PlayStation Network Card
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PlayStation Network Cards (or Tickets) are prepaid cards used to buy PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable contents in the online PlayStation Stores. These PSN Cards (or Tickets) allow PlayStation Network users to fund their online "wallet" in order to purchase content without a credit card or e-money.
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[edit] PlayStation Store
Many downloads on the PlayStation Store are free, but for premium content such as full version PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation classic games and some types of downloadable content to further the experience of a full fledged title, PlayStation Network Cards must be purchased and redeemed to download a particular piece of content.
Each bought content's remains available in the PSN user's PlayStation Store "Download List" under the form of a license for a later re-download or copy into 5 different PlayStation 3 due to copyright restrictions. PSN Card money cannot be transferred from a user account to another one, including on the same machine.
[edit] PSN Card regions
Each card can be used within its local PlayStation Store only. Example a Japanese PSN Card cannot be used to buy contents in the United States PlayStation Store. So far, there is not a card made available to Canada, Europe, or the United States. There is news that the cards were coming out early 2008. If you don't have a credit card, Visa or American Express gift cards work instead. It works similarly to a credit card, except it's pre-paid.
[edit] Japan
PlayStation Network Card/Ticket service was first introduced in Japan as an alternative to Japan-only's Edy e-money system and to the credit card solution. Japanese PSN Tickets are available through electronic kiosks at 26,000 convenience stores, including Lawson, Family Mart, Daily Yamazaki, Ministop and Sunkus. There are also 26,000 post office ATMs for use to pay for the cards, although registration is required first via a special mobile website. Four ticket models are available from 1.000 to 10.000 Yen.
| PSN Card value | Price relative to USD | |
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¥1.000 | $9 |
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¥3.000 | $28 |
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¥5.000 | $47 |
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¥10.000 | $93 |
[edit] South Korea
PSN Cards were made available in South Korea on PlayStation 3's launch date in June 2007. Six cards model exist from 3.000 to 50.000 Won.
| PSN Card value | Price relative to USD | |
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₩3.000 | $3 |
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₩5.000 | $5 |
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₩10.000 | $11 |
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₩30.000 | $32 |
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₩50.000 | $53 |
[edit] Asia
200 Hong Kong Dollar PlayStation Networks Cards were made available in Hong Kong in summer 2007. SCEH issues telephone card-like limited prints as the Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection 3-card pack (HK$30, 70 & 100)[1] or the LocoRoco Cocoreccho! card (HK$100)[2], these are called "Special Collection" cards. PlayStation Network Cards are sold in PlayStation PartnerShop local retail stores or are bundled with selected Blu-ray game discs. Taiwan and Singapore use the same regular card as Hong Kong with local currency though, respectively New Taiwan Dollar and Singapore Dollar.
| PSN Card value | Price relative to USD | |
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HK$30 limited | $4 |
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HK$70 limited | $9 |
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HK$100 limited | $13 |
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HK$200 | $26 |
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NT$800 | $25 |
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SG$40 | $28 |
[edit] North America
Supposedly, they were to release in Spring of 2008 in the form of $20 and $50 (USD) cards. While this is still possible, the release date is still not verified. Rumour is that it was supposed to be released on June 13, 2008. [3][4]
[edit] PAL areas
In the same way, the network cards are not available in PAL standard regions (Europe, Australasia, Middle East, etc.) where credit card remains the only way to buy PlayStation Store contents. However as with North America, in PlayStation 3 firmware update 2.0, the option was made available from the Transaction Management menu. "Tickets" code system is replaced by an upcoming feature known as "Promotion Code".
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[edit] External links
- PlayStation 3 PSN Card official website, Japan
- PlayStation 3 PSN Card official website, Korea
- PlayStation 3 PSN Card official website, Hong Kong
- PlayStation 3 PSN Card official website, Taiwan
- PlayStation 3 PSN Card official website, Singapore
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