Purchasing PSVITA game / and its digital counterpart

I purchased Uncharted and Rayman as my first two games for the Vita. Already I find it annoying to have to keep going back to my bag to get the game I want to play, whereas if I just installed it or digitally downloaded it to the memory card, I could just launch it. (Lazy, I know. lol)

My question is, if I buy a physical game, can I download it free from the PSN store, or is there a way to install it on the system itself from the PSV cartridge? I wouldn't mind trying it myself, but I don't want to make a mistake and buy it a second time.


No, possession of the retail copy does not automatically grant you access to its PSN digital version.

Currently, none of the retail PS Vita games are known to be installable and played directly and solely from system's internal memory or memory card (although many games require the presence of memory card for storing game-related content and save data).