What is PlayStation Stars? How Sony's loyalty programme works

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(Pocket-lint) — PlayStation announced a new loyalty programme in mid-2022, that should make it even more engaging to use PlayStation consoles and services over time — PlayStation Stars.

The service has launched in Asia, with release dates imminent in the rest of the world, so we've got all the key details about it, right here.

PlayStation Stars is a new loyalty programme that Sony is launching, letting PlayStation gamers sign up to earn rewards for completing challenges of various levels of complexity, as a way to engage them further in playing games.

The scheme is separate from PlayStation Plus, Sony's multiplayer and online platform — you won't need to be paying for PlayStation Plus to qualify for PlayStation Stars, which is great. You will need to sign up your account, though, as there isn't any automatic enrolment at this point.

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For now, there are no hardware limitations, so you don't even need a PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 4 to join.

PlayStation Stars has actually already launched in Asia, including Japan — it came out on 29 September 2022, so if you're in that area you should check your PlayStation app to see if it's got a new section to explore and sign up to.

For other territories, Sony has given the release dates below:

This means that everyone should get access within the next couple of weeks as the service rolls out more widely.

Once the programme has launched in your area, you should be able to sign up for it through the PlayStation app, where it will have a section.

However, you will also be able to do so through the main PlayStation website.

Stars will offer up regular challenges and missions to take part