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  • BigHairyBear 27 Mar 2011 18:30:16 118 posts
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    My son is getting a Playstation 3 for his birthday next week and wants to play games online, so will be setting him up with a PSN Network Account...is this needed to play online and if it is, do I really have to use a credit card when setting up account? He'll want to download Demo's etc...but don't really want the lil bugger buying stuff online with Dad's card...

    A friend's kids play online on theirs and he doesn't think there's a card on their accounts...

    Thanks in advance!
  • Deleted user 27 March 2011 18:36:44
    nope. you can buy prepaid cards to add to your wallet. no credit/bank card necessary.
  • BigHairyBear 27 Mar 2011 18:48:13 118 posts
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    Aha That's good..I don't live with him so I'm going over next week to set it all up, so i don't need a prepaid card with intitial set up? I can add to it later? Thanks again :-)
  • gohda 27 Mar 2011 18:56:18 6,642 posts
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    You can make an account first without any type of card, yep.
  • BigHairyBear 27 Mar 2011 18:58:15 118 posts
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    ok that's good thanks guys :-)
  • Deleted user 27 March 2011 18:59:16
    yup, pretty much. he may want stuff immediately, so i'd get a £20 one if you can. although there was some dispute as to wether there are any £20 vouchers floating about atm. if not its very easy to add/remove card details, unlike an xbl account.
  • mcmothercruncher 27 Mar 2011 19:28:53 3,261 posts
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    Shop around, you should be able to get £20 vouchers for £15-£18 online, it ebbs and flows a bit.
  • Accordi0n 27 Mar 2011 19:44:54 1,075 posts
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    You could also set up a master account for you, and a sub account for your son.

    Through the master account you can change parental settings, and add funds from credit card.

    Sub accounts can use money in the wallet but cant add to it from a credit card, so for example once a month you could add £5 which is available for your son to use [within the terms of the parental controls].
  • FuzzyDuck 27 Mar 2011 20:01:57 1,785 posts
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    As the guys say above it's an idea to shop around for the cards and consider setting up a master/sub-account.

    The Playstation online manual is a handy guide for going about things.

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