One of the most talked about news throughout yesterday was the inclusion of advertising within the PS5 game titles. Instead of showing game art or an ongoing activity, games began to display advertisingwith news even from previous years. The community took it personally, thinking that it was a new feature that, at any moment, the PS5 was going to become a billboard.
Now Sony has denied this point, confirmed that this is an error in the news feed, and that, therefore, It is not in their plans that the art of the game is replaced by advertising contentYouTube videos or directly advertising other types of related content. And although some games have historically shown advertising content related to the game in question, such as Call of Duty’s Blackcell or FC24’s Ultimate, it has never been so invasive and has always been limited, for example, to the launch of a DLC, a new season, or new content in the store.
The most normal thing is that, if the game is compatible with PS5 cards, the dashboard shows content related to the game activity that we left pending the last time we played. That is why the inclusion of this type of advertisement It has generated a lot of excitement among the communityespecially knowing that Xbox in some regions shows fast food ads, although also related to some promotion that has to do with games.
It was a mistake and your PS5 should now display the content correctly
This is what the PS5 dashboard looked like after the error:
However, as we say, Sony has confirmed that this is an error, and that the Dashboard of the games should now be displayed in a completely traditional way, including this type of advertising or content related to the game that is not from the developer itself:
Fixed a technical error with the Official News feature on the PS5 console. There have been no changes to the way game news is displayed on PS5.
Additionally, if you live in a supported region, the new Dashboard customization feature has been available for a few weeks, giving you quick access to most of the console’s functions from one place.
