{"id":573631,"date":"2026-04-09T09:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573631\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:59:10","slug":"who-on-earth-would-want-this-almost-90-of-ps5-fans-not-interested-in-new-playerbase-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573631\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Who on Earth Would Want This?’: Almost 90% of PS5 Fans Not Interested in New ‘Playerbase’ Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Who<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not really the end of the world, but whoever cooked up Sony\u2019s new Playerbase<\/a> competition may be having a rethink today.<\/p>\n

The idea, as announced on the PS Blog<\/a> yesterday, is to \u201ccelebrate\u201d the PlayStation community by putting you in its games, starting with Gran Turismo 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, in this initial phase there\u2019ll only be one winner, and you\u2019ll need to pass a video interview to be in with a chance. While the PS Blog post claims the video interview is designed to \u201clearn about\u201d you and your \u201cconnection to PlayStation\u201d, it all sounds like an unpaid casting call to us.<\/p>\n

As a result, of the 1,000 PS5 fans we polled, a staggering 62% of you said you weren\u2019t interested in this. A further 27% said you had security concerns.<\/p>\n

The terms and conditions are vague but it does sound like you\u2019ll effectively be giving Sony consent to use your likeness and data, which isn\u2019t ideal in this age of AI algorithms et al.<\/p>\n

Considering the kind of people who tend to visit our site are highly engaged PlayStation fans, almost 90% saying they\u2019re not interested in a program designed to celebrate the fanbase feels like a massive miss to us.<\/p>\n

The comments on the PS Blog<\/a> have been even more forgiving.<\/p>\n

One user said: \u201cNobody asked for this. Bet this won\u2019t last long either. Make games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cYou are more and more disconnected from reality\/your fans by the day. Who wants this? I hope this wont be used to train some f*cking AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019re sure the company will still get plenty of entries and the Gran Turismo 7 contest will go ahead as planned; we sincerely hope the winner has an awesome time.<\/p>\n

But this whole initiative seems like it could do with a rethink to us.<\/p>\n

[source News: Opinion: Sony’s ‘Playerbase’ Is a Weak and Weird Way to Celebrate PS5 Fans<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not really the end of the world, but whoever cooked up Sony\u2019s new Playerbase competition may be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[690,1015,1014,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-573631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-culture","9":"tag-ps5","10":"tag-sony","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}