Goodbye advertising on PS5: PlayStation admits it’s a mistake

Good news for PlayStation 5 players: goodbye advertising. The new interface update included major changes to the background image of each application. Instead of wallpaper accompanied by music selected by each developer, advertisements were displayed that were part of coil news about the game in question. In a brief statement, PlayStation acknowledges that this is a bug that has now been fixed.

“A technical issue with the Official News feature on PS5 consoles has been resolved,” begins the publisher’s official X account. “There are no changes to the way gaming news is displayed on PS5.″. Spain is not affected by the bug, as it is one of the regions where the interface change has not yet been implemented. Its launch is monitored in each country, so its arrival is expected sometime in October.

What does the new PlayStation 5 interface change?

The new PS5 interface basically changes the space you see on the screen when you launch the console. Added a new menu called “Welcome Point”.which you can customize by adding widgets that show you information about various elements of the console, such as your friends, trophies, screenshots of players you’ve added, controller battery status, and more.

The update was announced on September 12, with the US becoming the first country selected as a beta version. Gradually, as the weeks passed, the problems discovered when it was released into the hands of players were corrected..

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