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Report: Sony No Longer Providing Full Game Digital Download Codes to Retailers

Report: Sony No Longer Providing Full Game Digital Download Codes to Retailers - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 May 2019 / 3,293 Views

Retailers will no longer be getting full game digital download codes from Sony for the PlayStation 4 starting April 1, according to a memo sent out to GameStop.

Digital games after April 1 will need to be purchased straight from the PlayStation Network. However, DLC and PlayStation Network gift cards will still be available.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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kirby007 (on 24 March 2019)

I dont get why you would wanna go to a store for a digital code in the first place

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StriderKiwi kirby007 (on 24 March 2019)

If you're already there for other purchases.

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kirby007 kirby007 (on 24 March 2019)

In that case id buy a real copy and not just the code or a psn card

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Azzanation kirby007 (on 24 March 2019)

Digital codes dont take up house space. Those that don't want or have room for cabinets

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kirby007 kirby007 (on 24 March 2019)

Azza in that case i repeat my first statement, just download it from psn

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Azzanation kirby007 (on 25 March 2019)

@Kirby What about those that don't like putting bank card info on consoles? There are reasons why some prefer other methods. Also cards make great gifts.

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VAMatt kirby007 (on 25 March 2019)

Gifting. You can at least hand someone a card, rather than say "I gifted you a game. Log in and check it out."

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VAMatt kirby007 (on 25 March 2019)

Also, you may want to pay cash.

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kirby007 kirby007 (on 25 March 2019)

Paying cash is probably the best reason yes, but as for gifting i would once again go for an actual copy

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Mr Puggsly (on 25 March 2019)

I think its more about cutting out the middle man, Sony wants people making game purchases directly from the PS Store.

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StriderKiwi (on 24 March 2019)

There's that Sony greed from 599 US dollar days cropping up again! Act right Sony, thanks to Google, next gen is already looking more competetive.

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Avro1958 StriderKiwi (on 25 March 2019)

How so? I mean could you not just go to the PSN store and buy the game? You have to enter a code anyway so why not just skip a step? Or are you worried that now you can't trade in your games towards digital codes? Could you just not trade it towards PSN credit? I really don't see how this is greed in anyway. I have never bought, seen someone buy, or know someone that bought a digital code for a game. The closest thing I EVER got was buying WoW time cards years ago.

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Avro1958 StriderKiwi (on 25 March 2019)

How so? I mean could you not just go to the PSN store and buy the game? You have to enter a code anyway so why not just skip a step? Or are you worried that now you can't trade in your games towards digital codes? Could you just not trade it towards PSN credit? I really don't see how this is greed in anyway. I have never bought, seen someone buy, or know someone that bought a digital code for a game. The closest thing I EVER got was buying WoW time cards years ago.

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pikashoe Bandorr (on 24 March 2019)

The first one obviously. Why would they sell them for anything other than profit.

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umegames Bandorr (on 25 March 2019)

Stores don't profit from digital cards, its all free revenue because the stores aren't paying a cost to have the cards. If anything the publisher is losing because they are pushing the cards (even though its cheap as dirt to produce) but they hardly account for sales at all. Every month at best buy i have to remove a ton of cards from our inventory, and we 95% of the time haven't sold any.

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