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”.
At least Microsoft hasn’t announced a marginally improved $700 pro console that doesn’t even come with the disk drive.
Yet.
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…
Generally, I find that the discs often little more than licenses and require the actual have to be downloaded.
Yeah, but how long until it doesn’t come with a power brick, and you have to supply your own?
I mean, if it has USB PD, that could be a not so unreasonable thing. That is, supposing USB PD supplies as outlets become common.
I was interested to know if that could work, supply wise.
According to these articles, the series x and the 5 pro aim to draw around 200W in-game.
USB-PD 3.1 (honestly, fuck the USB naming standard, seriously.) can allow for 240W draw.
So, kinda yeah?