A couple weeks ago, Sony announced a limited time deal for new PlayStation 5 purchases. The “Upgrader Program,” as it is referred to, grants new PS5 owners a free game from a select catalog of first-party games to download upon activating their PS5. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it must have been, because Sony has quietly updated the PS5 free game offer terms to read “BY INVITATION ONLY.”

The new restriction placed on the deal means that customers now have to be directly invited to participate in the promotion in order to take advantage of it. It’s unclear who this limits the deal to, but it’s clear that Sony intends to cut down on the number of players claiming free games.

You can read the full updated terms of the promotion, which runs until October 20, below:

BY INVITATION ONLY.

FREE GAME OFFER TERMS

Limited to select games. Offer valid only in the U.S. for eligible PSN account holders who are at least 18 years of age and purchase and activate a new PS5 console by October 20, 2023 @ 23:59pm (PDT). GAME MUST BE REDEEMED ON YOUR ACTIVATED PS5 CONSOLE BY NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 20, 2023 @ 23:59pm (PDT). Limit 1 game per user. No substitutions or replacements. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with other select offers. Game selections subject to change at any time. Offer subject to change or cancellation at any time. Void where prohibited. 

To Redeem:

• You’ll need to buy and activate your new PS5 console 
• Once your PS5 console is activated, navigate to PlayStation Store on your PS5 console
• You may see a banner with this offer. Click on the offer to make it to the Games Page which features eligible games to choose from.
• Select one game to download for free
• Click Download

Select Games:

•  Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
•  Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Demon’s Souls
• The Last of Us Part I
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure
• Returnal
• Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
• Death Stranding: Director’s Cut

Hopefully, some lucky gamers can still take advantage of this deal and get themselves a shiny new PS5. All of the options on this list are really solid. The more players that get to experience them, the better.

Source: PlayStation

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