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Downloading purchased or free products

To use this feature, you must maintain your system to always have the latest version of the system software installed.


You can download (as a purchase or for free) products that are on sale online at (PLAYSTATION®Store). To use (PLAYSTATION®Store), you must first create a PLAYSTATION®Network account.

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Select (PLAYSTATION®Store) under (Network) in the home menu.
If you are not signed in to PLAYSTATION®Network, the sign in screen is displayed.

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Select the item that you want to download (as a purchase or for free) from (PLAYSTATION®Store). Detailed information on the item is displayed.

3.

Select [Add to Cart].
The selected product is added to the shopping cart. If the product is free, you can download it from here.

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Remove items from the shopping cart

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Items in the shopping cart

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The amount of funds in the wallet is displayed here.*
* May not be displayed depending on the browser in use.

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Continue browsing

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Proceed to checkout

4.

Proceed to checkout.
Select [Proceed to Checkout] to go on to the payment step.

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Make payment from the wallet.
After a purchase is completed, a confirmation message is sent to the sign-in ID (email address) of the PLAYSTATION®Network master account that is associated with the account purchasing the product.

Hints

  • Products available in (PLAYSTATION®Store) vary depending on the country or region. Note that you can only access (PLAYSTATION®Store) for the country or region of your PLAYSTATION®Network account.
  • For information on the types of products that can be downloaded (as a purchase or for free) from (PLAYSTATION®Store) and after-purchase services, visit the SCE Web site for your region.
  • If the sign-in ID (email address) is not correct (or is not a valid email address), the confirmation message will not be received. Use a valid email address when registering your sign-in ID. To change the sign-in ID, go to (Friends), and then select (Account Management) to make revisions.
  • Some downloaded content from (PLAYSTATION®Store) can only be used by devices activated by the PS3™ system such as another PS3™ system or a PSP™ system. To deactivate a device or to change settings, select (Account Management) under (Friends) in the home menu, and then select [Account Management] > [Activate System].

Network > Downloading purchased or free products