‘Critical' swap all Playstation users must make NOW to avoid losing money as huge feature shuts down forever
PLAYSTATION users are being urged to make a "critical" swap after the gaming giant dropped an important feature.
PlayStation Stars is set to come to an end next month, as the company looks to evolve its future Loyalty Programme efforts.
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The reward scheme has been a highlight for players over the last three years, with campaigns and purchases that offer points.
It was designed as a way to bring communities of PlayStation players together through a loyalty programme that could help users be celebrated.
Points are able to be accumulated through playing games, and be exchanged for free store credit to buy new games, or get extra money off their purchase.
Vice President at PlayStation, Grace Chen, said in a statement: "Since launching the program, we've learned a lot from evaluating the types of activities our players respond best to, and as a company, we are always evolving with player and industry trends.
"Through this evaluation, we have decided to refocus our efforts and will be winding down the current version of PlayStation Stars."
PlayStation Stars features
PlayStation Stars rewards scheme lets you earn points
It first launched as a new loyalty scheme for PlayStation games in Asia on September 29, 2022
Once you join PlayStation Stars, you can earn rewards by completing "campaigns and activities".
It's completely free to join, and additional points can be earned when purchases are made on the PlayStation store
You can swap those points for PlayStation Store credit
PlayStation Store credit can be spent to buy games
You can redeem points and claim PSN wallet funds or select PlayStation Store products.
Changes to the loyalty programme
PlayStation Stars is closing down, and is no longer accepting new members for this version of the programme
Current PlayStation Stars members can still earn Digital Collectibles, Points and level up their status until July 23, 2025 at 7:59AM PDT | 3:59PM BST | 11:59PM JST.
After this date, there will be no new PlayStation Stars Campaigns available, or any additional rewards or status benefits to earn.
Qualifying Points are redeemable until November 2026
This version of the PlayStation Stars program will fully end on November 2, 2026 and current PlayStation Stars members can continue to redeem Points as long as their Points don't expire before then
Your points will disappear on November 2, 2026
If you cancel PlayStation Stars today, you can't rejoin and you also lose your points
The statement continued: "We want to thank all of our players for supporting PlayStation Stars since the launch in 2022.
"As we explore new ways to evolve our loyalty program efforts for the future, we'll continue to celebrate all of our players through the various community activities we have planned."
What users can do as the changes come
A new campaign which is available to all players, and not just those subscribed to PlayStation Plus, has dropped.
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It is for PlayStation Tournaments, and offers 25 points to players who compete in any PlayStation 5 tournament.
Fans have been offering advise on Reddit about which games to play to snap up these points.
There are a few options.
'Download EA SPORTS FC 25 SHOWCASE (which is free) and in the game hub select to participate in the tournament," one user noted.
Another added: 'You also might be able to use NBA 2K25."
Others have recommended playing Naraka Bladepoint due to being a good game to boot up and compete in.
The points can be gained after accepting the campaign in the PlayStation app and completing the goal.
This should be done before the game is started up.
Points will be added within the app, and can be redeemed against the PSN store credit.
This is likely to be one of PlayStation Stars' last campaigns, so users should get in quick to claim their credit voucher if already accumulated a good amount of points.
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