Update:
This payment option is also available via the German PayPal site; thanks to those that highlighted this in the comments section.
Original article:
Digital downloads just got more convenient for UK gamers now that PayPal has been added as a payment option for the Nintendo eShop. PayPal accounts can now be used to purchase or send as gifts eShop Fund codes in the usual amounts of £15, £25, and £50.
The eShop Fund codes purchased through the UK PayPal site are restricted to European game systems, and you'll still end up buying far more credit than needed to close that mocking £.10 gap in your balance separating you from that hot new release, but at least now you won't have to run off to the shops to do so.
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Has your birthday/anniversary etc. shopping been revolutionized, or are you still hard copy only? Did you just get back from the shops? Do comment!
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Only in UK? I hope it comes in whole EU.
Edit: off topic
Shantae's Risky Revenge Director's Cut is on Steam now.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/277890/
That's great. Hopefully they will be able to do that here in NA soon.
Another step in the right direction! Now let us buy digital games directly through a website
Why not integrate it in the eShop itself, like Sony does with its Entertainment Network? Doesn't seem like a lot of work and is way more convenient..
Nice. That's a good ztep, though I hope we'll eventually be able to charge our eShop balance directly.
@Kyoto Mostly because PayPal isn't safe. It's been hacked numerous times before, and would be a major vulnerability to the eShop's security.
Nintendo would also need to pay royalties to PayPal so they can integrate the service in the first place.
This is great.
I needed to buy eshop cards online because they are not avaible in my country and i searched untill i found this website:
Www.gamesrocket.com
Www.gamesrocket.co.uk
It sells Both download codes and eshop cards for Both Pal and Ntsc consoles.
The verification is a little odd though.
Hope I helped!
You can buy € cards from paypal as well. Just change to the German shop:
https://www.paypal-gifts.com/de/marken/nintendo-eshop-cards.html
I really hope that you can do this soon in Australia. PayPal is always my preferred way to pay. Getting the eShop cards are a hassle for me though, I have to go out of my way to get one.
Hope this comes to the US at some point...
Cool. Not a big fan of PayPal... but sometimes get stuck with payments there. Always nice to have more ways to spend it.
I really hope this comes to the US, it's great that this is finally happening.
I tend to have PayPal cash since I use it for online stuff, so it'd be nice if this came to the US, as others have said. D:
Once again proving that NOE is better than NOA... It sucks being an American Nintendo fan...
If I buy from the german shop, will it work on a spanish console? I assume it will as they are both in euros?
A week late! I bought a card for my uncle's birthday and WhatsApp'd him the code
Finally, I can stop borrowing my mum's credit card.
As said, this service is available in Germany, too.
Why they dont support paysayfcard?
But still no eshop giftcards in Club Nintendo rewards.
Ouch. I see myself spending a lot of money.
They just need to let us gift games like we could on the Wii shop!
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