As a Nigerian gamer that owns a Playstation, by now you will already know that Nigeria is not on the list of supported countries while registering for an account, thus making it even more difficult to purchase games from the PlayStation store using your Nigerian Bank Card or even a Nigerian PayPal account.
So here is how to fund your PlayStation network account that will enable you make your purchase directly from your PlayStation.
How to Get a prepaid PSN card
In order to get access to PSN, you need to get a prepaid card, Follow the steps below:
- Go to Offgamers.com (offgamers allows your to buy PlayStation cards that you can use to fund your PSN wallet)
- Register for an account
- Once you register, you will be asked to verify your account (feel free to use your Nigeria phone number, just ensure it works)
- Once you have been verified, now go to the PSN section of the website, and select the card with the amount of dollar you wish to buy (ensure that you are buying the card for the country that tallies with your playstation account address – i.e PLAYSTATION NETWORK CARD (US) for us address ).
- Now select buy, and complete the ordering payment process, you can make payment directly with your Nigerian PayPal account or your normal bank debit cards.
- Once order is completed, click on view order details and just wait for a minute or two.
- Now your code should appear and you will need to use within 20 minutes.
How to Load your Playstation Network wallet
- Now that you have your code from the above process. Login to store.playstation.com.
- At the top-right corner, highlight your username and select Redeem Codes.
- Then insert the code you got from the previous steps and click next.
- Once you click next and confirm, your wallet will be loaded with the exact value you bought via Offgamers.
Now you can go to your PlayStation, navigate through the PlayStation store, and you will see your account already has a funding with the exact value you have added via the codes.
Note: This method is not just for Nigeria, But works for everyone.