The PS3 menu shows an offer to sign up for a Playstation card and receive $50 worth of Playstation Network (PSN) points after the first purchase.
How does this work, do I get the points immediately, can I place my purchase immediately, how do I redeem the points, etc. The website is kind of vague about this.
I understand this is a gaming question site, but this question is linked directly to a credit card for Playstation gaming and networked players are always bombarded with the advertisement in the main menus, and the associated reward is for PSN points, so I feel there is relevance.
Best Answer
I had hoped to receive my $50 credit the day I registered for the card. After receiving the card in the mail a week after registration, and making a purchase with it, I searched online to find out where the $50 credit was. I ended up calling the number on the back of the card.
I found out:
Essentially, from registration time to checkout time for a $50 PSN credit on Sony Rewards takes from four to six weeks (1 week for the card to arrive, and assuming you make a purchase immediately, approximately 1 month for the next billing cycle). My Sony Rewards points credit were available one week after my qualifying purchase. Since I made the purchase the day I received the card, the total process, in practice, took a little over 2 weeks, but that might be due to lucky timing based on the billing cycle, or the phone representative was incorrect and the billing cycle has nothing to do with receiving the credit, since it wasn't point-based.
Here is the relevant text from an e-mail sent by SonyRewards after the allotted time passed:
Congratulations. You have qualified for your $50 PlayStation®Network Code.
For EXISTING Sony Rewards members
If you are an existing Sony Rewards member and you have linked your PlayStation®Card to your Sony Rewards account, after you have logged on, skip to Step 4 below to redeem your $50 PlayStation®Network Code.
To create your NEW Sony Rewards member account