Any sort of ad on a luxury item you’ve already paid for should be cause for concern for the future. Sony does have ads, but they are hidden in menus and are static text ads, not video ads (yet).
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MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Normally, I think gamers overreact a bit when it comes to ads on Xbox… but this time, this full screen ad when you boot up the system should not be allowed.
Wonder what genius exec had that brilliant idea. Stupid.
thesprongler@lemmy.world 7 months ago
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wait…this is a thing now!?! I switched to PC, so I wouldn’t know…
RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 7 months ago
sp6@lemmy.world 7 months ago
PC ≠ Windows
-Your local linux evangelist
Caradoc879@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How do you know someone is a Linux user?
They’ll fucking tell you.
radix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s bad, but at the very least, Windows can be customized to hide all that crap. Some options are up front, some require a lot more digging, but it can be de-advertised. Xbox is way more locked down.
beefcat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The first thing I do on any new Windows install is turn web results off in search. This resolves the exact problem people are constantly complaining about.
konalt@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve never seen an ad on Windows 10 or 11. Been using 11 for over a year at this point. The start menu just has my pinned apps and recent files.
Knusper@feddit.de 7 months ago
There may be regional differences, depending on how much local laws allow Microsoft to profit off of you…
Chainweasel@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I take it you haven’t used Windows 11 yet, The start menu is basically all advertisements.
Zimroxo@kbin.social 7 months ago
You can turn them all off though
Sanctus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I shouldn’t have to. And if I do it should all be toggles in one place. Not scattered and hidden throughout control panel, settings, and the terminal.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I have, but there aren’t any unskippable ads at startup.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Personally, I’d like to thank Microsoft. They’ve been making it easy to not regret getting a PS5 and not really even considering the xbox option that strongly. Between the series S needing to handle it for it to be allowed on the series X and now full screen ads, it’s like Sony is the only one that realizes there’s still competition going on.
I’d also like to thank people who still buy Xboxes anyways for giving Sony a reason to not turn the enshitification up to an 11 because it’s probably more of a difference in confidence than principles.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 7 months ago
They also recently announced that all third party accessories will cease to work with the Xbox as of a couple days ago.
rustyriffs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wtf?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah, plenty of things that have made me glad to not have one. Has there been anything positive about Xbox in the news lately? That isn’t kinda a backhand compliment, like BG3 being available on it soon while it launched everywhere else a while ago now?
RoverRacecar@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Classic Microsoft.
rip_art_bell@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I thought there’s no way… when you boot up!? Sure enough. “the ad in question pops up when players boot up their Xbox”
Wow
kromem@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It was almost certainly multiple execs, from multiple companies, with Activision being the first partner for a new ad format team Xbox was rolling out but had discussed in advance with multiple agency partners.
AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 7 months ago
You say “stupid”, but I’m kind of worried it’ll have a positive impact in their sales, making these types of ads the new standard… I hope not, but my expectations are getting worse and worse
kromem@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That this exists at all means it is a new standard ad format they are testing out. They didn’t program in a new ad format just for Activision.
So unless there’s enough of a pushback that they can it, you’ll be periodically seeing similar boot up ads for other games and maybe even things like McDonald’s down the road.