PS Stars May Finally Be Integrated into PS5 Soon

Cool. Now we just need it integrated into PS Home so we can actually display and view our rewards/trophies etc. ideally in VR.

Drop this crap and give me a local storage option instead.

Sony should hand out shiny trophy hats every year based on current trophy level. Then you may proudly wear your gold trophy hat wherever you go and be admired by the homely peasants you chance upon as you travel the world in search of new adventures.

Would be nice to have this natively - I don't use the app much and always forget about these.

Ha… called this days ago

@Perturbator
I know you’re being sarcastic, but I wouldn’t mind Sony sending me a cap for earning a certain number of platinums / trophies in a year or something. They can afford it and it would be a nice gesture for those who play their games a lot. More useful than a digital “reward” anyway. Not gold though.

One of the most pointless loyalty schemes around.

I'd completely forgotten about the App and Stars??

So many PS4-esque features are still missing from the Tub o' Lard.....

Ps Stars is actually great, using it and having a ps credit card you can really earn a lot of psn credits. I've been paying like 40-50 bucks for any new 70$ game I bought this year. Right now trying to save credits earned for a cheaper Spiderman 2.

The complaints are so bizarre to me. Why complain about discounts? I play digitally so for me it’s awesome because occasionally I can use points to get 5 dollar credits. I already got enough to get a full game for free. Plus the little collectives are fun to get

I just earned some credits as a reward and bought a game. ☺️

They need to integrate more ways to earn points. The rewards are abysmal compared to what MS offers. Hopefully this brings improvements

I don't mind aslong as it isn't shoved in my face every time I load up the PS5.

I don't really care to be honest, I typically have my phone close at hand while I'm on my PS5 anyway. And PS Stars is something I only use about twice a month (if that), just to get some points for opening a game or two.

This is good news. Now I can use it properly soon. Think it doesn't count physical games, only digital and Plus games. So if there's a Stars for Spidey2 but you have Spidey2 physically then it won't count. I dunno hope im wrong, either way it's good it's finally coming to our PS5s soon

Cool. Fingers crossed as would love an app to be able to boot up and check what new collectibles are there and what I need to do. Would be even nice if they all linked to the store so could download etc and have proper integration

@KaijuKaiser Things can be free and still be a bit rubbish. Here in the UK, there are plenty of good loyalty schemes that are worth much more than this pointless one. One of the best is Microsoft Rewards with many ways to get a lot of points, as well as a variety of stuff to spend points on.

Before people say anything, I know Microsoft Rewards isn't just on Xbox so I'm not trying to directly compare it with PS Stars.

Every time I see an article about PS Stars, it reminds me it exists.

Its outright bizarre that its taken this long. I play games on my PS5, PS4 and PS3. My cell phone has nothing to do with any of that.

It's cute how after years of Microsoft having a "Pro" type controller and a Points for busy work type system, Sony belatedly shuffled out of the barn with their versions of both, except with the addition of much poorer battery life and lack of flagship console integration into UI/OS initially and still pending, respectively.

@thefourfoldroot1 I was thinking more in the line of a sort of crown shaped like a trophy. I honestly think the world would be a better place with lost of people walking around with those on their heads.

Sony should continue doing things Microsoft doesn't. Upping new content for PSVR2, supported better than PSVR1 where possible, if possible. Continue developing new controllers for maybe a slight DualSense refresh and for the future PS6 DualSense of course. DualSense Edge 2 with far better battery life amongst other little improvements. The project Q meh not for me but with all the comments from fans hungry desperately wanting another PSP handheld, the demand is very much there for one again. The original PSP was a huge success for a first attempt at a handheld at 80mil so they can be very succesful at it. And many people say PS don't take risks on new things and only ever copies others, funny that is

I never owned a 3Dtv for 3D PS3 games but I certainly would have liked to try it at the time. If PS Stars is a way for me to potentially play more games or different games that I possibly wouldn't have done otherwise then it's all good

Sony: i am a nice guy and I believe in giving is better than receiving. So i will gladly give you back the card system for the PS stars. Leaving me with a less bloated Ui. Thanks and let me know when you want to trade gifts again. I would gladly give you the boring looking trophies page for another Ui improvement.

I do the PlayStation stars every month, just download the required game and start it lol.
Mainly for the ones that give you coins to buy PS credit 😜😜😜😜😜 already had around £20 in playstation wallet credit when I remember to check for new ones

@Quintumply I think it's time for the @PushSquare team and you to now stop calling it a loyalty scheme. We make purchases on PlayStation and this is basically a way to receive a sort of benefit for using our PlayStations. When I buy a game or renew PS+, I receive points towards a PS gift card(the only thing I use with my points) that I can use towards my next game purchase or even to save money off a PS+ subscription. Hell, it can even be used to purchase a game that's been discounted.

What's the deal with y'all negativity towards it?

I'd rather that they get the PS2 emulator fixed. Need more classic games on store as well as allowing to play PS5 games off the harddrive.

@SillyBoyJudas This is one of those UK/US slang term issues. Over here "scheme" is a derogatory term meaning "plan with deception/evil intents" but in the UK region "scheme" is just a regular term of description without any negative connotation. I'm with you on them using a different term (since they've previously catered to outside regions with other terms), I don't expect them to change it since it's been addressed multiple times by now.

