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”.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
    172·
    14 hours ago

    There are hardly any exclusives worth playing.

    Even if there were, that’s all the more reason not to buy it. Exclusive anything is anti-consumer bullshit that should be illegal.

    • Firestorm DruidEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      I guess in a sense it does lead to competitors trying their best to compete and create better games than their contemporaries. In an ideal world, all games would be playable on all platforms, of course, but that’s just not realistic - either because of contracts or hardware limitations.

      Or greed lol

      • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        31 minutes ago

        I guess in a sense it does lead to competitors trying their best to compete

        No, it stifles competition because they can say “we don’t need to worry about competing with that game at all because you can’t buy it on this platform”.

        but that’s just not realistic

        It’s completely realistic. We just pass a law that bans yet another anti-competitive anti-consumer behavior.

    • ErinCrush@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      15 hours ago

      Agreed. At least SOME of the games are coming to PC… Oh but they need all your personal information so you’re basically integrated into their ecosystem whether you like it or not.