Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-34073381-20171224194129

This is a reply to the original question about changing your gamertag on PSN. It may be possible to do this in 2018.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sony-may-finally-let-change-045500644.html

As a software issue, it is probably not easy to do. The database would have to include your old gamertag so that PSN could maintain the relational database between you and your friends, while at the same time, linking your name to your accomplishments. 