If you are not subscribed to PlayStation Plus, then your game will download automatically the next time you turn on your PS3.
#PS VITA GAME DOWNLOADS UPDATE#
This way your PS3 will initiate the game download at the time you specified in its settings for its automatic update to take place. Your device is in stand-by mode and you are a member of PlayStation Plus.Step 3: Usually this would be enough, but since Sony (inexplicably) won’t allow you to turn your PS3 remotely for game downloads, you also have to make sure you take care of one of the following: Step 2: On the Thank You page after you check out, go to the bottom where the game is listed and look for the Download to your PS3 button. Once you log in, head to the game you want to purchase (or demo you want to try), buy it and follow the checkout process as usual. Step 1: Sign in to your PSN (PlayStation Network) account on the Sony PlayStation digital store. Note: So far, the remote download feature works only for account holders of the Canada, U.S. However, it is just recently that it has allowed gamers to not only buy games and download them manually, but now it also lets them start remote downloads from it, although your PlayStation systems won’t turn themselves on automatically to do so. Sometime ago, Sony introduced an online store for users to buy digital games directly from it.