Summary
In case you may have missed it,PlayStation Stars, Sony’s reward program, is set to receive some major changes. Those changes were outlined as part of a larger informational email earlier this week.
According to that email, beginning October 24, the following changes will be made:
Then, beginning on Jul 30, 2025, another batch of changes will go into effect. They are:
Gamers will have to accept these changes to remain a PlayStation Stars member, lest they cancel their “membership,” and lose the points they’ve accrued.
In essence,Sonyis battening down the hatches when it comes to ways of earning points. Simply renewing yourPlayStation Plussubscription isn’t going to work anymore. More so, Sony is attempting to have gamers use their points more frequently by putting a timeline on them, versus allowing players to stockpile them for better rewards.
These upcoming changes have loyalty members questioning what the point of the program is, and they’re not necessarily wrong, either.
Can’t Things Just Stay The Same
Elsewhere, one fan laid out a conundrum that others will certainly face. “Well that sucks. I’m already missing out on so many points cause I prefer to get physical games and I can’t see myself keeping track of when my points will expire since without PS Plus renewal I will get them even more rarely. It was fun while it lasted, since it launched I managed to redeem 5 bucks and that’s it,” they wrote.
It’s true that physical purchases do not reward any points, so collectors relied on campaigns (events that reward one-time point deposits) as well as their subscriptions to be able to earn some PSN credit. Moving forward, that’s out the window.
Because points will expire quicker than ever, players will not be able to stockpile them. Beyond monetary rewards, PlayStation Stars also had full games available for redemption, however, unless you’re buying your weight in digital goods, then those will seemingly be out of reach come October.
“Earned reward points should never expire, for anything. It’s a scam that most do, just to get you to spend faster,“one user declared.
Perhaps the most interesting thing moving forward will be if PlayStation Stars survives the long haul. As mentioned above, these changes are reliant on users agreeing to the new terms of service. If enough, decide it’s not worth it, or simply forget to act, then it’s considered a declination either way.
There’s certainly a path where Sony uses that as justification to nix the program altogether. Only time will tell if this loyalty program has a future.
