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Best-answer: Sony’s purchase policies don’t allow retailers other than the PlayStation Store to sell digital game downloads. Because of this, you’ll need to buy a gift card if you want to give your friend a digital game.

How to buy a digital copy of a PS4 or PS5 game for your friend

Unfortunately, you technically can’t gift a digital copy of a game anymore, on PS4 or PS5. While this used to be an option, it’s no longer possible. Now, if you want to give a digital game to a friend, you’ll want to send them a PlayStation Store gift card so they can buy the game themselves. It’s far from ideal, but it’s the only real option. You can buy someone a physical game, but then you’ll have to ship it to them, and they can’t play it if they are using a PS5 Digital Edition. While inconvenient, if you truly want to buy a game for someone without them, a physical copy will be your only option.

Fortunately, if this is truly the way you want to do it, Sony continues to produce physical copies of a…

Best-answer: Sony’s purchase policies don’t allow retailers other than the PlayStation Store to sell digital game downloads. Because of this, you’ll need to buy a gift card if you want to give your friend a digital game.

How to buy a digital copy of a PS4 or PS5 game for your friend

Unfortunately, you technically can’t gift a digital copy of a game anymore, on PS4 or PS5. While this used to be an option, it’s no longer possible. Now, if you want to give a digital game to a friend, you’ll want to just send them a PlayStation Store gift card so they can buy the game themselves. It’s far from ideal but it’s the only real option. You can buy someone a physical game but then you’ll have to ship it to them and they can’t play it if they are using a PS5 Digital Edition.

Why can’t we gift digital games anymore?

Effective as of April 1, 2019, Sony disallowed retailers to sell full digital game download codes.

“We can confirm that as of April 1, 2019, Sony Interactive Entertainment will n…

The elaborate buyer’s guide and advice column for PlayStation 4

Not only is the PlayStation 4 a capable competitor on the market by itself, but the list of incredible games available for it is unrivaled. Some of us have been PlayStation fans from day one and some of us are only recently joining the family. Now that you have a PlayStation 4 you want to make sure you have all the best games, gears, and accessories.

With the PlayStation 5 on its way and set for a holiday 2020 release, the PS4 is nearing the end of its life cycle. But that also means a lot of you will finally be upgrading to the PlayStation 4 once it drops in price.

In this article, we are going to document all of the best products you can match to your PlayStation 4, how they improve your overall experience, and where you can buy them. Don’t stress yourself looking for all the answers online. We’ve found them all and put them all in one spot for you to easily access.

PlayStation 4: The complete troubleshooting guide…

The full immersion experience, where your physical world is replaced by the virtual one, has a lot to do with hearing sounds from all around you. Being able to hear from any direction is a big deal for you to know when to turn your head. If you can hear the real world too, it will just take away from the experience. The higher quality the headphones, the better the immersion is in the VR World. If you’re looking for headphones to upgrade the PSVR experience we’ve found the perfect options for you to consider.

Sony’s best

PlayStation Gold Wireless

Staff pick

These headphones support 7.1 surround sound, so you’ll never miss a thing. They also have an internal noise-canceling microphone to make sure your friends can always clearly hear what you’re saying when you play together. If you prefer a wired setup, these headphones rock a 3.5mm headphone jack, so you can plug them in physically.

$69 at Amazon
$100 at Best Buy

Runner up

COWIN E7 Wireless Headphones

These headphones wi…

Are you ready to take to the skies and shoot down enemies?

I’ve always wanted to know what it would be like to put my head inside of Iron Man’s mask. Anytime I watched the movies, I fell in love with the way the screen looked from the inside of his helmet. All the scanners, notifications, stats, and information displayed on the screen using an augmented reality view has always sparked my interest.

Now, it’s going to be something none of us have to dream about anymore. Iron Man VR is coming sometime this year as a PlayStation VR exclusive and I’m already at the edge of my seat.

Ryan Payton and his studio, Camouflaj, got permission from Jay Ong, the head of Marvel Games, to make an Iron Man game inside of a virtual reality (VR) headset. The team has been working diligently for a few years on this creation and the world is close to seeing it release to the public for play.

Are you ready to join this super secret boy band as Iron Man? Well, get ready!

Soaring high

Marvel’s Iron M…

Best-answer: Sony’s purchase policies don’t allow retailers other than the PlayStation Store to sell digital game downloads. Because of this, you’ll need to buy a gift card if you want to give your friend a digital game.

Digital goodies: PlayStation Gift Card ($10 at Amazon)

Why can’t we gift digital games anymore?

Effective as of April 1, 2019, Sony disallowed retailers to sell full digital game download codes.

“We can confirm that as of April 1, 2019, Sony Interactive Entertainment will no longer offer full games through SIE’s Global Digital at Retail program,” a PlayStation spokesperson told The Verge. “This decision was made in order to continue to align key businesses globally. To support full games and premium editions, SIE will introduce increased denominations at select retailers. DLC, add-ons, virtual currency, and season passes will still be available.”

Previously people were able to buy digital game codes through stores like Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop. Now, howeve…