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PlayStation product manager says ads being shown was just a bug (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 2 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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Source: https://xcancel.com/dshiatt/status/1840822267737162237

Obviously just damage control but they do seem to be "fixing it". They must've accidentally implemented a feature to get and show image from the newest news post (which is often an ad), accidentally tested and vetted that feature, and accidentally pushed it.

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[-] Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 177 points 2 months ago

Ah yes it's always a bug after massive community backlash. If there wasn't much, it'd have been a test, and if there wasn't any, it was always intended.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

ahhh, companies copying homework from bigots' dogwhistling tactics? what a brave new world we live in

says something bigoted

receives backlash

"haha guys can't you take a joke? everyone's so sensitive nowadays"

[-] Zidane@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Them damn wokies can't take a joke!!!!!!!!!

[-] heavyboots@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 months ago

The community backlash is the bug as far as Sony is concerned. They're trying to work around it now…

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Telling gamers to watch out for Hanlon's razor would open them to too much harsh reflection of their own mistakes.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

yes sure it could've been a bug, but can we really believe them that it was?

companies are on a quest to pollute our lives with ads, it's not a stretch to think it's bullshit when another attempt to do that is being denied with "whoopsie the new guy wrote the code wrong nothing to worry about here!"

[-] gsfraley@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, too fucking late. Already canceled PS Plus.

[-] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 81 points 2 months ago

Don’t you hate it when there is a bug in your code that magically attracts ads? They just appear without warning or reason.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

I hate when I accidently spend months developing an ad feature that gets turned on by accident in my ps5.

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 69 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

you don't get entire functional UI elements accurately populated with appropriate data out of a "bug". at best its a feature that was being tested internally and never would have made it past that, at worst its something that went live early.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 44 points 2 months ago

Oh whoops I accidentally built an entire ad portal and placed it onto the main page and oh no I accidentally passed it through multiple levels of code review QA and approval, then crap I deployed it to the test environment then prod

[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I can see how that's a bug that it got released if the intended purpose was to do a POC and gauge the reaction from some internal testers.

But even then they were POC-ing that, which is terrible

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah it is possible he's accurately, but misleadingly, calling it a bug because it was not meant to be deployed to production (yet). I do not think that's how he wants or expects people to take it when he calls it a "bug", though.

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago

I don’t understand how giant corporations repeatedly get away with treating their customers like they’re completely fucking stupid.

Some manager purposefully ordered the engineers to put the ads there. That’s how they ended up there

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago

Cause consumers let them.

Why do consumers let them? It's just step one of enshittification : first, be nice to your customers until they become dependent on you and you're the only game in town...

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Mostly it’s the lack of competition.

On one hand, regulators allowed big companies to become monopolies, so we don’t have a choice. Imagine if instagram and whatsapp were not part of facebook, how different social media would be? Or if bumble and hinge were competing with tinder, not just all being a part of match.com.

And on the other hand, we have examples like the console “war”, where Xbox messed up this generation so hard, that Sony now can do whatever they want.

[-] OrionTheElder@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I don't buy it. PC and Nintendo are more than enough competition. Sony has always been this way and they always will be. Company culture doesn't change, Nintendo will always be letigious, Microsoft will always seek acquisitions and Sony will always be arrogant.

[-] Thann@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 months ago

Man I sure hate it when your dev teams spend all sprint developing a bug!

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

"It's not a feature, it's a bug"

[-] elxeno@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago

Someone made a typo in the code, ads show up.... Happens all the time

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The bug was that it was rolled out prior to when they wanted to roll it out.

They're definitely gonna try and put ads in there in the future. 😬 Was just comparing experiences with another user here last night about this (they had the ads but I did not) and seeing as they were across the pond from me and don't even have the hub yet, it's like they were just testing the waters in a specific region.

[-] ATDA@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

I love when people say it was a bug.

Yeah bugs happen.

Bugs don't program themselves to do a specific function, that's just called a function (language depending.)

[-] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago

Funny, how all the bugs hurt the players not them.

[-] eighty@lemmy.one 30 points 2 months ago

I disagree with the implication that users should "settle down" when faced with user-unfriendly experiences.

User silence is often taken as permission to continue shitty practices that build up overtime. Bloated games that are unoptimized, online subscription to play online, not even fully owning the games, not able to use your own bluetooth headset etc.

This tweet just perpetuates how consumer-hostile nature of these companies. It attempts to play down a potential revenue stream at the expense of UX, subtle gaslight users into thinking this is part of the "over-reactionary culture" when this a perfectly valid criticism, and makes no attempt to be sympathetic about these implications.

Honestly, this has made me swore off a PS5 and future sony consoles. It's no longer affordable, convenient, or simply. I do love my DS4 controller tho.

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

Bullshit. This shit isn't a bug. It was purposeful as a test to reception and to desensitize people

[-] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ah yes totally a bug, something specifically developed to show a very specific kind of content in a very specific location. Totally a bug.

[-] huquad@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 months ago

Guys relax. It's just a bug. This "feature" doesn't drop until next month.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Remember when mandatory Bethesda account in Doom64 was "just a bug" and then Doom Eternal had it for real?

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 14 points 2 months ago

It's just a bug.

[-] Nexy 10 points 2 months ago

oh, yes... a bug...

[-] zecg@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Good luck selling your $700 locked-down computer with no gaems but enshittified to hell and back.

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Totally a bug to show ads, and not an attempt to see what they can get away with and then lie when there is a negative reaction.

[-] zecg@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

My shit-flinging catapult flinging shit onto your house is a bug, it was meant to stay still, peacefully targeting it with a huge load of shit and never firing.

[-] aciDC14@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Ah, yes, just a “bug”.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago

Oh, good. I was about to give in to weakness and spend money on Space Marine 2.

[-] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Just a heads up, it's fine. It's a fine shooter. It's not more than that, the story isn't brilliant, the online is a bit tedious (and customisation is limited at best for loyalists and almost entirely non-existent for heretics). The gameplay is fun enough. I've got like 20 hours out of it, I would say 14 of those were fun. I gave in and bought it too early 😂

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

I'm skeptical whether it was really a bug or not, but I could definitely see how it could've been just a bug given the description in the OP. Could've also been a "happy accident" they were hoping nobody would complain about.