PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off - IGN
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The PS5 now has an advert system built into the dashboard user interface you can’t disable without disconnecting from the internet.

Wow, this is awful. Some people reported that these ads are also very petty and not necessarily related to the game, like apparently Elden Ring shows an ad for a licensed mousepad when you hover over the game now…

Edit: Playstation Product Manager says this is actually a new bug. I really doubt it but they do seem to be “fixing it”.

  • Tarogar@feddit.orgEnglish
    442·
    2 months ago

    Crazy stuff… Ads everywhere. Makes my choice to not buy any console this generation seem a lot better. It saved me money and I don’t get ads forced on me. I call that a win win.

    • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Is steam deck a console? From this gen?

      Either way it’s pretty good. You don’t even need to run their os if you don’t want to.

      • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        At this point, the distinction between console and PC comes down to the corporate side. The PS4 and PS5 operating systems are based on a BSD (probably FreeBSD but not sure), and are capable of running a desktop OS (as long as hackers find a way to bypass Sony’s locked-down firmware). XBox One and Series use a Windows-based OS, also locked down by Microsoft to only run the applications they want.

        Everything about the Steam Deck is designed with gaming in mind, but in terms of capabilities, it’s no different from a PC. You could hook it up to a USB-C dock and use it for work. I’d sooner call it a handheld PC than a console.

        • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          That’s neat! I knew about the bsd origins but I didn’t know they allow other oses now.

          I have not ironically used the steam deck for amateur satellite tracking before. Its more suited for that purpose than a laptop in the field lol.

          • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            they allow other oses now

            They don’t. It’s the same category as jailbreaking an iPhone: possible, legal, might brick your console, Sony hates it.

      • Tarogar@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I would argue that it’s a handheld PC since it’s not locked down to heck and back. It would also be the one thing I would buy but I have no use case for it so I don’t.

        • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Yeah, same. If I were going to get a handheld console, it’s pretty much exactly what I’d want, but…I really don’t need another portable computing device.

    • PunchingWood@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      I still enjoy my PS5 for a few exclusives I play on it. But damn I’m getting very much triggered to just go back to exclusively PC gaming.