Popular Post Aranea Highwind Posted December 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2020 The PS3, PSP, and PS Vita will all stop accepting payments through card and PayPal from January 1, 2021 in Europe due to the Revised Payment Services Directive which will go into effect. This means that the only way to purchase games will be with pre-paid wallet top-ups bought at retailers. This Directive from the European Union is a new requirement asking banks to have Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) applied to them, which the PS3, PSP, and PS Vita PlayStation Store’s don’t and won’t support. This means that all credit card payments and those made through a service such as PayPal will not be accepted. This will go into effect on January 1, 2020, in a number of regions and roll out over time to other members of the European Union. Once it has taken effect an error message will be displayed when trying to make a purchase with a card. And, these purchases will need to be made on the system, as the mobile and web PlayStation Stores do not support PS3, PSP, and PS Vita purchases. https://www.psu.com/news/ps3-psp-and-ps-vita-will-stop-accepting-payments-in-europe-through-card-and-paypal-from-january-1-2021/ 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaivRules Posted December 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2020 So you just can't pay directly in the store with those payment methods and you have to buy PSN credit through the app, browser or PS4+ and then use that credit to make purchases or go buy a PSN giftcard from a retailer and redeem it on your device. GO lax security requirements in the US! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted December 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2020 Even if the US did that, I only use prepaid because I’m paranoid 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvick_ Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 They shut off the psp store... why do they keep doing this lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxie_M0us3 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) While it’s less convenient, I support any country wanting to protect their citizens’ purchases. At least, you can still refill the account’s wallet via the usual ways, only it will be outside the consoles. Because my primary account is Canadian and I reside in Europe, if I want games, I pay digital pre-paid cards to refill my wallet and purchase content, across all platforms. Otherwise, I have a secondary local account and I pay with my local currency. Edited December 10, 2020 by MaxieM0us3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Baka_Marimo Posted December 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2020 Most of you are probably aware of this but it's noteworthy that you'll get more for your buck anyway if you buy a gift card from an online seller instead of purchasing the PSN credit directly from the PS Store. The exchange rate on the store is always 1:1. However many online sellers offer PSN Cards for less than they are actually worth, like € 50 of store credit for € 42.95. Here's an example for German PSN credit. I've been doing this for years and haven't had any issues so far. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elk_mistral Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 well just add credit on psn store with paypal and log on your ps3 or vita for buy stuff.. that change nothing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_Gorbatschow Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Baka_Marimo said: Most of you are probably aware of this but it's noteworthy that you'll get more for your buck anyway if you buy a gift card from an online seller instead of purchasing the PSN credit directly from the PS Store. The exchange rate on the store is always 1:1. However many online sellers offer PSN Cards for less than they are actually worth, like € 50 of store credit for € 42.95. Here's an example for German PSN credit. I've been doing this for years and haven't had any issues so far. if you are happy with what German psn store offers than you are fine , but if you like to buy on different countries because of weak currencies and inflation , then it will not help you. And not always is a psn card of that country avaible. Edited December 10, 2020 by Alex_Gorbatschow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WhoElseBut-Matty Posted December 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2020 for once brexit seems like a good idea 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_87 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) Well... i don't see it as a real problem. You could simply add funds from the web Store. Too bad you can't add a custom amount of money but whatever. Another step back though... we had to wait until 2019 to finally see the possibility to pay the exact amount for money for transactions worth less than 5 euros. Edited December 10, 2020 by Lance_87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 A mild inconvenience but any inconvenience is a sucky one 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikutai Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 No problem, I always pay with prepaid cards and that is the best and most comfortable and safest way to pay in the PSN store. 53 minutes ago, Baka_Marimo said: Most of you are probably aware of this but it's noteworthy that you'll get more for your buck anyway if you buy a gift card from an online seller instead of purchasing the PSN credit directly from the PS Store. The exchange rate on the store is always 1:1. However many online sellers offer PSN Cards for less than they are actually worth, like € 50 of store credit for € 42.95. Here's an example for German PSN credit. I've been doing this for years and haven't had any issues so far. That's illegal and very dangerous. Nobody sane would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadiochao Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 27 minutes ago, WhoElseBut-Matty said: for once brexit seems like a good idea Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xyleh Posted December 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2020 16 minutes ago, Sikutai said: That's illegal and very dangerous. Nobody sane would do that. I haven't paid full price for PSN cards for a decade. Guess I'm insane... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SnowxSakura Posted December 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2020 29 minutes ago, Sikutai said: No problem, I always pay with prepaid cards and that is the best and most comfortable and safest way to pay in the PSN store. That's illegal and very dangerous. Nobody sane would do that. What's illegal about it? People have been doing it for over 2 decades 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_Gorbatschow Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 34 minutes ago, Sikutai said: No problem, I always pay with prepaid cards and that is the best and most comfortable and safest way to pay in the PSN store. That's illegal and very dangerous. Nobody sane would do that. Sure you get for years in Prison doing that.... Seriously some people can be told everything and they spend more money than they have to because they are naive. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresquinho Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 49 minutes ago, Sikutai said: No problem, I always pay with prepaid cards and that is the best and most comfortable and safest way to pay in the PSN store. That's illegal and very dangerous. Nobody sane would do that. LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_87 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 53 minutes ago, Sikutai said: No problem, I always pay with prepaid cards and that is the best and most comfortable and safest way to pay in the PSN store. That's illegal and very dangerous. Nobody sane would do that. CDKeys is safe... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dry Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 This has already been the case in Australia for some time, at least for me the last time I tried to purchase a game from the console store about a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 4 hours ago, MaxieM0us3 said: While it’s less convenient, I support any country wanting to protect their citizens’ purchases. I can’t speak for European credit cards, but were a law like this to roll out in the US, I would think it protected credit card issuers more than anyone. Almost all cards in the US have zero liability for fraudulent purposes, and they make bank despite this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 they should do a permanent mark down on some games and DLC, DLCs on ps3 are expensive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 It's already bad enough they removed PS3/Vita content from the 'current' PS Store. Now they're limiting how you can purchase goddamn games!?!? Go physical people. If you have DLC content you want to buy and are interested in, BUY IT NOW. There's no telling how much longer it will stay up. Assholes. Looks like Steam is still the undisputed king in providing digital games at reasonable prices, on their clean and easy to use user interface. The all digital future, not looking so bright so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaivRules Posted December 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Spaz said: It's already bad enough they removed PS3/Vita content from the 'current' PS Store. Now they're limiting how you can purchase goddamn games!?!? Go physical people. If you have DLC content you want to buy and are interested in, BUY IT NOW. There's no telling how much longer it will stay up. Assholes. Looks like Steam is still the undisputed king in providing digital games at reasonable prices, on their clean and easy to use user interface. The all digital future, not looking so bright so far. You only read the headline and jumped to conclusions, didn't you? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallycrushed Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, Spaz said: It's already bad enough they removed PS3/Vita content from the 'current' PS Store. Now they're limiting how you can purchase goddamn games!?!? Limiting for security. It sucks but overall a good thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EqualityEarth Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Almost lost my marbles at the headline before realizing it’s only EU stores and I always had to use psn wallet cards in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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