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
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    1 month 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.