PS4 Home Menu May Be Getting Ads Soon

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More and more, Sony and the PS4 are beginning to resemble the Xbox 360 and Microsoft from last generation- the same ease of use and development, leading to a favorable environment for third party development, leading in turn to superior multiplatform games and graphical superiority. The same reliance on timed exclusive DLC and exclusive content for multiplatform games, alongside a de-emphasizing of actual exclusives and first party investment. Paid online.

Now there’s another point to chalk up- apparently, Sony are looking to push ads to the PS4 home menu. Neogaf user MMaRsu reports that when he fired up his PS4 to check if Metal Gear Online was working for him, he got greeted by a Destiny logo on his homescreen instead. He doesn’t own Destiny, so he clicked on the icon. Clicking the icon resulted in being directed to the PS Store.

Posted: Oct 06, 2015 9:38 pm
Related Forum: PlayStation Forum

Source: http://gamingbolt.com/ps4-home-menu-may-be-getting-ads-soon

Comments

CokesPosted: Wed. Oct 07, 2015

It's crazy how the community let ads take over the Xbox dashboard. The dash for the Xbox One is already bad, but the advertisements for it are annoying and invasive, the 360 especially. Considering it's a paid service, we should have the options to disable it. Sony is following that same road as Microsoft it seems like. Pretty unfortunate.

xSusanPosted: Wed. Oct 07, 2015

Ads irritate me lol I mean i would think maybe if it the cost was free still but nope.

gtapro151Posted: Wed. Oct 07, 2015

-Mio Thats the cost for a free service

And what service is free? psn has not been free since the ps4 came out....

-MioPosted: Tue. Oct 06, 2015

Thats the cost for a free service

DanielPosted: Tue. Oct 06, 2015

Ads really Sony there I going to be ads now is there, I really despise ads

Joyful-Posted: Tue. Oct 06, 2015

Wow really? I never expected this to be honest.

slapshot101Posted: Tue. Oct 06, 2015

It's kind of annoying but if they are game ads and the ads are tailored to my game and purchasing habits, it won't bother me that much. It's very true though how Playstation is really becoming what the Xbox 360 was, and in my opinion made it so popular, while Microsoft focuses on in house games. The adds on the 360 were well placed and didn't bother me. We'll have to see how the look and feel on the PS4.