PS5 replaces game art with ads after latest update

Following the September 20th firmware review (which fixed the bugs in the 12th update), the PS5’s interface is now making changes that will cause a lot of talk… and not in a good way.

Consoles are updated frequently to add new features, aesthetic changes, or bug fixes. This is the case of PS5, which On September 12, it received a Welcome Center for its interface..

It was a new product that was well received by console users. However, some games (such as Final Fantasy XVI) began to perform worse, prompting Sony to release a fix.

Thus, last Friday, September 20, version 24.06-10.01.00 of the console firmware arrived, correcting the strange errors that the previous update made. The problem is that also applied the change for the worse.

If you have a PS5, you’ll probably want to take a stroll through the home interface, as small personalized designs appear as wallpaper as you view each game.

PlayStation 5 users have been complaining since the weekend because: instead of the usual art, advertising and related content now appear with every title. And, frankly, they are much uglier and more unsightly.

Sony has not given any explanation regarding this, and at this time There is no way to remove this “ad” from the configuration options. from the console.

Advertising “disguised” as news and events

You can buy it for yourself. First of all, let’s clarify that the change does not apply to all regions (and not all games). In the case of Spain, these ads can be seen in Call of Duty games on PS5..

In the US and other regions, all games present on the PS5 Home Dashboard are displayed. similar adsbe it offers or games that can be reserved on the PS Store, trailers or YouTube videos.

As we see in Earl Turlett’s Twitter/X thread, there are already a number of examples, including games such as Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2, Horizon Zero Dawn or Shadow of the Erdtree.

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A more controversial case (and proven by several players) is Horizon Zero Dawn, which show the LEGO Horizon Adventures tab to pre-order the new game on the PS Store..

While the September 20 update allows ads to be removed from the home interface (Welcome Center), these types of notifications don’t seem to fit into the bag at the moment.

On PS5, you can check out the latest news like PlayStation will use artificial intelligence and machine learning to speed up game development, Ken Kutaragi reports that no one at Sony believed in PlayStation, or Sony increases the price of Horizon Zero Dawn for PlayStation 4. .

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