Stare-Bear
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Xbox players are greeted with a full-screen pop-up ad for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III when they boot up their Xbox console
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Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Just wanted to pop in and say I'm still pissed about this.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
GTFO. All this for an ad you can exit from by pressing X?? It's not the first game to do this and certainly not the last. Just be honest: you feel some kinda way because you think it's pushing the acquisition in your face. The acquisition is history. Done deal. It's finished and will remain that,way for the foreseeable future. Press X like everyone else and move on...good lord.
Unknown Soldier
Member
LMAO Windows users are next, get ready for the ads in Windows too fufu~
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
MarkMe2525
Banned
I was correcting your false claims that MS were first, or at least the cause, of other companies ad practices. I provided examples and facts, not whataboutisms. I came at you too strong for sure and I own that, but c'mon, you were clearly basing your assertions off of incorrect assumptions. Just own it, I for sure have had my facts twisted in the past. Dismissing the correct info and doubling down is not the way.
Edit: I once argued that providing a video source with a higher resolution feed would not increase the IQ on a fixed resolution display (example "since a 720p TV can only display a fixed amount of pixels, a 1080p source will not look better on any particular 720p TV vs a 720 source.") I was wrong, shown examples proving that, and I relented. We all do it.
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Unknown Soldier
Member
The PS3, PS4, and PS5 home screens also only show your games and nothing else unless you intentionally scroll to view the PS Store page. Of the Big 3, only Microsoft pushes ads in your home screen. I remember my OG 360 UI, it never had ads. I'm never going to buy another Xbox again until they remove ads from the home screen.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Does Switch have ads or not? I'm confused lol.
This is objectively false, there is a Modern Warfare 3 trailer/ad panel on my PS5 home screen on the default panel after it boots up. There's also a ghostrunner 2 panel, a game I have not bought or on my cart or anything.
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MarkMe2525
Banned
I'm referring to the "featured news' section that immediately displays when you press the power button. They use that space for unique content, ads, links to sales in the store, game help videos, etc..
ShadyAcshuns
Member
I wonder if people were this up in arms when this same thing happened a few years ago on PS4? Remember those adds that popped up in the form of game tiles?
This is something that we all will have to deal with in the modern era. Commercialism is just something unavoidable in entertainment these days. I have to watch the NFL without the sound because there are awful commercials every few minutes: two minutes of football, five minutes of commercials.
This is something that we all will have to deal with in the modern era. Commercialism is just something unavoidable in entertainment these days. I have to watch the NFL without the sound because there are awful commercials every few minutes: two minutes of football, five minutes of commercials.
It's already too late for that:
Since Starfield release day my PC windows feature log in pics and popup for it from MS without consent
My windows 11 PC, which I use everyday for either gaming or any other stuff, feature this since Starfield release day : And this : Every single day when I launch windows I get a Starfield image as log in background. I use to have random landscape for years, now without any warning or...
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skit_data
Member
That "Explore" tab is US only I think? It's not on my home screen at all (EU)This is objectively false, there is a Modern Warfare 3 trailer/ad panel on my PS5 home screen on the default panel after it boots up. There's also a ghostrunner 2 panel, a game I have not bought or on my cart or anything.
Dream-Knife
Banned
Laughs in arch linux.
But I do also use windows. Stick with 10 and disable telemetry.
But yeah, microsoft is going to try to cuck us like consolecels.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
Xbox has always made a lot of noise about call of duty.
You should have the option to completly turn off ads even if you don't have gamepass
RickMasters
Member
*ignores ads and contnues to games and apps tab to load up halo infinite*…..by the way…. The made halo great again.
MarkMe2525
Banned
It always makes my day when you post.
RickMasters
Member
Going way back to call of duty 2 on Xbox 360. That game sold X360s.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
RickMasters
Member
I'm just wondering what they are gonna do when YouTube completely blocks adblock. people Seem to forget there was a time when you had ads on terrestrial TV for five whole mins and could not skip none of that shit. Now people act like it's the end of the world because they have to click the A button a few times to skip this shit. first world problems eh?
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Microsoft advertising their products in their environments.........Windows is "next"?
Clearly you dont actually use Windows.
Cuz you know Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11 already came out right?
Windows 7 advertising Windows 10^
Windows 10 advertising random shit^
Windows 10 advertising Windows 11^
Mythoclast
Member
I dont really defend this practice, but is it really that hard to just press B to decline and move on?
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Odd, I don't have any of that stuff in windows, though I also have w10 pro, that I actually paid for, no free upgrade stuff.Microsoft advertising their products in their environments.........Windows is "next"?
Clearly you dont actually use Windows.
Cuz you know Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11 already came out right?
Windows 7 advertising Windows 10^
Windows 10 advertising random shit^
Windows 10 advertising Windows 11^
Iced Arcade
Member
Pop ups on a consoles are disgusting
Ads are irritating in general but here somebody said it even stopped them from being able to use their machine remotely. We shouldn't put up with this stuff to be honest so I'm glad there is pushback. Give them an inch with these ads and they will take a mile to sell you stuff.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
You paid for Windows 10?
