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PlayStation Stars is headed to Asia in September
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(Image credit: Sony)
(Image credit: Sony)
Sonyhas confirmed that its new controversial “digital collectible” rewards,PlayStationStars, will begin to roll out later this month.
The announcement was made during Sony’s most recentState of Playevent, where the company confirmed that a number of Asian regions will be the first to gain access to PlayStation Stars in late September. It will then arrive in the US and Europe in the weeks following and only be available through the PlayStation App oniOSandAndroidbefore then coming to PS5 and PS4 consoles at a later time.
Players will also be able to collect virtual figures of famous PlayStation mascots and hardware, such as Punto the gondolier from Ape Escape 2, Polygon Man, Toro and Kuro as well as a PlayStation 3 console and a PocketStation device. It’s not clear whether the points can be exchanged for the virtual figures, however, it was suggested that they might be used to help get discounts on games via the PSN store.
A first-look video for PlayStation Stars can be seen below:
“The campaigns in PlayStation Stars will be fun, delightful, and yes, sometimes challenging to complete, said PlayStation Network vice president Grace Chen (via ablog post).
“A campaign may be a point-earning or collectible-earning activity. One of our first campaigns is “Hit Play/1994,” where members who correctly launch games that match song-based clues receive a special collectible. More campaign details to come.”
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Chen previously toldThe Washington Postthat the PlayStation Stars programme is “definitely not” NFT-related: “You can’t trade them or sell them. It is not leveraging any blockchain technologies and definitely not NFTs.”
It’s fair to say that we’re a little sceptical about PlayStation Stars at this time, so we will have to wait for more information over the coming weeks.
Sony also revealed a new thrilling trailer forGod of War Ragnarokthat sees Kratos go head-to-head with Thor, alongside the announcement that an enhanced edition ofStar Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edgeis coming to PSVR 2
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