After a strange month-long downtime, PlayStation Stars is apparently back in the US.
Around June 6, players were mysteriously unable to access the PlayStation Stars program. According to My cityusers who clicked on the PlayStation Stars icon in the PlayStation App saw an error message that read, “PlayStation Stars is currently experiencing issues. Our engineers are aware of the issue and are working on a fix.” Sony later issued a statement on July 7, announcing that PlayStation Stars would be “the regional implementation phase will return soon“According to the entry on subreddit r/PlayStationIt appears that PlayStation Stars is back and available for some players in the United States, provided they update their PlayStation App.
PlayStation Starswhich is basically a up-to-date version of PlayStation Rewards, a free loyalty program that was first launched in 2022 on the PlayStation appThe program essentially lets users earn points by purchasing games and completing monthly in-game goals. Said points can be redeemed in the app for trinkets and goodies, like digital collectibles or wallet funds that can be used to buy even more PlayStation games.
While Sony has yet to provide a reason for the PlayStation Stars outage or why it took over a month to fix, it appears the company has kept its promise to keep players using the service. Collect points and collectibles while the program was unavailable.
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Isaiah Colbert is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.