My Windows 7 license has carried me all the way to Windows 11, I skipped 8 and 8.1 but the Windows 10 update looked enticing so I jumped on it.
P.S Maybe your computer doesnt qualify for Windows 11 otherwise you should have seen the advert for Windows 11.
D
Deleted member 848825
Unconfirmed Member
From 7 through to 10 and not one single ad, ever. Not that the example is anything remotely similar impact wise, to booting up a console and having your massive 85" Tv plastered with an entire full screen forced advert. Still, at least it manages your expectations for the Xbox "experience" from the off.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Careful there, you're going to break the narrative they are trying to establish.
Don't tell them my Windows machines are all on 11 but I have the lock screen entirely disabled, Windows Spotlight turned off, Suggestions turned off, telemetry disabled, etc.
If Microsoft actually ever circled around and prevented users from disabling all the ads and telemetry and shit in Windows, then I would drop Windows for good. But they won't, because corporate customers who actually are the ones paying for Windows won't stand for that shit. As long as corporate customers demand the ability to disable that garbage in Windows, end users who know how to disable it are in good shape.
xrnzaaas
Member
You should be able to disable featured content (at least in Europe), I think it was in automatic downloads. Should solve the problem of game tiles appearing for products you don't own.Does Switch have ads or not? I'm confused lol.
This is objectively false, there is a Modern Warfare 3 trailer/ad panel on my PS5 home screen on the default panel after it boots up. There's also a ghostrunner 2 panel, a game I have not bought or on my cart or anything.
And yeah, just like it was already mentioned when playing here in Europe I don't get the 'explore' tile at all.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
False alarm on my end. Didnt get the message. I even restarted the system and didnt get it.
Instead, I got this "Level up your game experience" splash screen asking if i wanted to take part in some marketing BS or whatever..... Yes or No Thanks.
No thanks.
Instead, I got this "Level up your game experience" splash screen asking if i wanted to take part in some marketing BS or whatever..... Yes or No Thanks.
No thanks.
Faust
Perpetually Tired
Microsoft advertising their products in their environments.........Windows is "next"?
Clearly you dont actually use Windows.
Cuz you know Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11 already came out right?
Windows 7 advertising Windows 10^
Windows 10 advertising random shit^
Windows 10 advertising Windows 11^
This is why I switched to Linux. My life has been better for it.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Dope theme though.
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Reizo Ryuu
Member
w10 pro, and of course, why wouldn't I?
Pedro Motta
Gold Member
If all I have to do is click X a few times to save some money, where do I sign?
Is it really that hard to just click the X to close a pop-up? Is it really that hard to just watch a 15-second ad before a YouTube video?
These are the mindsets that allow this kind of crap to get worse and worse. We should be fighting this, not lying down and taking in the eye socket.
Is there some way to mass-brigade their support with a message that says not to do this again?
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HeisenbergFX4
Member
I did not get this pop up on my main Series X on boot tonight
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
SEGAvangelist
Member
I got it! I knew Phil loved me!I haven't gotten it all day. Feel left out
digoutyoursoul
Member
You only have to look at the original design last year for the current dashboard to see where this was going. It received overwhelming negative feedback and rightly so , it was like a magazine page advertising gamepass it was that obnoxious and of course they put out the "we hear your feedback " shite once again.
If so many are bothered about this they probably use that line yet again.
If so many are bothered about this they probably use that line yet again.
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DeVeAn
Member
This response made my day! Thanks!
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Cuz its been free since Windows 7......unless Windows 10 was your first Windows machine you really shouldnt be paying for it.
I didnt even know people were actually still paying for Window.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
so if you paid for windows 7, you can install w10 on an unlimited amount of machines to use at the same time?
Nydius
Member
I just had this pop up so ended up here to make sure it was widespread.
This is scummy as fuck. There's already an obscene amount of advertising on the Xbox dashboard. Far more than what's on the PS5's dash. Forcing full screen ads users must click off and cannot opt-out of on system boot is beyond the pale.
No one - no one - should be okay with this, let alone justify it. Users should never be greeted with an ad they have to manually close to get to the core functionality of their console, regardless of platform.
Can't say I'm surprised this is coming from Microsoft though. I remember their second X360 UI revamp that basically turned something like 75% of your main menu screen into ad space.
This is scummy as fuck. There's already an obscene amount of advertising on the Xbox dashboard. Far more than what's on the PS5's dash. Forcing full screen ads users must click off and cannot opt-out of on system boot is beyond the pale.
No one - no one - should be okay with this, let alone justify it. Users should never be greeted with an ad they have to manually close to get to the core functionality of their console, regardless of platform.
Can't say I'm surprised this is coming from Microsoft though. I remember their second X360 UI revamp that basically turned something like 75% of your main menu screen into ad space.
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