PlayStation Store Now Accepts Apple Pay, Gamers React With Mixed Emotions

PlayStation has opened up a thrilling opportunity for the convenience seekers of gamer land by announcing Apple Pay as a payment method in the PlayStation Store. You remember those mad moments of hastily swiping your credit card during flash sales? Well, gone are the days of those nail-biting seconds: it is now a matter of tap-and-pay while your game starts downloading even before you get to second-guess the purchase. Of course, player opinions are right across from the expected spectrum. Some are elated; others look on skeptical; some are already weeping over their bank statements in the near future.

The announcement was made through PlayStation’s verified Twitter account while linking to the support page on exactly how Apple Pay works on PS4 and PS5. The flow of the process is so simple: it really counts a few clicks. If you already have it set up, then it is just the briefest of moments where you link your account for payments via Apple Pay, verify payment with Face ID or Touch ID, and boom: no more card entry, billing set record to be declined because the card address was not updated, or stuff like that! Very many of these gamers seem to consider such an easy procedure to be a bit too easy.

@SlayzzUK provided a wicked summary of what everybody is scared of: “Just got a PS5, please delete this feature, I’m never going to financially recover from this if games are this easy to buy.” And honestly? Mood. @EmmaRender3, with another laughing-with-tears emoji duo for emphasis, responded: “That is dangerous for me 😂😂🥹.”

Not-so-happy gamers are diverse in their gripes, some questioning their own player’s security track record-downright: “Never trust payment info with ps, NEVER.” While elsewhere, @ChrizTaylor-dismayed for content-change-more than changes in currency-admires: “When are we gonna be able to change region? Or let us pay with PayPal from another region.. What year is this?”

That sort of woke celebration would not be complete without people wishing for more. @malcolm_rfc pondered: “What about Google Pay and adding YouTube Music to the Spotify and Apple Music options?” while @Sgtmaverick__ added: “Time to add discord share screen👍.”

What really is bothering everyone—is this for subscriptions as well? For example, does it work with PS Plus? @87dreno indeed mentioned the article only comments on the one-time purchases, so recurring payments being up in the air.

This, however, will definitely be a huge stride forward toward easier digital purchases for PlayStation and Apple Pay. Is this going to be good for your wallet? Eh, up to you. Maybe try set a limit on what you’ll spend before they find you during the next sale.