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PS5 latest UI update introduces adverts you can’t disable (Up: Confirmed bug caused this behaviour, post #301)
Giallo Corsa
Gold Member
I'd really like to believe that but I've lived long enough to know that it's most prolly Bullshit...
Maybe they tried to have their way/test the waters and now they're backtracking due to the backlash (?)
Anyway, bring back the "resume activity" function ye Soony® fookers (I presume that's also a "bug", right ?)
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I'm in the UK and don't get these ads either.
Giallo Corsa
Gold Member
I'm in Italy using a Greek account and I've had this for the past couple of days.
Meanwhile, voice search is still a no-go over our side of the pond 4 years later (it's US only) and I'd really like to know if we'll ever receive the new welcome screen with the widgets etc.
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Mr Moose
Member
Activities aren't working at all for me (at least on the games I've got installed).
Bojji
Member
Yeah, and this was actually useful. In some games it was ~5 seconds between OS menu and loaded game without any bullshit screens.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Probably why I have not seen it, at all.
I just get the normal game backgrounds (or if they updated them dynamically from a GaaS update like GT7 shows the newest cars added, or areas you left off in single player games like Elden Ring's progression).
Have all the news widgets closed since there is a dedicated news bar that's always been there that posts updates on games you choose to follow.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Depends on the game. In the end it's up to the publisher I guess, so use it as a news feed, others to advertise other games, like the Lego Horizon ad on Horizon, or F7Rebirth on Remake.¿De verdad es molesto? He visto a mucha gente decir que es publicidad, hasta ahora no he visto ningún anuncio de McDonald's, Uber, etc.
Topher
Gold Member
ap_puff
Member
Thank god, I was seriously thinking about cancelling my pro preorder. It really is that serious, I don't want ads on any of my shit unless I specifically go to look for them.
Shake Your Rump
Member
Why does an internet server even have the ability to do this? What if this server is hacked and pushes out some malicious code hidden in the "latest news"? Why was this not caught in testing? Someone is just rolling out untested server side updates? How did most countries magically avoid having this bug?
Bojji
Member
Yep, this was great and in many games allowed to skip a lot of bullshit. One step forward and 3 steps back...
Boss Mog
Member
"Just a bug guys" 
Now where have a heard that one before
Oh yeah...
www.neogaf.com
Funny how it's all quiet but as soon as people catch on and complain then it's "just a bug".
Now where have a heard that one before
Oh yeah...
Drama - [UPDATE: IT'S A BUG (for now)] Apparently, Ubisoft is experimenting with pop-up ads in the middle of video games now
PR statement from Ubisoft: Further clarification via The Verge: Whether it's arbitrary cuts, $75 horse armor, shrinkflation, pay-to-win, or premium early access, game publishers the world over are desperately trying to squeeze every last bit of profit possible for their shareholders. But...
Funny how it's all quiet but as soon as people catch on and complain then it's "just a bug".
bitbydeath
Member
Probably part of the same bug as it only happened to those with the Welcome update.
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
So Sony's falling back on the "it's a bug" excuse, huh? Bugs like this aren't exactly unheard of, but with all the CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and UAT in place, you'd think catching something like this before it hits production would be almost guaranteed. It makes you wonder how it even got through.
Topher
Gold Member
"Just a bug guys"
Now where have a heard that one before
Oh yeah...
Drama - [UPDATE: IT'S A BUG (for now)] Apparently, Ubisoft is experimenting with pop-up ads in the middle of video games now
PR statement from Ubisoft: Further clarification via The Verge: Whether it's arbitrary cuts, $75 horse armor, shrinkflation, pay-to-win, or premium early access, game publishers the world over are desperately trying to squeeze every last bit of profit possible for their shareholders. But...
Funny how it's all quiet but as soon as people catch on and complain then it's "just a bug".
Honestly I don't give a shit if it is just a bug or some stupid decision......as long as they fix/take care of it.
FatallyYours
Member
The news/ads have just disappeared for me (UK)
midnightAI
Member
I actually believe it is a bug (or something got deployed that was nowhere near ready), reason is some of the news posts made no sense, really old news that is no longer relevant. Now whether we see it again in some form in the future I don't know (hopefully with this backlash they will scrap that idea if that was their intention)
midnightAI
Member
They changed a 1 to a 0
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
lol wonder if Sony lawyers shut down the "it's just a bug" talk, that video/tweet is gone now
EDIT: Oh I guess that tweet was from a Senior Product Manager at PlayStation - wonder if that guy didn't get the memo from the marketing department.
EDIT: Oh I guess that tweet was from a Senior Product Manager at PlayStation - wonder if that guy didn't get the memo from the marketing department.
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Ronin_7
Member
Synastry
Member
It was deleted cause its been fix so why keep that post up.
TrebleShot
Member
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Seems like it's been fixed on the backend.
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Topher
Gold Member
King Dazzar
Member
I can confirm its fixed. Why, that was almost as much fun as pre ordering the Pro.
Topher
Gold Member
Mr Moose
Member
I still see "Official News" on Fallout 4 but it's gone for the other games.
Never mind (fake edit) I restarted and that one has gone too.
So the bug was they'd fucked up part of the HTML or whatever and the "Official News" was leaking in from lower down? Close your damn tags, Sony.
Never mind (fake edit) I restarted and that one has gone too.
So the bug was they'd fucked up part of the HTML or whatever and the "Official News" was leaking in from lower down? Close your damn tags, Sony.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Topher
Gold Member
It's not a big if it's a feature
Well seems they removed the feature so......who knows what the fuck sony is doing?
Duchess
Member
Playing Alan Wake Remastered, and the background used to say that it was now available on PS Plus.
Turned on my PS5 just now, and all that's gone.
The Mobius Machine, and Elden Ring were also affected by the "news" background, which have since vanished.
It might've been a bug, or it might've been Sony doing A/B testing. Whatever it was, I'm glad it's gone.
Turned on my PS5 just now, and all that's gone.
The Mobius Machine, and Elden Ring were also affected by the "news" background, which have since vanished.
It might've been a bug, or it might've been Sony doing A/B testing. Whatever it was, I'm glad it's gone.
ResilientBanana
Member
Literally one ad upon booting steam as opposed to the countless ads on the dashboards of both consoles
Mr Moose
Member
I think whatever they are using to display the info (backgrounds and shit) had unclosed tags (like HTML) and that made it appear higher than it's meant to, I just checked FF7 remake. If you have that installed, press down a few times to see "Official News" and it'll have the image from the OP.Fixed?
But I don't think it was a bug, someone put that there in the first place.
Edit: That makes sense why two games didn't show it for me, they don't have any "Official News" when I looked lower.
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Activities doesn't do shit except open the game. That needs fixing.
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BoxFresh123
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Topher
Gold Member
Banjo64
cumsessed
I’ll get you next time sony bros
diffusionx
Gold Member
I saw the FF7 Rebirth ad when I loaded FF7 Remake, it looked like total shit.¿De verdad es molesto? He visto a mucha gente decir que es publicidad, hasta ahora no he visto ningún anuncio de McDonald's, Uber, etc.
It's not necessarily McDonald's or Uber. I actually would have preferred a tasteful Uber ad to that wall of shit.