If you regularly use a PS5 or PS4, there's very little reason not to be using PS Stars. This rewards programme, currently only accessible via the PlayStation mobile app, rewards users with points for PS Store purchases, as well as neat little digital collectibles for completing simple campaigns. Part of the service also allows you to use your accrued points to redeem PS Store credit and, if you have enough, entire games and other digital goodies. It's these PS Stars rewards that have recently been refreshed, and there's some good stuff up for grabs — if you have the points.
In terms of full games, you can now spend points on the likes of Rise of the Ronin (17,500 points), Helldivers 2 (10,000 points), Minecraft (5,000 points), and Balatro (3,750 points). These join a handful of titles that have been in the rewards section for longer, such as GRIS, Stardew Valley, and Dredge. That's a pretty great selection of software, though you'll need a good number of points saved up for some of those more premium games.
The rewards go beyond that, though; there are also several premium currency packs available to redeem for PS Stars points, for games like Gran Turismo 7, Genshin Impact, Destiny 2, and more. You can claim some DLC too, such as Bloodborne: The Old Hunters and Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course.
Considering you gather points for everything you buy on PS Store anyway — and some campaigns reward you with extra points as well — it's worth checking the rewards from time to time and seeing what you can get. It's encouraging to see Sony refreshing the lineup at the very least; hopefully they can keep bringing top notch games into the rewards for PS Stars users.
Are you making the most of PS Stars and your points? Will you be claiming any of these new rewards? Discuss in the comments section below.
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Sony didn't bother to bring PS stars in India..........
I love the PS Stars, I legit do nothing differently and just slowly accrue points. It takes a long time but I was able to get Cuphead for free and a couple $20 gift cards for my account. Since I'm already just playing new games and PS Plus titles it is a nice bonus.
As above, and doing not a lot different than before, not buying any more than I would have digitally, the points add up, I've probably done 3 or 4 £5 PSN codes since it started.
Oh, and if they are giving points just for playing something that is "free", (that I wouldn't even think of purchasing beforehand), I choose the streaming option, then start the game to get the points then delete. Takes 30 seconds.
Don't forget that if you're at the highest level of PS Stars (level 4 I believe), you get priority support when contacting them. Sony announced this feature when they first announced PS Stars, but quickly swept it under the rug due to complaints of being unfair toward people who don't use PS Stars, but having contacted Support a handful of times and getting a rep within a minute every time, even when a buddy had to wait 15 minutes, I can assure you that Priority Support still exists!
@Mortal I've gotten a refund for buying the broken Twisted Metal PS1 Classic on PS3 three times. They personally thanked me at the end of the chat for being a level 4 user.
The thing where you don't get PS Stars points when you buy a big game on its release day instead of 1-3 weeks later is stupid
To bad I already bought both games.
@VaultGuy415 I get points for every game I buy.
I mean the extra points, "monthly picks" etc.
My biggest issue is they have games on there like a week or 2 after they come out. If you bought the game before they post it on stars, you can't get the credit for the purchase. Like Rise of the Ronin I bought the day it came out, a week later it was offered under one of the campaigns.
I don’t see the significance of specific titles being added to the lineup when you can redeem points for wallet funds (1250 points for five dollars or 5000 points for twenty dollars). This would equate to the exact same price for the titles listed (10,000 points or forty dollars for Helldivers and 17,500 points or seventy dollars for Rise of the Ronin). Why not redeem the points for wallet funds and purchase whatever you want? If Sony is going to highlight specific games, there should be at least some small discount to act as an incentive.
It's good stuff. Hope they keep expanding the program. I try to get all challenges that reward you with points as long as it doesn't require me to by anything and I've managed to get 10€ credit so far.
@Stevemalkpus it is incredibly stupid…you also get more points for games you bought using the credit you redeemed. Absolutely no benefit to buying the game instead of the credit although I did see on Reddit that in some regions the credit is more expensive against their currency so redeeming the game works out better. Not sure how true that is though.
Negativity aside though I have managed to redeem about £70 which I wouldn’t have had without the PS stars programme so overall I’m happy with it.
I honestly have no idea what this program is...everyone once in a while I get some kind of pop-up in the app about something Stars related and have no idea how I even got it.
Then again, I don't buy anything digital on PlayStation, so I guess that's why I am in the dark.
@Stevemalkpus it's marketing.
Sony could do away with the games and just give you the option to transfer points into wallet funds, but that doesn't help them sell specific games.
You could check PS Stars and see 18,000 points and not bother transfering because there isn't anything that comes to mind, but if you login, see 18,000 points and Rise of the Ronin for 17,500, it becomes an enticing product - it's a popular new game that won't cost you any cash, just points.
It's simple marketing.
Yes, finally Balatro in da house. 😀
this (stars) shouldve been a PS Plus exclusive back when it wasn't forced on people to use their internet to play online
Bought Star Ocean TSSR recently and I'm almost at another free $20, and that absolutely freaking rules. I mean, there's almost always a sale going where $20 can get you a fantastic game outright or most of the way there, and knocking $20 off of a new full price game is the shnibbles. Big fan of the program.
It’s the exact same value as the wallet credit (minus 1 penny), so you still had the exact same capability to buy the games with PS Stars, so this is really just an advertisement.
Better value getting £40 credit for 10,000 points than a game selling for £35.
The only thing that bugs me is my own incapacity to not buy games straight away. Then to check stars to see that those games offer an extra 50-100 points when you buy them. Although that’s my problem.
