SIE announced the launch of a new reward program, PlayStation Stars, which is expected to be officially launched within this year and adopt a free-to-join model. Members can win event rewards in various ways, and will also provide rewards that can be redeemed including PSN e-wallet prepaid amount and PlayStation Store content. “Event Reward Points”, and also announced a plan called “Digital Collectibles”. From the official narrative, the concept is similar to NFT but not called NFT. More complete details will be announced in the near future. Currently, PlayStation Stars is still in preliminary testing. Phase, will be phased out in the service area.
PlayStation Stars will adopt the mode of free, and the completion of designated items can be exchanged for rewards. Among them, Monthly Check-In (official tentative name: monthly check-in) can win rewards as long as you complete any game, and there will also be designated project activities such as winning games , get designated trophies, or become the first platinum player in the time zone, etc.; and PlayStation Stars members have the opportunity to win event reward points (Loyality Points), which can be used to redeem PSN e-wallet prepaid, selected PS Store content, and have PlayStation Stars and PlayStation Plus memberships can earn event rewards on PS Store purchases.
▲The reward for digital collectibles sounds exactly like NFT
As for digital collectibles, PlayStation Stars is the first to try a new type of reward, which will bring the people and things that PlayStation players love, such as popular classic characters from games or other content, or innovative devices in Sony’s history, in digital form. More specific content will be disclosed later, but it sounds very NFT for the time being.