Sony will no longer allow retailers to sell digital codes for games, add-on cards and PSN$ cards will remain

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abronn627 said:

V-r0cK said:
I never understood that, do people actually go to retail stores to buy digital codes for a specific game? Wouldn't buying a PSN card just do the same thing anyways?

I’ll give you some  contexts where buyers might want to use retail code.

They have games to trade and the game they want isn’t available in store, they can buy the digital code if they want to use the credit immediately.

The game they want is 80$, but in Canada, PSN cards are in the 20$ and 50$ range, they don’t want to buy for 90$ in cards and have a 10$ extra in their PSN, they rather buy the exact price.

This is not common, but it’s an example of situations where it might occur. 

Plus retailers can offer promos with trades and stuff for specific games, which usually includes digital copies. Like GameStop.

People won’t get these bonuses for generic PSN cards.