Overview
- Sony opened applications Tuesday, April 7, for a new program that lets eligible fans in the Americas, Europe, Asia, South Africa, and Australia apply on a PlayStation site using their PSN account.
- The selection uses multiple rounds that weigh a written story and PlayStation account history, narrows roughly 50–150 entries to video interviews, names three finalists, and then chooses one winner.
- The winner will travel to PlayStation’s Visual Arts studio in Los Angeles for a professional scan with airfare, two hotel nights, and a $200 per diem covered, with Japan-based winners excluded from those travel perks under the rules.
- In Gran Turismo 7, the winner will appear later this year as a limited-time character portrait and will co-create a Fantasy Logo and a custom vehicle livery that will be added permanently to the game’s Showcase menu.
- Sony says it plans to extend The Playerbase to other first-party titles over time, while reporters note the published rules do not clearly address long-term likeness rights, residuals, or performer-style protections.