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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[–] vanontom@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I wonder if anybody remembers when it leaked Microsoft had a concept of a plan about restrictions on Xbox discs (used/shared), everyone gasped, Sony mocked them in a video about "sharing discs" on PS4 and became a turning point in the console wars...

Even a decade later: Remove discs at your peril! Half the reason I've even bought consoles is for Blu-ray movies (still unbeatable AV quality). Sony won both the console and disc drive wars FFS! Still not enough. "Line must go up more!"

I hope MS is at least mocking them back right now, for giggles. Before announcing a very similar thing next year...

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

Generally, I find that the discs often little more than licenses and require the actual have to be downloaded.