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PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off (www.ign.com)
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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".

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Sony looking at the rotting corpse of Xbox and taking notes. But only the wrong ones.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

At least Microsoft hasn't announced a marginally improved $700 pro console that doesn't even come with the disk drive.

Yet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder if anybody remembers when it leaked Microsoft had a concept of a plan about restrictions on Xbox discs (used/shared), everyone gasped, Sony mocked them in a video about "sharing discs" on PS4 and became a turning point in the console wars...

Even a decade later: Remove discs at your peril! Half the reason I've even bought consoles is for Blu-ray movies (still unbeatable AV quality). Sony won both the console and disc drive wars FFS! Still not enough. "Line must go up more!"

I hope MS is at least mocking them back right now, for giggles. Before announcing a very similar thing next year...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Generally, I find that the discs often little more than licenses and require the actual have to be downloaded.

[–] med 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but how long until it doesn't come with a power brick, and you have to supply your own?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, if it has USB PD, that could be a not so unreasonable thing. That is, supposing USB PD supplies as outlets become common.

[–] med 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was interested to know if that could work, supply wise.

According to these articles, the series x and the 5 pro aim to draw around 200W in-game.

USB-PD 3.1 (honestly, fuck the USB naming standard, seriously.) can allow for 240W draw.

So, kinda yeah?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. It's crazy to think that USB can now handle 240W. And yes, the naming conventions are terribad but, at least the standards are actually open, unlike VESA's.

[–] med 1 points 8 months ago

Amen!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They are doing this because a rotten corpse doesn’t force them to compete, they can do whatever they want. If MS didn’t shit the bed with the Series X/S, Sony would be trying harder to please customers, or at least not actively screwing them (see also: 800 EUR PS5 Pro without disc drive or vertical stand).

[–] mindbleach 1 points 8 months ago

Xbox achieved its goals.