Is it possible to use a PS Vita game voucher on an account for one region and play the games downloaded on an account from a different region?

Essentially, I have the opportunity to obtain a game voucher for a couple of PS Vita games that only allows me to download from the UK marketplace. My PSN account is based in New Zealand. What I am thinking is to create a UK account, use the voucher, download the games, switch to my main NZ account and play the downloaded games. This all sounds rosy, but is this really plausible?

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Best Answer

For better or worse, this has been done ever since 2006 when the PS3 was released. Back then people who bought the PlayStation 3 and did not have a "local" (Their country) PSN, had to create accounts with "false" data in order to play. That's the case for a lot of people in Latin America (in my experience) who have their accounts as US accounts, even if they are from another country.

Focusing on your question, I haven't tested that specifically with the PS Vita games, but it is perfectly doable with PSN games, you can download games from another region with a different account and then play it with your "main" account. A good example is with games in the Japanese PSN, there's lots of games that take forever to be released in other countries.

It'd be interesting to investigate if this is posible in the PS Vita since it only allows a single account.

I know this may not answer your question but I hope it helps.

One word of warning, in the PS3 at least, DO NOT delete the account you created to download the game, it renders those games unusable.

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Can a downloaded PS Vita game be played on another account?

If you don't need a full system backup, you can choose to simply export your game saves. You'll need to \u201crestore\u201d the PS Vita to sign on to the other account you want to use. This means that the data and settings will be wiped to factory standards, and that you'll have to set up the system all over again.

Can you share games on PS Vita?

Reconnect to the Wi-Fi and sign in to PSN using the sharing account (which owns the games you wish to play). Go to the PS Store and download the game(s) you wish to play. Most people do 1 game at a time, then re-format the PS VITA for every additional game \u2013 this has proven to be reliable.

Can you have multiple PSN accounts on a PS Vita?

Yes, multiple people can use multiple PlayStation Network accounts on one PlayStation Vita! However, you will need multiple memory cards and a little bit of time and effort. For starters, the PSN account is tied to the Vita memory card. This means you can't just swap in different memory cards on one Vita.

Is PS Plus Cross region?

Yeah, you can keep 2 accounts and both accounts will have access to each other's games. But other plus benefits (such as mp) only apply to the account with the plus subscription. Just don't forget to buy dlcs from the region the base game is from.

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