased prior to November 18, 2011, you were allowed to have that content on up to 5 PS3s, and content purchased after November 18, 2011 is only allowed to be installed and activated on up to 2 PS3s.
Sharing across multiple PSN IDs violates the TOS and some users have been banned for it.