@Quintumply @InsaneWade "British" definition. Lol ok. Much different than the American definition. I always wondered why it was always in articles and the subheaders. But very confusing, especially with a large base of Americans being regulars on the site.

They can integrate all this, but can't let us update games from the Library screen. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@lightningbolt79 I've already had £15 off them, I think, so it's no bad.

It could always be better though 😁

And to @SillyBoyJudas and all of America, you do know that words can have more than one meaning, it's quite common, it's then up to the one hearing or reading to apply logic and rational thought, based on the context, to work out which meaning is appropriate 👍 the word "loyalty" is a huge contextual clue 😂

@sillyboyjudas

"Hell, it can even be used to purchase a game that's been discounted."

Wait, what? I can redeem Hell for points, now?! Move over demons, I've got games to buy!

(Not a homonym, as such, but see how it's up to the reader to interpret language) 😁 sorry, I'll stop now 😬

@SillyBoyJudas It means both here, especially as a verb - if you scheme it's usually implied to be a bad thing. But as a noun it's neutral and changes by context. Like "there's a new government scheme to encourage recycling" vs "he has a scheme to trick people into giving him their bank details". It's the same in the US, apparently - like it says in this American definition, you'd still say "colour scheme" (well, "color") and I'm guessing that doesn't sound like there are evil colours plotting something. And the first definition says it's especially a crafty thing, not always.

@Ravix yes, words can and do have multiple meanings. However, from a cultural standpoint, using context clues would not have helped me deem the word "scheme" as something positive. "Pyramid scheme". "How to scheme the system". Scheme has been used in the societal culture I grew up and live in as a term of someone or an entity doing something sneakily and negatively to benefit themselves subtly. So the context you're mentioning of "loyal" is highly overlooked when combined with a stronger negative term next to it.

@Matroska no one has used scheme for something positive here, sorry to say. Yes, you're correct when it comes to art, of how there's a different definition for scheme. But this is not an art site and I wouldn't second guess the method of use of the word with how it's used for PS Stars. But thanks for the added comment for comparison.

@Ravix but at least now I know that PS uses this word in a different method than I believed. So thanks for that.

@SillyBoyJudas I mean, it does sound more like a you problem, than a push square problem, the more you explain it, to be fair 😄

If you understand there can be colour schemes (that are inherently not evil) it doesn't need to be an art site for you to infer a words context, it means you know there are multiple meanings and are either forgetting them... or ignoring them, because you think there might be an agenda.

This site has a blue and white colour scheme. I noticed this, whilst scheming to counter your argument about the use of the word scheme to refer to PS stars, the nifty little loyalty scheme that Sony offers. I would offer some schematics to easier explain, but alas I can only use words not diagrams here 😄

@Ravix Nah, bud. It's easy to note this as a "you problem" when looking from the other side. This is more of a cultural thing. Just as us North Americans have terms that are used negatively over on the other side that we're encouraged to be mindful of before using. He already explained how scheme is generally used here.

"Color Schemes" over here is only talked about during an optional elective class during youth no more than a couple years if not involved in the art field. "Nifty little loyalty scheme" at first glance even with your full example reads as a "nifty little loyalty scam" to my North American upbringing. Personally, I've been in enough European central internet spaces to be aware that if something sounds off, I better double check before responding. This just a simple thing the brain does with going through the most used connotation over the few exceptions.

Just don't be surprised to see any complaints in the future from it. Best to not kick anyone for not being aware, especially when the site catered to North Americans before with certain articles. Just kindly mention it and move on. 😄

@InsaneWade I just found the arguments funny to be honest, as I enjoy language 😆 but it should still be easy enough to infer the context. If it was "nifty little loyalty scam" it wouldn't make a lick of sense. It would contradict itself heavily, which is a huge clue that it doesn't actually mean that. Loyalty Scam can't really make sense. And nifty basically means nice or good.

I do not use a lot of words often, like colour scheme, but I am aware of its existence. If I want to match furniture to a room, I understand that there is such a concept as colour scheme, meaning colours that generally go well together. I do not think they are colours that are a pre planned idea, nor do I think they are evil colours. Despite the other meanings being far more common.

I am also aware that in other cultures other words are used to mean different things, and this helps me to infer meaning when the context seems different to what I'm used to.

Wicked means evil to the English. Wicked frequently means cool to Americans. Wicked cool means incredibly cool to people in New England for some reason 😀 but if Push Square said it was a Wicked Scheme, I'd be really worried, unless the context showed me they meant it was a cool scheme, and i'd gather this by reading the article 👍

@Ravix Dude, I even thanked you for the explanation and you're choosing to keep continuing your rant. You're totally only seeing it one-sided even though I accepted I was wrong.

Also, for you to state you "love language" means you, once again, aren't seeing it from my perspective regardless. I read tons of articles a day ranging from gaming to politics, to even that of learning new things. All from sites globally and not just catered to an American. Yet, I have never had a challenge with confusing meanings, especially of the context clues hint at a different meaning. No.

Also, you're wrong, wicked is still used both with a positive and negative connotation here. That's common.

@SillyBoyJudas I apologise, genuinely. I was just having fun with it, and couldn't stop myself 😆

@Ravix Now, when I see you under another article, I'll be ready to go head-to-head with you. So be ready.

"Head-to-head" in America means, face-off, toe-to-toe, versus, some kind of matchup. =)

@SillyBoyJudas haha no worries. Happy gaming 😁