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PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off (www.ign.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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] 114 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

What an absolutely terrible fucking idea.

Can't wait for major story spoilers to show up full-screen on the background of the homescreen because clickbaiters on YouTube are fucking assholes.

Also really don't need product placement on the home, I am on my PS5 to play games, not to fucking buy stuff. It's a console, not a goddamn webshop.

This really needs an option to get disabled.

Edit: Reading again it just seems to get worse. Looking at the alternative game ads, offers and promotions when selecting a game seems borderline against consumer laws, at least in EU. Especially kids could be easily targeted and triggered by this. Also most of these examples make it look like you're starting up an entirely different game, it's just such a awful update all together. No self-respecting interface designer would come up with this, it's 100% corporate predatory marketing cunts that came up with this kind of stuff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ugh I love Steam but when I click on a new game, sometimes it’s like WATCH THIS STREAMER STREAM and it’s in the middle of the game like I WANT GO INTO IT BLIND GIVE ME AN OPTION TO DISABLE THIS

[–] where_am_i 2 points 9 months ago

I either GoG or pirate these days. You want my money? Then respectfully sell me the product.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you are taking about the storefront you can disable that completely in your options.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I couldn’t find one when it first came out, and haven’t looked since. Thank you so much!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Sure thing, if I were in front of my pc I'd have given you more precise instructions but yeah I was elated when I found that setting as I don't enjoy livestreams even if it's not a spoiler.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's a console, not a goddamn webshop.

Console makers see them as one and the same. This being Lemmy I have to advise that the only solution is to own your own machine, so best build your own hardware, install Linux, and compile all the games you want to play yourself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have a PC, with Windows though, I can't be bothered with the limited Linux support and hardware woes that come with it.

I only played a few exclusives on the PS5 before, most recently Astro Bot, but since everything else is basically coming to PC I recently upgraded it anyway. It's becoming less and less appealing to even bother with consoles anymore. Even Nintendo seems to barely bother to dare anything innovating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My Linux gaming machine is a Steam Deck, it's been a pretty positive experience and you only really need to tinker if you're straying off the golden path.

I imagine we'll see some new Nintendo innovation with the Switch 2, they are at least good for throwing in a load of wacky ideas with new consoles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To be fair the Steam Deck is similar to consoles, it is only one piece of hardware that people can't alter (or aren't meant to) that natively runs on a Linux system and is entirely designed to work as such. I think the Steam Deck is an interesting concept, but I don't believe it can be compared to custom built computers, as well as the idea of supported games on any choice of Linux distribution. Support is significantly better than it used to be, but it's still such a long way off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

While it defaults to a console-like experience it is meant to be altered, they give you a full desktop environment as standard and even provide instructions to install Windows if you really want.