Is there any other way to buy digital PS3 or PS Vita content?
You can also add funds to your wallet by redeeming a PlayStation Store gift card. To add funds to your wallet using a credit card or debit card, PayPal or other available payment method:ġ) Access PS Store via your desktop computer, mobile device, PS4 or PS5 console.Ģ) Use a credit or debit card, PayPal or other available payment method to add the minimum amount required to your wallet to cover the cost of the content you want to buy. You can add funds by redeeming a PlayStation Store gift card via your PS3 or PS Vita, or by using a credit or debit card, PayPal or other available payment method using a desktop or mobile device, or a PS4 or a PS5 console. Should you wish to buy digital content for your PS3 or PS Vita, you must first add sufficient funds to your wallet. Starting October 27th, 2021, you can no longer use a credit or debit card, or a payment method such as PayPal, to buy digital content or add funds to your wallet when visiting PlayStation™Store on your PS3 or PS Vita. Here’s the full text of a change to PS3 and Vita store purchases that just landed in my inbox: It turns out, there’s a catch: while purchases will continue on those systems for the forseeable future, from October 27, the only way to top up your store wallet through the consoles themselves will be with prepaid cards, for credit cards, debit cards, and PayPal, you’ll have to use visit the PlayStation Store in your browser, PS App, PlayStation 4, or PlayStation 5 to top up your wallet, and then go back to the old system to make the purchase. The backlash was enough to make Sony reverse the decision, with President Jim Ryan admitting that “it’s clear that we made the wrong decision here” and promising that PS3 and Vita digital sales would continue for the foreseeable future.
Unsurprisingly, it sparked a lot of blowback-despite their age, both systems still have passionate and active user bases, and a lot of the games and DLC available for them are only available digitally.
Earlier this year, Sony made the extremely unpopular announcement that it would be closing the digital stores for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, removing any way to buy digital goods for those systems.
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