Isaiah Colbert
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After a bizarre month-long downtime, PlayStation Stars is seemingly back online in the United States.
Around June 6, players were mysteriously unable to access the PlayStation Stars program. According to Kotaku, users who clicked the PlayStation Stars icon on the PlayStation App were met with an error message that read, “PlayStation Stars is currently experiencing issues. Our engineers are aware of the issue and working on a solution.” Sony would later release a statement on July 7, announcing PlayStation Stars would be “returning soon in phase regional rollouts.” According to a post on the r/PlayStation subreddit, PlayStation Stars appears to be back and running for some players in the United States so long as you update your PlayStation App.
PlayStation Stars, which is basically a repackaging of PlayStation Rewards, is a free loyalty program that was first launched in 2022 on the PlayStation app. The program basically allows users to earn points for purchasing games and completing monthly in-game objectives. Said points could be redeemed in the app for trinkets and goodies like digital collectibles or wallet funds that can be used to purchase even more PlayStation games.
Although Sony has yet to reveal the cause of PlayStation Stars' downtime and why it took over a month to fix, it appears to have kept its promise that players would continue to accumulate points and collectibles while the program was unavailable.
IGN has reached out to Sony for comment.
Isaiah Colbert is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.
Around June 6, players were mysteriously unable to access the PlayStation Stars program. According to Kotaku, users who clicked the PlayStation Stars icon on the PlayStation App were met with an error message that read, “PlayStation Stars is currently experiencing issues. Our engineers are aware of the issue and working on a solution.” Sony would later release a statement on July 7, announcing PlayStation Stars would be “returning soon in phase regional rollouts.” According to a post on the r/PlayStation subreddit, PlayStation Stars appears to be back and running for some players in the United States so long as you update your PlayStation App.
PlayStation Stars, which is basically a repackaging of PlayStation Rewards, is a free loyalty program that was first launched in 2022 on the PlayStation app. The program basically allows users to earn points for purchasing games and completing monthly in-game objectives. Said points could be redeemed in the app for trinkets and goodies like digital collectibles or wallet funds that can be used to purchase even more PlayStation games.
Although Sony has yet to reveal the cause of PlayStation Stars' downtime and why it took over a month to fix, it appears to have kept its promise that players would continue to accumulate points and collectibles while the program was unavailable.
IGN has reached out to Sony for comment.
Isaiah Colbert is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.