- Where is a recommended place to buy
PSN prepaid cards online. Why is said
place recommended?
I use http://maximuscards.com/ to buy US PSN cards, instant delivery by e-mail.
- Are there any
considerations regarding
multiplayer/region/whatever when
buying PSN games in this
"illegitimate" manner?
All the multiplayer games works on all regions (at least all that I played so far), but...
Be carefull about DLCs.
The only consideration (and the only problem I had so far) is with DLCs from different regions.
I have games from various regions (US, EU, Asia) and in some of them, like for example, Little Big Planet, Killzone 2, Rock Band, etc the DLCs for one region doesn't work on the other.
I bought a EU LBP and then bought the Metal Gear Solid pack in the US store. It didn't work, the game couldn't find the DLCs
So be carefull about buying DLCs from other regions, most will work, but some will not and you will lose your money, that's the only problem about this kind of deal.
- Will the games
I buy with my fake account behave
nicely on my actual account?
Yes, the game will work just fine on other accounts on the same PS3, but if you delete the account the owns the game all the games will become unacessible, so you MUST keep you "fake" account in order to play the games.
- What if
at some point in the future the
Playstation store becomes available
over here? Will it affect me in some
adverse manner?
That I can't answer because PSN isn't available here yet (Brazil), common sense tells that it will not affect you (if you already have an account in your country), but anyway I doubt that IF the Playstation Store is available here in some far far away future it will have the same content as the US or EU Store, so basically everybody will have 2 accounts or just stick with the old account.
You can have two different memory cards, one for each user, but you will need to do a factory reset each time you swtich your memory cards, see the following video, courtesy of IGN:
Best Answer
You will need valid billing information for the region matching your PSN country. Since a Qatar account is out of the question apparently, I would recommend the US store if you are fluent in English; the US store has more variety than some regions, isn't in Japanese, and I believe the UK/EU stores are a bit more expensive in some cases.
You should be able to use a prepaid credit card (which won't require actually opening an account in that region), this forum thread indicates mixed but mostly positive success, I believe they only recognize Visa and Mastercard numbers on the store. Any prepaid card with a proper credit card number (16 digits, recognized as valid) should work, though I haven't tried this myself.
Note that to actually purchase items on the PSN you will quickly run out of money on that prepaid card, but you can use special prepaid PSN cards (I am unsure if these are region locked, but US ones should be in good supply to import?) to add to your account without a real credit card.