@Stevemalkpus this has bugged me since PS Stars started and I hear people brag about getting games for points. Why spend 15,000 points on Sekiro when you could redeem for $60, and then buy Sekiro for $15 when it's on sale every other month. The only argument that kind of makes sense is for new games. Essentially you get them a little cheaper as you don't get charged tax when buying with points.
@VaultGuy415 Truly makes no sense. It's like you get penalized for supporting the game early. What does 50 gold coins come out to .45 cents? The fact they won't honor it is ridiculous.
Just take the £5 or £20 credit, these specific rewards make no sense. 1,250 points gets you £5 credit, yet the same number of points only gets you a £4 Helldivers Super Credits bundle. That's not a reward at all.
I'd interact with it a lot more if I could use/interact with PS Stars yon the actual PS.
I figured the stars program would be a stupid, useless contest thing, but when I got in there and clicked on the goals to start them, I ended up earning enough points to get $40 or $45 in PSN store credit. (It helped that I bought a bunch of games on PSN over the Christmas holidays.) Anyway, that was easy money, me boy!
17,000 is a £1700 spend on the PSN store (excluding the monthly 50 point promos) if I'm not mistaken? I buy a lot of games per year but even I don't spend that much in a year.
@GamingFan4Lyf PS Stars, Game Pass quests/MS Rewards, Nintendo coins rewards....all just programs mixing and matching kickback for digital purchases, and also for engagement with certain content at certain times.
Thanks to this post I’ve realised I could get £45 in credit. Holy crap, nice one Pushsquare!
Being a 100% trophy hunter I tend to buy quite a few games as once I’m done with it I move on to the next. So naturally I’ve accrued a ton of points since the scheme started. I have taken £100 already and I’ve already got enough points for another £20. Do I have a problem
Any time I get enough points on PS Stars to buy the $5 wallet code, I do that. It helps me keep my wallet topped up and is well-priced points-wise.
I just get my free £5 credit every now and again for normal purchases and streaming a few games for a second. Nothing else is worth it.
I never, ever used PS Stars before. Randomly went on it before FF7 Rebirth came out. Had enough points to get PSN credit to cover the cost of the game.
Could not believe it when i saw it. Never once looked at stars. Signed up when it launched and never touched it. Went in today after reading this and had enough points for Rise of the Ronin. Noice!!!
I would appreciate it if they integrated PS stars into the console itself. Like being able to see my points and what quests I can do to earn more of them instead of everything being segregated to the mobile app I rarely use. What good are these trophies if you can't really admire them?
Rarely buy digital but been doing those 50 points challenges if possible. So far I’ve redeemed I think 3 $5 codes.
One thing I think people forget with PS Stars is that, at least here in the US, purchasing a game with Stars instead of a credit means you don't owe any sales tax!
Also! If you moved from a state with lower sales tax to one with higher, and you still have a valid debit/credit card in your previous state, purchase PS credit instead of buying directly from the store. If you have enough credit to cover your purchase, switch to your old card. You will only owe the sales tax your former state charged! I moved from New Jersey to the Kansas City area, but Kansas has higher sales tax. UK folks, I have no idea how your sales taxes work, but maybe it's a similar case!
Helldivers 2 costs 39,99 €, 10000 coins = 40 €, same for the other games, it's a joke, as ridiculous as when they give you 50 coins (0.20 €) buying a 70 € game. Much better to exchange points for money and wait for Wednesday's offers.
Combining the discounts I get from PS Stars with discounted store credit from ShopTo, digital games are more affordable than ever. I am even buying day one games digitally - even though at the start of this gen I promised myself I would buy all the major releases on physical and only indies/games on sale from the PS store. As an incentive to go digital, Sony have definitely won me over here, and I'm betting many others too.
@MrHabushi spending any money on HellDivers Super Credits is a silly move from the get-go. 1,250 points gets you 375SC or... Just do 3-4 solo runs on trivial/easy, hit every point of interest on the tiny map you'll be on and you'll likely get the same amount of SC in 30 minutes or less.
It's the same as the 250,000 Gran Turismo credits for 1,250 points. Anyone who has spent time on GT7 knows of ways to earn well over that in 30 minutes.
Those microtransactions are so trivial that only the truly lazy would ever purchase them.
@Mortal That's also true, but I figured people might go for them if they're "free" as a Stars reward, when the better choice is to just take the money!
So when are they bringing the program to the actual consoles? Why make it a cell phone thing?
Only found out about this a couple of weeks ago, the mobile app thing puts me off it a bit but I suppose may as well sign up. Probably would have had a million points had I signed up when it first came out. Ah well.
Between my son’s PSN and mine, we rack up points by linking each other’s accounts to our consoles. I was able to buy Jedi: Survivor on sale from just PS Stars alone. I don’t really bother with the collectibles but my kid loves them.
@Mortal That's the worst way to promote customer service. Paying members getting priority is always a bad look
@PerpetualBoredom sure, paying customers getting priority over non-paying customers is a bad look...
...if you're not a paying customer.
If you invest significantly more effort into your job than your colleague that only does the absolute minimum, don't you deserve more reward than them?
If you invest more effort, you have a higher value to your employer, and it's exactly the same with big companies - if you invest more into their ecosystem, you have a higher value to them, and so they want to do more to retain your business which is often done by rewarding loyalty.
@Mortal Good at least you understand the slave trade in which you are forced.
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