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PlayStation Adds Apple Pay Support for PS4 and PS5 Store Purchases

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Apple Pay on the iPhone can be used for making PlayStation purchases on the PS4 and PS5, Sony confirmed today. The feature has been rolling out to PlayStation 5 users over the course of the last few weeks, but it is now available more widely and also on the PS4.

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The option to use ‌Apple Pay‌ is notable because it is a feature that works when you're making PlayStation Store purchases directly on a PS4 or PS5 from the television interface. To do so, add a game to your cart and then go to checkout.

In the checkout interface, select ‌Apple Pay‌. From there, the PlayStation will display an Apple payment code (essentially an Apple-designed QR code) that can be scanned with an iPhone or an iPad, with payment confirmed through biometric authentication.

Apple implemented support for this type of payment with iOS 18 last year. It also works for purchases on third-party browsers like Chrome and Firefox.

‌Apple Pay‌ is available alongside PayPal and traditional debit and credit card payment options on Sony's consoles, and using ‌Apple Pay‌ may be more secure and convenient than entering in a credit or debit card number.

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germanbeer007
12 months ago
Cool. Hate dealing with payment info on a TV.

FYI Playstation takes 15%-30% from all software released for PS5, including what you buy from Best Buy stores.

But it's not Apple, so no one is going to complain about lack of sideloading, including Tim Sweeney for some reason.
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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germanbeer007
12 months ago

That is because the cost required to host games/apps on PSN,XBL or Steam are way higher because of their size. Today average game size is around 35-40gb it costs far less than selling the game with UHD-BluRay disc. If you are trying to point out a scam take a look at Nintendo.
doubt it.
every single app developer on the iOS app store can distribute 70GB of resources per app.
if you took a look at every single app distributed since the inception of the App Store + their updates, it'll far exceed the total bandwidth of all playstation games distributed online across all generations. 1.8 million apps on the iOS app store + over a billion people + size of diffed updates.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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dumastudetto
12 months ago
This is great news and shows the value of utilising Apple's payment solutions to drive more sales while guarding against fraud. Anything that removes friction during the checkout process is good for business.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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meetajhu
12 months ago

Cool. Hate dealing with payment info on a TV.

FYI Playstation takes 15%-30% from all software released for PS5, including what you buy from Best Buy stores.

But it's not Apple, so no one is going to complain about lack of sideloading, including Tim Sweeney for some reason.
That is because the cost required to host games/apps on PSN,XBL or Steam are way higher because of their size. Today average game size is around 35-40gb it costs far less than selling the game with UHD-BluRay disc. If you are trying to point out a scam take a look at Nintendo.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Jeaz
12 months ago

Cool. Hate dealing with payment info on a TV.

FYI Playstation takes 15%-30% from all software released for PS5, including what you buy from Best Buy stores.

But it's not Apple, so no one is going to complain about lack of sideloading, including Tim Sweeney for some reason.
It’s been discussed before and Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo will stay safe for now since they are stores on single-purpose devices. Phones are much more widely used and thus important devices. Basically, you don’t need a console while a phone is a necessity today - thus the need for regulation.

Anyhow, this is excellent. One less place to have to rely on PayPal.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Ghost31
12 months ago
Yeah I bought doom dark ages when it came out and noticed Apple Pay was an option. Was like huh. Wonder how that works. Clicked it and it pops up a QR code you can with your phone which spawns the Apple Pay prompt. Whole thing took 2 seconds. Super seamless
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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