'We Lost PlayStation Stars for This?' Sony Announces Franchise Rewards, a Time-Limited Physical Merch Program With Items Locked Behind Trophies

Sony has announced Franchise Rewards, a caller programme that grants players the quality to bargain carnal PlayStation merchandise — if you unlock circumstantial in-game trophies by a definite date.

The strategy kicks disconnected with Ghost Rewards, unlocked by earning circumstantial trophies successful Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima earlier December 31, 2025.

If you've unlocked the "Mono nary Aware" Gold trophy, you'll beryllium granted the quality to wage $30/€33 for a commemorative T-shirt. Unlock the "Living Legend" Platinum trophy and you tin additionally take to wage $25/€28 for an commemorative pin. You'll besides past request to wage shipping connected top, with modular transportation priced astatine astir $13 wrong the U.S. (or expedited transportation astatine astir $25).

The archetypal instrumentality effect to the strategy has been mixed, with galore pointing to its announcement arsenic a lackluster replacement for Sony's recently-retired PlayStation Stars loyalty program.

"We went from getting points from buying games to bargain much games for free, to getting points that springiness america the grant of giving them much money," noted PlayStation instrumentality thickwonga413. "Thanks guys."

"We mislaid PlayStation Stars for this?" concurred WaveHood1. "Bruh. Give the PS Store cards back."

The Ghost of Tsushima T-shirt, disposable to bargain for $30 with the "Mono No Aware" Gold trophy.

The Ghost of Tsushima commemorative pin, disposable to bargain for $25 with the "Living Legend" Platinum trophy.

Others person compared the connection to Bungie's long-held signifier of offering exclusive Destiny merchandise to players who person completed a definite fig of tasks in-game each year. "Play to pay," SilentElite99 observed. "The Destiny method."

For those interested, you'll request to caput to ghostrewards.playstation.com successful the U.S. (or ghostrewards.eu.playstation.com successful Europe) to unlock and acquisition the items earlier December 31, 2025. It's unclear wherefore determination is simply a clip limit, but determination we are.

PlayStation volition proceed its strategy with the adjacent acceptable of Franchise Rewards, for the upcoming Ghost of Yotei, aboriginal this year. More details connected that volition beryllium announced successful the future.

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