Sony
has
begun
sending
out
Emails
to
current
PS
Plus
subscribers
to
notify
them
of
changes
to
PlayStation
Stars
terms
and
conditions.
If
you
can’t
remember
what
PS
Stars
is,
I
can’t
blame
you
because
it
doesn’t
tend
to
get
a
lot
of
attention,
even
from
Sony.

In
fact,
it
literally
went
offline
for
a
month
earlier
this
year.
Basically,
it’s
a
reward
program
where
you
earn
points
for
purchases
and
completing
little
quests,
and
those
points
can
be
redeemed
for
games,
gift
cards
and
more.
It’s
actually
pretty
decent,
considering
you
don’t
have
to
do
anything
special
or
go
out
of
your
way
to
earn
points.

Sadly,
Sony
has
made
the
decision
to
make
PS
Stars
slightly
worse.
In
the
terms
and
conditions
that
must
be
accepted
or
else
your
PS
Stars
account
will
be
terminated,
Sony
reveals
that
points
will
no
longer
be
earned
from
subscription
payments,
initial
or
recurring.
In
other
words,
your
monthly
or
yearly
sub
to
PS
Plus
Extra
or
Premium
will
no
longer
earn
any
PS
Stars
points.

That’s
annoying
because
while
subs
probably
weren’t
earning
you
heaps
of
points,
they
were
still
a
solid
way
of
building
up
your
Stars
bank
account
without
having
to
do
anything.

Furthermore,
any
points
you
earn
will
now
expire
exactly
12
months
after
they
appear
in
your
account.
Chances
are
you’ll
probably
use
points
within
that
time
frame,
but
if
you
were
hoping
to
hoard
some
points
over
a
long
period
–
perhaps
because
you
don’t
earn
many
anyway
and
want
to
redeem
them
for
one
of
the
full
games
available
in
the
rewards
tab
–
then
tough
shit.

To
be
honest,
these
are
some
baffling
decisions
by
Sony.
The
PS
Stars
reward
scheme
is
already
worse
than
both
Xbox
Rewards
and
Nintendo’s
eshop
coins,
yet
Sony
seems
determined
to
damage
it
further.
What,
really,
is
the
point
in
making
points
expire?
Are
they
worried
about
people
hoarding
them
like
a
dragon’s
treasure
for
years
before
cashing
in?
And
removing
the
ability
to
earn
points
from
subscription
renewals
is
absurd.

At
this
point,
why
is
PS
Stars
even
a
thing?
You
still
can’t
even
access
it
from
your
console.
Instead,
you
have
to
use
the
mobile
app,
which
is
probably
why
the
vast
majority
of
gamers
aren’t
even
aware
of
PS
Stars.

In
the
end,
this
isn’t
a
huge
issue.
It’ll
affect
a
very
small
amount
of
people,
and
even
then
it
won’t
ruin
their
day.
But
once
again
it
seems
to
prove
that
we
just
can’t
have
nice
things.