the restriction began a day or two after the local MY/SG EShop service commenced. in the official support FAQ there was in fact such notice that once a region has own eShop credit card payments from different region will not be accepted.

As for the gift/point cards yes they will work as you basically have to redeem them manually thru eShop page after you get the code and it will go in as topup value to your account balance

This post has been edited by yangkuo: Nov 23 2025, 07:46 PM