Are you a PlayStation MVP? Apparently, according to IGN, Sony are recruiting for the “most highly-engaged members of the PlayStation community” and are starting with the top 1% of Trophy hunters – if you’re up there with the very best, perhaps you got an email from Sony overnight.
“They are experts on everything related to PlayStation and are some of the most influential and important members of the PlayStation Nation,” says the email pushed out overnight.
“They are the types of players that spend their spare time helping other gamers get their stats up. They help run online events on the PlayStation Network. They create game walk-throughs, blog about their favorite games, and support their fellow gamers on places like the official PlayStation forums.”
The email links through to a form asking for PSN ID and Email ID, a couple of things you’d think Sony had access to if they were emailing you in the first place based on your Trophy count. There’s then a series of questions including “why do you want to be an MVP?” and a massive set of checkboxes.
These include pinning a tick on such attributes as “I enjoy persuading others” and “I need to know that someone understands my opinion”. It’s clear what this is all about.
Apparently applicants then need to wait 4-6 weeks to see if they’re in the program, which – to me at least – would seem to involve posting on forums a lot. Perhaps – if this is indeed all real and not an elaborate waste of time – Sony will push out something official we can all read.
We’ll see.
Source: IGN.
englishgolfer
It’s only for North America, they already have MVPs here in Europe.
JBoo
I hit 3000 Trophies last week :P But looking online i see people with mad amounts of Trophies & Plats!!! Don’t they ever SLEEP??? LoL:D
Starman
I just see this as “get people to provide help & support on the forums for free”
Bambo_19
Omg this is amazing.. has anyone in the UK got an email. There are a good few guys in our community that definitely qualify for this. Cant wait to finish Uni in May and get back on the trophy hunting!
I wonder what there plan is with these MVPs. Will they get offered jobs for the official playstation forums or something like that. Or just keep doing what they are doing
cam the man
I’ve no idea how many trophies I’ve got, I’m probably near the top of the trophy leaderboard…………………….not!
CR8ZYH0RSE
You qualify to become a member of the Cheevo club.Well exclusive.
blast71
I prefer Wotsits.
Oh, Cheevo’s. Sorry, my bad;p
Crazy_Del
Well I have 10363 trophies and still counting but no email sadly.
Thanks for the support 8)
Great community and will continue to be for PS4, PS5, PS7, Nintendo Classic, Xbox 360, 720, 1800, Future PC, Gamer PC and bloody fancy gaming gadgets hell I’ll had phone games thrown in too xD or perhaps Apple console game (You never know)
The Lone Steven
Oh great, Del will get an even bigger ego due to this. Thanks a bunch Sony!
I don’t see the point of this elite program as it’s pointless, in my opinion. Plus, you can post in our forums within the next few seconds instead of the next 4-6 weeks for the Elite program. What?
DeathByNumbers
The only issue I have is the high numbers of people with trophies they haven’t earned, there are loads of sites and tools dedicated to unlocking trophies you haven’t earned. You can even buy the software you need in your local Argos, wonder how they are weeding out those people?
Kaminari
Sony mailing is retarded.
I can’t stand anymore getting adverts for games or DLCs which I already own and Sony is supposed to know about. If they can’t bloody make targeted ads based on my account today, what does it say about the forthcoming “social features” of the PS4?