PlayStation Network is apparently getting a quiet rebrand, and almost no one has noticed. The overarching name for all things online on PlayStation consoles, PlayStation Network (or, colloquially, PSN) refers to its monthly subscription service for online play, plus the servers and services thereof.
But, as previously noted by Insider Gaming and brought back into circulation by Reddit poster nolifebr, Sony is gradually transitioning from the "PlayStation Network" branding into just... PlayStation. The rebrand was apparently announced in an email sent by Sony Interactive Entertainment to developers earlier this month, but changes are now beginning to pop up for consumers.
According to nolifebr, the PlayStation-only branding has begun to rear its head. The official (former) PlayStation Network status page, which players can use to check the functionality of PlayStation's online services, now simply describes the "PlayStation" status, before breaking it down into specific categories like account management, gaming and social, and PlayStation Video, another name we haven't thought about in a long time.
Branding changes are also visible on the PS5's connection status page, and in the PlayStation Terms of Service, which once referred to "account[s] for PlayStation Network," but now references "account[s] for PlayStation." The PSN name is...
