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Sony No Longer Selling Game Codes Through Retail Stores

Sony No Longer Selling Game Codes Through Retail Stores

The fate of third-party game retail stores has been uncertain for some time now thanks to first-party storefronts on the major game consoles and both Steam and the Epic Game Store for PC players. However, that's all about to change thanks to Sony. According to recent rumors and then Sony themselves, it appears third party retailers like GameStop or Amazon will no longer be able to sell digital game codes for PlayStation.

From WWG:

Sony has confirmed that it will no longer provide codes for digital PlayStation 4 games to be sold through retailers like GameStop and other stores. Consumers will still have some options when it comes to buying digital PlayStation products in these types of stores, but effective on April 1st, the only way to buy full, digital Play Station games will be by purchasing them through Sony's PlayStation Network store. The confirmation of this comes after earlier talks about the suspected policy change when a memo was sent to GameStop stores to inform them of the loss of digital game codes.

Twitter user and deal spotter Wario64 shared an image of an internal GameStop memo several days ago that first presented news of Sony's apparent policy change. The memo informed GameStop stores how the change would affect them and said the change only applies to the full games, not DLC. There were some exceptions to this policy that goes into effect such as the releases of Mortal Kombat 11 and Days Gone, both of which are releasing in April.

It appears that, going forward, players will only be able to purchase digital game codes through the PlayStation Network store. And that will likely hold true for the PlayStation 5 as well as the current-gen PS4.

That said, your favorite third-party game shop will still be able to sell you physical copies of games, if you don't mind storing the game discs.


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Madeline RicchiutoAbout Madeline Ricchiuto

Madeline Ricchiuto is a gamer, comics enthusiast, bad horror movie connoisseur, writer and generally sarcastic human. She also really likes cats and is now Head Games Writer at Bleeding Cool.
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