Learn how to buy PS4 and PS5 games and other content in the PlayStation Store with Apple Pay on your iPhone as an additional payment method.
Apple Pay joins the existing payment methods on the PlayStation Store—credit cards, debit cards and PayPal—meaning you’re not required to use it.
Like with other payment methods, your PlayStation Store country must be the same as the country where your card registered with Apple Pay has been issued.
How to use Apple Pay to buy PS4 and PS5 games on the PlayStation Store
To use Apple Pay to buy PS games, open the PlayStation Store on your console and choose any PS4 and PS5 game or paid content you want, then select a “Pay with Apple Pay” button. You’ll see a special QR code pop up on the screen. Pull out your iPhone and scan the code displayed on your TV using the built-in Camera app.
You will then see a native checkout sheet on your iPhone or iPad where you can choose a specific Apple Pay card, then confirm the transaction with Face ID, Touch ID or device passcode to complete the purchase, according to Sony’s support page. Apple Card users will earn 2% Daily Cash for the money spent on PS5 games.
This feature takes advantage of a system Apple introduced alongside iOS 18 to support QR code-style payments in other browsers, like Google’s Chrome, Mozilla’s Firefox and others, including on Windows PCs. Before this change, Apple Pay on Macs used to be limited to the Safari browser.
People using these browsers may see an Apple Pay button at checkout. Clicking the button displays a QR code to scan with their iPhone, then authorizes the transaction with Face ID to finish the web payment.
Other Apple-Sony initiatives
Apple has partnered with Sony on other initiatives regarding the PlayStation. For example, PlayStation 5 owners can download the Apple TV and Apple Music apps to listen to music and stream Apple original movies and TV shows on the console.
And every now and then, PlayStation owners are treated to limited-time extended trials for Apple TV+ and Apple Music. In addition to that, Apple natively supports Sony controllers on the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
In addition, PlayStation 5 owners can also take advantage of passkeys, a passwordless authentication method that Apple supports across its platforms.