PlayStation Star This is one of Sony’s strangest moves in the PlayStation 5 era. The program allows you to earn coins that can be used to purchase games on PSN, as well as collect virtual statues that can only be viewed within the PlayStation app. Starting in early June, the whole thing fell apart.
If you’re a regular person, you might be wondering what exactly PlayStation Stars is. In case you forgot or never realized it in the first place, like most current PlayStation players, the program is an overhaul of PlayStation Rewards when it launches in 2022. Get gold coins. Customized collectibles. The content will be added to a virtual bookshelf that includes a look back at the platform’s history and brand crossover books like Spider-Man and Adidas.
Still, it’s a great way to make some cash that will eventually add up. We first started noticing problems Around June 6, cannot be opened when accessing PlayStation Stars via the small icon on the PlayStation mobile app’s home screen. Instead, players received an error message: “PlayStation Stars is currently experiencing an issue. Our engineers are aware of the issue and are working on a solution.
The timing is especially odd, as Sony is also running a series of PlayStation Stars sales alongside its mid-year Play Days sale. This means that certain collectibles and rewards can only be obtained by purchasing and playing certain games during the event. According to PlayStation supporteven if the program is closed, users will continue to accumulate points and collections, although they will not be able to see any content, let alone track unfinished content.
25 days have passed and the program is still broken. As a user of the PlayStation Stars Reddit subreddit always predicting, which caused PSN to suffer a 23-day outage as early as 2011 due to an unprecedented hacker attack. During this period, PS3 players will not be able to play games online, purchase games digitally, or use any of the console’s social features. After the service was restored, Sony apologized and offered players free games and a month of PS Plus service.
PlayStation Stars wasn’t hacked, cost nothing, and was used by far fewer people, so its outage was less of a scandal overall. It’s strange that Sony hasn’t clarified what exactly the issue is or when the rewards program will be back up and running. The company did not respond to a request for comment.
Updated July 2, 2024 at 12:39 pm ET: As mysterious as its outage was, PlayStation Stars service is starting to be restored in multiple countries and regions. “PlayStation Stars will soon return in a phased regional rollout. renew reads the PlayStation website. “Thank you for your patience and we look forward to having you back.”
It’s unclear why the service went down in the first place or what Sony was ultimately able to fix. It’s time to see if everyone’s rewards and collectibles are still there, and if PlayStation Stars will be releasing any memorabilia to commemorate the occasion.
Updated July 12, 2024 at 1:20 pm ET: PlayStation Stars is finally back up and running in the US, more than a month after it was initially offline. Check the total score and collection of virtual gadgets every day.
Still no word on why it crashed or why it took so long to fix. Unfortunately, some players still Reports the total number of outage points after an outage.
