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".

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

PCMasterRace. Each year, your consoles get shittier.

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 35 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

To be fair, Windows is getting worse every year as well and Linux isn't officially supported by most developers so you kinda need to compromise somewhere.

I personally went with Linux because I got fed up with Windows bullshit and the games I can't play are mostly games I'm not really interested in playing in the first place.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The good thing is that Linux is officially becoming a market space that they have to pay attention to or lose money. Not because of us, but steam deck normalized it. 4% of users doesn't sound like a lot, but to a company who is desperate enough to put ads everywhere just to make a few pennies, well, it may be worth it now

[–] celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Despite how shitty Windows is getting, the UX is still leagues better than any console.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is where I'm at too. I'm so fucking mad at the trajectory Microsuck is taking because I love indie games and getting into early access stuff and they often don't work on Linux. Plus star citizen... Stupid anti cheat stuff doesn't play nice with Linux :/

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's been a year or two, but I had no issues with Star Citizen in Linux. IIRC, I ran it through Lutris.

[+] paraphrand@lemmy.world -9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Microsoft master race, get it right.

[–] aniki@lemmings.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

gross.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I agree. People don’t want to face the truth. For the decades that the “PCMR” meme has existed, it’s all been about supporting Microsoft.

Sure, recently, the steam deck and Valve let you go “but Linux!” But the PCMR term is tainted. Always has been. You can’t tell me it was about Mac OS, Linux and Windows.

And this is before we look at the history of “master races.” It’s all really fucked up.

[–] celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think there's any kind of consensus that PCMR was all about bigging up Microsoft. It's about playing PC games, and using your technology with more understanding than your average console user. It's implied that someone using a PC has Windows because Windows is installed on virtually every single PC on Earth. For the years I've spent frequenting r/PCMasterRace, I've never seen any outward Microsoft glazing.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, I’m pointing to the obliviousness of the whole thing. It’s really strange. It’s not like Microsoft just pulled off their mask with Windows 11.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It all started as a gag joke on a bit from ZeroPunctuation.