Trending

Sony addresses PlayStation 5 Ad glitch, calls it a technical error

Belmin Kopic

Published: 11:41, 01 October 2024

Share this story:

Key Points from the Article

The PlayStation 5's user interface does not display advertisements when launching a game.
The issue was caused by a bug and not a deliberate attempt to show ads.
Sony has clarified that there will be no changes to how video game information is offered on the PlayStation 5.
Some speculation arose about whether the ads were a test for user reactions, but Sony's statement indicates that the feature will not be rolled out intentionally.

Sony addresses PlayStation 5 Ad glitch, calls it a technical error

Sony has responded to concerns about ads running as background videos on the PlayStation 5's interface, stating that it was a technical fault and not intended.

More recently, players on the PlayStation 5 voiced frustrations over the fact that ads were running as background videos - with no option to turn off-at the backend of navigation within the console's interface.

Well, Sony has now responded, ensuring this wasn't supposed to happen; it was simply a technical fault.According to Sony, the PlayStation 5's user interface does not display advertisements when users attempt to launch a game.

The reason users, particularly those in the United States, were seeing them pop up had to do with a bug. "There won't be any modification in how video game information would be offered on the PlayStation 5," said the official response by Sony as it attempted to ease the nerves that gamers would not be bombarded with unsolicited advertisements during dispensaries of their gaming.

Game News

The next Lords of the Fallen game is coming in 2026, will feature "commercial art style and narrative"

Semir OmerovicOCTOBER 1

While Sony has addressed this issue as a glitch and an accident, some speculation about whether or not the ads were some kind of test to see user reactions before any sort of permanent change has arisen.

Whatever the case, this will be absolutely impossible now, as Sony's statement leaves no indication that the feature will be rolled out intentionally.

Console ads aren't entirely a new concept. To this date, PlayStation has only typically served ads across a few specific areas like the PlayStation Store or PlayStation Plus, while Xbox has carried ad tiles on the front page for years.

PS5 users will not see ads cluttering their interfaces, and Sony is committed to providing a fluid and interruption-free gaming experience

That means PS5 users, for the foreseeable future, won't see ads cluttering their interfaces; Sony is doubling down on its promise of a fluid, interruption-free gaming experience.

Sony also reassured gamers of its commitment to an interface which is easy to navigate and access, free of commercially interrupted distractions, so their focus remains on gaming.