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PlayStation Network Cards (or Tickets) are prepaid cards used to buy PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable contents in the online PlayStation Stores. These PSN Cards (or Tickets) allow PlayStation Network users to fund their online "wallet" in order to purchase content without a credit card or e-money.
Many downloads on the PlayStation Store are free, but for premium content such as full version PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation classic games and some types of downloadable content to further the experience of a full-fledged title, PlayStation Network Cards can be purchased and redeemed to download a particular piece of content.
Each purchased content item remains available in the PSN user's PlayStation Store "Download List" under the form of a license for a later re-download or copy into five different PlayStation 3's.
Cards can be used in its local PlayStation Store country only. For example, a Japanese PSN Card cannot be used to buy contents in the United States PlayStation Store.
PlayStation Network Card/Ticket service was introduced in Japan as an alternative to Japan-only's Edy e-money system and to the credit card solution. Japanese PSN Tickets are available through electronic kiosks at 26,000 convenience stores.
200 Hong Kong Dollar PlayStation Networks Cards were available in Hong Kong in summer 2007. SCEH issues telephone card-like limited prints such as the Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection 3-card pack or the LocoRoco Cocoreccho! card, these are called "Special Collection" cards. PlayStation Network Cards are sold in PlayStation PartnerShop local retail stores or are bundled with some Blu-ray game discs.
SCEA announced that the cards would be available in Spring 2010.
Canadian PSN card were announced on June 2009.
UK PSN cards were released on the 2nd of October 2009 in the United Kingdom. They are now available for purchase in the UK.
