Sony will no longer sell digital games through third-party shops. The company confirmed this in an official statement.
Who is affected? All full versions of games that could be purchased in digital form, meaning with a code, will soon disappear from third-party shops. However, things like season passes, in-game currency, or DLCs will still be offered in these shops.
We will show you Sony’s complete statement and explain what will change for you.
This is how Sony explains this step
This is what Sony says: The platform issued a short statement explaining how things will proceed in the future:
We can confirm that Sony Interactive Entertainment will no longer offer complete games for retail starting April 1, 2019. This decision was made to continue the global alignment of key businesses. To support complete games and premium editions, larger allocations will be introduced at select retailers. DLC, add-ons, virtual currency, and season cards will continue to be available.
Source: Eurogamer
What changes for you? If you want to buy a game digitally now, you will have to do so directly through the Playstation Store. If you’ve been buying games on Sony platforms through third parties, this will soon no longer be possible.
Until April 1, there will still be virtual sales in third-party shops. After that, you will have to switch to the PS Store.
Why is this being done? In their statement, Sony only mentioned that they want to align their key businesses globally. What that exactly means can only be guessed. However, for the player, not much will change, except that you will have to switch shops.
There are also numerous free games in the PS Store. We will show you the best of them:
